[Scpg] Talk (with Poetry, Film and Music ) on "Earth, Spirit, Action " with John Seed Monday, May 1, 2006, 7:00 pm Santa Barbara Public Library, Faulkner Gallery

Wed Apr 26 05:14:22 PDT 2006

Contact: Margie Bushman
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
(805) 962-2571, email: margie at sbpermaculture.org

SANTA BARBARA PERMACULTURE NETWORK
Presents:

Talk (with Poetry, Film and Music ) on
"Earth, Spirit, Action "
                                                             with
John Seed
Monday, May 1, 2006, 7:00 pm
Santa Barbara Public Library, Faulkner Gallery

      Global warming, endless warfare, pollution and mass extinction. How 
do we live in such a time? How do we find vision and empowerment to act as 
agents of healing change?

      Join renowned global environmentalist John Seed, founder of the 
Rainforest Information Center (Lismore, Australia) 
(www.rainforestinfo.org.au)  and co-author of Thinking Like a Mountain - 
Towards a Council of All Beings, as he talks (with Poetry, Film 
and  Music.) on "Earth,  Action, Spirit"   John will explore the philosophy 
of deep ecology and the psychological tools that allow us to be engaged and 
effective at such a time while avoiding depression , burnout and futility.

      Seed will use music, poetry, film and the spoken word to share the 
philosophy of deep ecology and present information on conservation projects 
he is presently advancing, including eco-forestry with native peoples in 
Papua New Guinea, afforestation of the holy mountain Arunachala in Tamil 
Nadu (India), and efforts in Maharashtra (India) to support the Katkari
tribal group, whose culture is at the brink of extinction as they are 
forced to work as bonded labor at brick kilns and live in abject poverty.

       This is a rare opportunity to hear one of the seminal thinkers of 
deep ecology, an activist who has been at the forefront of the movement to 
unite and reorient the hearts of humanity toward a sustainable and just way 
of life over the past 25 years.

       In Seed's own words: In 1979 after the first direct actions which 
eventually led to the protection of Australia's rainforests, I founded the 
Rainforest Information Centre and since that time I've been working on the 
conservation of the world's rainforests. It soon became clear that the 
forests could not be saved one at a time nor the planet saved one issue at 
a time. Unless we simultaneously address the underlying psychological or 
spiritual disease that allows modern humans to feel separate from nature, 
the destruction of species and life-support systems will continue.

      John Seed is founder and director of the Rainforest Information 
Center in Australia. Since 1979 he has been involved in the direct actions 
which have resulted in the protection of the Australian rainforests. In 
1984 he helped initiate the US Rainforest Action Network which grew out of 
the first his many US road shows. In 1987 he co-produced a television 
documentary for Australian national television about the struggle for the 
rainforests. This has since been shown in many countries. A front page 
story about John's work in the Christian Science Monitor at this time 
referred to him as "the town crier for the global village".

       The evening talk takes place at the Santa Barbara Public Library, 
Faulkner Gallery, 40 East Anapamu St, in downtown Santa Barbara, on Monday, 
May 1, 7:00-9:30 pm.   Donation $5-$10.

      The Santa Barbara Ecological Education Coalition/SBCC Adult Education 
Series, International Association for Ecotherapy, the SG Organic Garden 
Club, Relocalizing Food Circle, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, 
Institute of Reverential Ecology, Terra Foundation and Hopedance Media 
sponsor the event. For more information, please call (805) 962-2571, 
margie at sbpermaculture.org  or www.sbpermaculture.org.

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