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Envisioning an Ecological Civilization in Theory and Practice
Our civilization is careening at an accelerating pace toward a precipice of climate breakdown, ecological destruction, and gaping inequality. Redirecting humanity’s trajectory will require transformation at a foundational level: moving…
Read MoreEcological Civilization: Problems and Promises
Ecological civilization is a 30 year old movement in China to build a sustainable future after decades of rapid industrialization and modernization. The pollution of air, water, and soil created…
Read MoreCourse: Ecological Civilization: Crises & Possibilities 2025
This course explores visions of ecological civilization, drawing upon process-relational understandings of the cosmos; the history of ecological struggles and movements; and central ideas and practices that have emerged in philosophical, scientific, economic, artistic, religious, and activist communities of reflection.
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Ecological Civilization: Crises & Possibilities 2025
Ecological Civilization: Crises & Possibilities 2025
This six-session course explores visions of ecological civilization, drawing upon process-relational understandings of the cosmos, ecological movements, and central ideas and practices in diverse human communities and fields of thought. The purpose is to gather and build upon practical wisdom, seeking to dive deeply into crises and possibilities. Practical wisdom has power to transform the downward spiral of ecological destruction and to foster movements for protecting, healing, and regenerating our broken planet.
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Read MoreProcess Thought & Ecological Civilization 2024
In this course we will identify and analyze dominant assumptions about the human and more-than-human natural world, critiquing and reshaping them from the standpoint of process-relational and other traditions of thought. We will explore these assumptions through case studies, readings and videos, presentations by experts, student projects, and probing conversations.
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