Cobb Institute

Course: Ecological Civilization: Crises & Possibilities 2025
2025-06-25 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-07-02 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-07-09 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-07-16 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-07-23 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-07-30 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Exploring Crises and Possibilities for Ecological Justice and Wellbeing

This 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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Process Explorations: Gary Dorrien
2025-07-01 10:00 - 12:00
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Process Explorations: Walter Fluker
2025-07-08 10:00 - 12:00

Process Explorations: Rabbi Or Rose
2025-07-15 10:00 - 12:00

Process Explorations: Bruce Epperly
2025-07-22 10:00 - 12:00

Process Explorations: Summer Finale in Music
2025-07-29 10:00 - 12:00

Creative Becoming: Process Philosophy & the Arts 2025
2025-08-13 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-08-20 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-08-27 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-09-03 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-09-10 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-09-17 17:00 - 18:30
Exploring Process Philosophy and Theology Through the Arts

This course explores the dynamic intersection of Whitehead’s process philosophy and the arts. Each session focuses on a particular art form and its resonances with key Whiteheadian themes—creativity, relationality, feeling, and becoming. Through guided reflection, discussion, and creative engagement, participants will explore how the arts can serve as both expression and embodiment of process thought.

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Process Explorations: Susan Strauss
2025-09-09 10:00 - 12:00

Process Explorations: Mary Elizabeth Moore
2025-09-16 10:00 - 12:00

Process Explorations: Grace Grace Grace
2025-09-23 10:00 - 12:00

Process Explorations: David Menefee-Libey
2025-09-30 10:00 - 12:00

Course: Process Thought & Science
2025-10-01 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-10-08 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-10-15 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-10-22 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-10-29 08:00 - 17:00
Applying Process Thought Across the Natural Sciences

This course introduces students to Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy, emphasizing its application to modern science and cosmology. It explores the applications of process thought to physics, biology, and neuroscience, as well as its potential for integrating natural science and the humanities.

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Process Explorations: Evaggelos Vallianatos
2025-10-07 10:00 - 12:00

Process Explorations: Mary Evelyn Tucker
2025-10-14 10:00 - 12:00

Process Explorations: Jeremy Lent
2025-10-21 10:00 - 12:00

Process Explorations: Mary Fridley & Carrie Lobman
2025-10-28 10:00 - 12:00
