SCHEDULE
November 20-27 John Seed @ "Dharma Gathering", Yarrahapinni, Stuarts Point, near Coffs Harbour, www.dharma.org.au/DG-09-info.pdf
2009
December 13 An Evening with Drew Dellinger in Nimbin, The Oasis 6-8PM
December 15 An Evening with DREW DELLINGER & JOHN SEED 7pm, St Joseph's Parish Hall, 12 Albert St, Edgecliff, $20 to $5 contribution more details
DECEMBER 2009 - JANUARY 2010 -- John Seed in India
JOHN SEED has been invited by the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs' "Australia-India Council" to conduct a tour of lectures, presentations and workshops.
This tour will include some 30 events through Pondicherry, Chennai, Trivandrum, Bangalore, Mumbai, pune, Delhi and Kolkatta.
John will offer 2 presentations: Deep Ecology and the Conservation of Nature and How the Australian Rainforests were Saved - The Influence of Gandhi John is travelling with Megan Wallace of the NSW Reconciliation Council who is offering a multi-media presentation about "sharing indigenous lessons between Australia and India"DECEMBER
18 morning and afternoon, two lectures at Pondicherry University silver jubilee lecture
18 evening Auroville deep ecology presentation flyer
19-20 Auroville experiential deep ecology workshop flyer
21-24 visiting reforestation project in Tiruvannamalai
23 9.30am John, Megan and Govinda Bowley, presentations Mountain of Medicine, Tiruvannamalai
6.30 PM John and Megan presentations "Quo Vadis", Tiruvannamalai
26-30 Chennai
26 presentation for Nature Quest, Bookpoint Auditorium, Anna Salai, 6.30 - 8pm
27 4pm Unity in Diversity: An open dialogue on Deep Ecology - Evergreen, Auroville
28 7.00pm presentation Indian Institute of Technology Madras
29 morning seminar with Prakriti nature study group Indian Institute of Technology Madras review
7.00pm presentation Indian Institute of Technology Madras.2010
JANUARY1 - 4 Thiruvananthapuram,
2. 2pm outdoor presentation Balavihar behind Tagore Theatre Vazhutacaud The Hindu Newspaper
5 Muvattupuzha, lecture at Department of Zoology, Nirmala College
6 - 11 Silent Valley and Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve
13 - 15 Bangalore ,
13 11am Jyoti Nivas College,
4pm lecture for ATREE Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology & the Environment
7.30pm music and presentations with Megan Wallace at Raman Research Institute
14 10am presentations with Megan Wallace Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media
4pm presentation, INFOSYS,
7pm presentation Biodiversity Conservation India Limited (BCIL)
15 11am Raman Research Institute Symposium, Bangalore
5pm Centre for Education and Documentation, Bangalore The Hindu Newspaper
16 presentations with Megan Wallace in Sirsi, Samrat Vinayak Hall 4.30pm
17 Gokarna
21 5pm Pune lecture organised by Kalpavriksh flyer Times of India
22 6.30pm Mumbai presentation for Bombay Natural History Society
23 11.30am presentation for Techfest, Indian Institute of Technology
24 - 26 more events in Mumbai and Delhi
27 - 11am lecture for Shaheed Bhagat Singh College (University of Delhi) flyer
3.30pm lecture at the TERI University
28 Delhi, Wildlife Trust of India discussing elephant campaign with the WTI team
6.30pm lecture India International Centre organised by Toxics Link & Kalpavriksh - flyer
30 Kolkatta 11am lecture at NUJS National University of Juridical Sciences flyer
Feb 12 Melbourne Presentation: DEEP ECOLOGY AND THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE
Feb 13-14 "Earth, Spirit, Action" Deep Ecology workshop Melbourne contact
Feb 19-21 Sustainable Living
Festival, Federation Square, Melbourne
Feb 19 Council
of All Beings for Children - John Seed & Megan Wallace, Leisure
Dome 10.30-11.25am
Feb 20 Deep Ecology and the Conservation of Nature ,John
Seed, multi-media presentation, Feel Tent 13.00-13.50
Feb 21 Council
of All Beings - John Seed & Megan Wallace, The Edge 10 - 11.30am
March 12-14 "Earth, Spirit, Action" Deep Ecology workshop, Sydney, John Seed & Megan Wallace flyer contact
April 17-18 Deep
Ecology workshop Melbourne contact
2009
March 27-29 JOHN SEED & friends, Byron Bay NSW, Australia EXPERIENCE DEEP ECOLOGY contact flyer
April 17-19 JOHN SEED Bellingen NSW, Australia EXPERIENCE DEEP ECOLOGY contact
April 24-26 JOHN SEED Sydney, Australia, Australian Ecumenical Council for Spiritual Direction "Listening to a universally shared religious spirit." and experiential deep ecology exercises
August 17 6pm - 9pm Earthwise, Subiaco, WA, deep ecology workshop for the Perth anti-nuclear crew contact pov@iinet.net.au
August 18 8.45 - 2.00 JOHN SEED & ROD GRIFFITHS, Perth, WA, Australia, "Deep Corporate Ecology", Wollaston Conference Centre, Wollaston Rd, Mt Claremont contact flyer
August 19 7.30pm JOHN SEED Fremantle, WA, Australia "Deep Ecology and the Conservation of Nature" - a multi-media presentation with music, poetry and film, KULCHA ARTS, 13 South Terrace (above the Dome Café) contact
August 20 11.30 -12.30 JOHN SEED Perth, WA, Australia, "Deep Ecology and the Conservation of Nature" ISTP Seminar, E&H 2.021 Murdoch University contact
August 21-23 JOHN SEED Denmark, WA, Australia, WILD EARTH, WILD HEART, WILD MIND - an experiential deep ecology workshop contact flier
August 25 7pm JOHN SEED, Friends of the Earth Adelaide, SA, deep ecology presentation contact Coglin Street Community Centre, 23 Coglin Street,
August 26 6.30pm Goolwa SA deep ecology presentation & discussion, Council Room, Alexandrina Council, Cadell Street, Goolwa contact
August 27 9am - 4pm workshop Milang SA "Water - Despair and Empowerment" Milang Insititute Supper Room, contact
August 27 7pm JOHN SEED Black Cockatoo Arthouse, McLaren Vale SA Australia deep ecology presentation contact
August 28-30 Black Cockatoo Arthouse, McLaren Vale SA EXPERIENTIAL DEEP ECOLOGY WORKSHOP contact
September 1 JOHN SEED Adelaide, SA, International Coach Federation Australasia, keynote address
October
9
JOHN SEED Melbourne, 7pm
"Deep Ecology and the Conservation of Nature" - a multi-media presentation
with music, poetry and film, $10 - $5
The
Education Centre, CERES Community Environment Park, Cnr Roberts and Stewart
Sts, Brunswick East, Bear right through the main Lee Street entrance.
October 10-11 JOHN SEED Melbourne, WILD EARTH, WILD HEART, WILD MIND, an experiential Deep Ecology workshop, Abbotsford Convent, contact Anna print-sized flyer email-sized flyer
October 12 JOHN SEED Melbourne, "Ecology and Spirituality" 7pm, HOI POLLOI, Open Studio, 204 High Street, Northcote contact
October 14 JOHN SEED Melbourne, a day of deep ecology for the Environment & Story programme, University of Melbourne.
2008S
October 11 Brisbane, QLD 11:30AM-1PM, RUTH ROSENHEK GreenFest Deep Ecology & Biodiversity talk and panel, South Bank Parklands,
October 18, Alstonville, NSW RUTH ROSENHEK afternoon St Bartholomews Anglican Parish Centre, Alstonville, NSW. Environmental Roadshow Earth Spirit Action Film & Discussion
November 2 Sydney, NSW RUTH ROSENHEK Earth Spirit Action Film Showing and Talk Chapel by the Sea, Bondi Beach Mission
November 7-9 JOHN SEED, Byron Bay NSW, Australia EXPERIENCE DEEP ECOLOGY low res flyer high res flyer for printing
November 27 11am-2pm Ecophilosophy seminar JOHN SEED & PATSY HALLEN, ISTP, Murdoch University, Perth. SEE FLYER
November 27 7pm JOHN SEED multi-media presentation "Deep Ecology and the Conservation of Nature", at Njalla Mia, Fremantle SEE FLYER
November 28-30 JOHN SEED, Dwellingup (nr Perth) WA, Australia WILD EARTH, WILD HEART, WILD MIND low res flyer high res flyer for printing
CANADA/US ROADSHOW TOUR WITH RUTH ROSENHEK
September through October 2008________________
February 29 - March 1 Adelaide, Australia Earth, Spirit, Action with John Seed contact flyer
January 18-20 Southern Forests Convergence (Burtons Reserve Cygnet) Skillshare. Learn about the southern forest campaigns, forests and climate change and how you can help. Speakers, workshops. Sunday 2 hour Deep Ecology Workshop with Ruth Rosenhek. Camping. No Dogs.
January 17 Hobart Living In The Age Of Global Warming - The Climate Change Roadshow Phase II with Ruth Rosenhek. Function Room above Sirens Vegetarian Restaurant, Victoria Street, Hobart. For more info, contact here.
January 16 Lucaston, Southern Tasmania Despair & Empowerment 1 Day Workshop with Ruth Rosenhek - For bookings, contact
January 12-13 Melbourne Deep Ecology Facilitation Training with Ruth Rosenhek. BOOKED OUT
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EARTH SPIRIT ACTION
Earth: The spiritual blight of separation -- from each other and the Earth -- plagues modern humanity and is the underlying root of the ecological crisis or our times; the culturally-conditioned, competitive, isolated self is the engine of the 6th extinction spasm currently unfolding around us. Arne Naess, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy of Oslo University who coined the term "deep ecology", said that "ecological ideas are not enough"; we need "ecological identity, ecological self". Naess says that this is to be brought about through community therapies, "healing our relations to a widest community, that of all living beings". In this workshop, we participate in a series of ceremonies and rituals synchronous with those used by indigenous peoples throughout time. Through creative exercises, despairwork and meditations, we acknowledge our interconnectedness with air, water and soil as we invite the spontaneous healing of psyche and dissolve the illusion of our disconnection from the living Earth.
Spirit: Spiritual connection with the living Earth empowers and sustains creative and joyous action. Through meditation, breath and dialogue we explore the question: How do we engage in social or ecological change work from a place of heart and spirit? Together we grapple with issues of effectiveness, burn-out, and conflict as well as the fear and apathy that permeate our society. Participants are encouraged to develop a spiritual framework as we explore these issues through the lens of deep ecology, eco-psychology, buddhism and other spiritual traditions.
Action: John, Ruth and many of the participants in these workshops have been ecological and/or social justice activists for decades. Through films, song and poetry we share our stories, the challenges and the joys.Australian author, musician and film-maker John Seed is a longtime rainforest activist and, with Joanna Macy, creator of The Council of All Beings www.rainforestinfo.org.au/deep-eco/johnseed.htm
Ruth Rosenhek conducts environmental and social justice campaigns, facilitates experiential deep ecology workshops, teaches on spiritual engagement and is active in the Dharma Gaia Trust. http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/deep-eco/rosenhek.htm
For more information about deep ecology experiential workshops, please see http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/deep-eco/
WILD EARTH, WILD HEART, WILD MIIND: A JOURNEY IN ECO-PSYCHOLOGY
Human personality exists at the intersection of the ancient cycles of air and water and soil. Without these there IS no self and any attempt to heal, or enlighten the personality that doesn't acknowledge this fundamental fact is doomed to failure. There can be no separation between ourselves and Nature. ?
To acknowledge our interconnectedness with air and water and soil, indeed our IDENTITY with them, is to invite the spontaneous healing
of psyche. It is from these elements that psyche too is woven.Using personal sharing, experiential deep ecology and creative exercises, we will excavate the obstructions between person and
planet. Vision and empowerment arise naturally from realigning ourselves with the Earth.
ECOLOGY, IDENTITY & EVOLUTION
As Arne Naess says, It is not enough to have ecological Ideas, we need ecological Identity. It is not from a sense of responsibility or guilt that we will make it through what Joanna Macy calls the Great Turning: rather it will take an underlying shift in values and belief, a transformation of consciousness in which "The Environment" is deeply experienced as us, our very Selves. This course is an overview to deep ecology and the broadening of the "Self" through feelings, deep time work, the Council of All Beings, and other deep ecology rituals and ceremonies.
THE TIMELINE OF LIGHT is the story of our Universe; it is our very own creation myth. This epic has the power to unite us, to offer us hope and vision. Through experiential deep ecology processes, guided visualisation, meditation, spoken word and movement, we will:
- Recapitulate 15 billion years of continuous existence through the Cosmic Dance
- Re-experience our ancient journey from sea to land and upright and then meet the unborn beings of seven generations in the future.
- Delve into the thinking of Thomas Berry and Brian Swimme through ancient rocks and video.
- Chant and celebrate, spin with the planets around our sun and gaze towards the constellation Sagittarius where lies the Milky Ways hub around which our solar system revolves every 200 million years.
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