Just came across this archived web chat, "Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in Without Going Crazy"--with Joanna Macy. Chris Johnstone and Rob Hopkins. This event took place on Thursday April 18, 2013. If you missed it, you can watch/listen her
Read more…In recognition of Earth Day this year, we have looked across Law, History, Economics, Literature and Social Sciences to identify key articles in environmental studies, which have been made freely available below.
Read more…Good Earth Day read from the blog of Alliance member, Jungian analyst, and climate scientist Jeff Kiehl: "Writing a New Story this Earth Day": http://jeffreykiehl.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/writing-a-new-story-this-earth-day/
Read more…I've started using the term "ecopsychopathy" to describe the default unconscious relationship between contemporary (consumer) culture and earth. Recently came across a good blogpost from Michael (MG) Harris, a writer, speaker and consultant in Connec
Read more…An article about the healing properties of being in nature. This is a topic that is old for must of us but it is nice to see people still discovering it.
How Nature Resets Our Minds and Bodies
Read more…Sobering but excellent read: "Pity Earth’s Creatures" on consumerism, culture, and sustainability in the New York Times Sunday Review: http://sco.lt/5bizDd (Thanks to Alliance member Nancy Wisser for pointing this article out)
Read more…Hi everyone. I wanted to let you know I've created a new Facebook page called "Culture Collapse Disorder" to focus on the way our collective ecopsychopathy is showing up and potentially threatening life as we know it. This concept is based on my obse
Read more…Another excellent article by a new organization that seems very timely, Climate Change Allliance:
Psyche and World: Ecopsychology and Psychotherapy by Robertson
I thought this was a compelling read and wanted to share: "Rationally Speaking, We Are All Apocalyptic Now" from Robert Jensen on Truthout.org
Read more…In case you're seeing this now, there is a livestream going on right now via ASU with James Hanson and some other great presenters: Great Debate: Climate Change, Surviving the Future
Read more…An interesting perspective on our relationship to environmental issues...posted on Facebook by Holos Institute: "A Prescription for Injuries of the Soul: Healing the Earth: Healing Us" by Carolyn Raffensperger...
Read more…Wanted to share: "Ecopsychology: Whole Earth Mental Health" is an interesting article which also quotes Alliance members Linda Buzzell and Craig Chalquist for their great work on the book "Ecotherapy"
Read more…As the year comes to a close and I personally reflect about what's important to me now, I wanted to share a link to an excellent blogpost, "Jungian Ecopsychology: Jungian Perspective on the Most Important Issue of Our Time—ClimateChange" by Dennis Me
Read more…Thought this was a great comprehensive article on the many facets of ecopsychology, and the overlay with transpersonal psychology and non-duality specifically:
"The Transpersonal Dimensions of Ecopsychology: Nature, Nonduality, and Spiritual Practice
Read more…The Earth has a Soul by Meredith Sabini" C.G. Jung on Nature, Technology & Modern Life “Matter in the wrong place is dirt. People get dirty through too much civilization. Whenever we touch nature, we get clean.” You may not associate such bold, ear
Read more…This is a beautiful article from Betsy Perluss of Pacifica and School of Lost Borders. Here's the abstract:
Comparing two very different genres of writing, Richard Nelson's nature writing about his experiences among the Koyukon tribe in northern Alas
Read more…For awhile now, I've been deeply concerned about climate change and how we are all going to be able to maintain our center as these superstorms become increasingly disastrous. In light of what's going on with Hurricane Sandy, I wanted to post a coupl
Read more…In this excellent article on climate change from the latest issue of Ecopsychology magazine, Alliance member Dr. Jeff Kiehl--who has been a climate scientist for 30 years and is ALSO a Jungian analyst--makes an excellent assessment of the issue of cl
Read more…They are welcoming questions to be asked, that will be addressed in their dialogues
http://www.iucnworldconservationcongress.org/forum___exhibition/worldleaders_dialogue/
Read more…Just came across this beautiful article about Thomas Berry by Geneen Marie Haugen about Berry's ideas about "participatory consciousness" with Earth and wanted to share it here:
Thomas Berry and the Evocation of Participatory Consciousness
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