Upcoming Events
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Jeremy Lent's upcoming events are now being listed on the
Deep Transformation Network.
Please click here to see them.
Jeremy Lent's upcoming events are now being listed on the
Deep Transformation Network.
Please click here to see them.
Upcoming Course
10-WEEK ONLINE COURSE BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF DEEP TRANSFORMATION
Laying the Groundwork for an Ecological Civilization
This course, based largely on the work of Jeremy Lent’s recent book The Web of Meaning, but also drawing on many other diverse sources, lays out principles and practices of deep transformation for the individual, for community, and for society at large.
It offers participants a deep but accessible guided exploration of an alternative life-affirming worldview based on the intersection of modern science and the world’s great wisdom traditions, along with an inspiring and practical vision of pathways that could lead to an Ecological Civilization.
It offers participants a deep but accessible guided exploration of an alternative life-affirming worldview based on the intersection of modern science and the world’s great wisdom traditions, along with an inspiring and practical vision of pathways that could lead to an Ecological Civilization.
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Program Overview
Start Date: September 28, 2024 Length: 10 weeks Study Time: 4 hours+/week Cost: Sliding scale £100–200 for entire course Some full scholarships available upon application Registration: Until October 6, 2024 
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Past Events
Friday April 28 & Saturday April 29, 2023: In-person & online
Spirituality in the 21st Century
WEAVING A NEW STORY OF MEANING
Jeremy is well known for his eclectic approach to the integration of science and holistic spirituality, and he is also quite adept at presenting embodied spiritual wisdom streams across many traditions.
His arc of presentation for the weekend will be a brief introduction on Friday evening on how we construct our worldviews.
On Saturday morning, he will explore with us the implications of a worldview of deep interconnectedness, followed by embodied practices based on Liology, an integrated, embodied framework for well-being and spiritual groundedness.
On Saturday afternoon, he will introduce us to the inspiring vision of, and pathways to, a life-affirming “Ecological Civilization.”
Sara Thomsen's soulful music will be woven throughout, moving us all into sacred, shared “We” space, where our imagination and dreams will meet the world’s great needs. We are the ones we’ve been anticipating!
Please join us for what promises to be an inspiring, soul-transforming event!
His arc of presentation for the weekend will be a brief introduction on Friday evening on how we construct our worldviews.
On Saturday morning, he will explore with us the implications of a worldview of deep interconnectedness, followed by embodied practices based on Liology, an integrated, embodied framework for well-being and spiritual groundedness.
On Saturday afternoon, he will introduce us to the inspiring vision of, and pathways to, a life-affirming “Ecological Civilization.”
Sara Thomsen's soulful music will be woven throughout, moving us all into sacred, shared “We” space, where our imagination and dreams will meet the world’s great needs. We are the ones we’ve been anticipating!
Please join us for what promises to be an inspiring, soul-transforming event!
Dates
Friday, April 28, 7–9 p.m., & Saturday, April 29, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
(in person at Wanatee Park’s Prairie Oak Lodge in Marion, Iowa, and online via Zoom)
Cost
In-Person Early-Bird Cost: $90 (must register by March 1, 2023, includes Saturday lunch) for full event (or $40 for Friday only, $50 for Saturday only), or two full in-person for $175 (two-person discount available by phone at 319-395-6700)
In-Person Cost after March 1: $100 (after March 1, 2023) for full event (or $50 for Friday only, $75 for Saturday only)
Online Cost via Zoom: $90 for full event (or $40 for Friday only, $50 for Saturday only, must register by phone at 319-395-6700)
Lodging: Limited lodging will be available at Prairiewoods for Friday night for $75 per room (single or double, includes breakfast)
Friday, April 28, 7–9 p.m., & Saturday, April 29, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
(in person at Wanatee Park’s Prairie Oak Lodge in Marion, Iowa, and online via Zoom)
Cost
In-Person Early-Bird Cost: $90 (must register by March 1, 2023, includes Saturday lunch) for full event (or $40 for Friday only, $50 for Saturday only), or two full in-person for $175 (two-person discount available by phone at 319-395-6700)
In-Person Cost after March 1: $100 (after March 1, 2023) for full event (or $50 for Friday only, $75 for Saturday only)
Online Cost via Zoom: $90 for full event (or $40 for Friday only, $50 for Saturday only, must register by phone at 319-395-6700)
Lodging: Limited lodging will be available at Prairiewoods for Friday night for $75 per room (single or double, includes breakfast)
DEEP ADAPTATION? DEEP TRANSFORMATION? OR BOTH?
A Live Conversation with Rupert Read and Jeremy Lent
Ecological philosopher and activist Rupert Read will be in live conversation with author Jeremy Lent on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, to discuss the path forward in response to the rapidly deteriorating climate and ecological crisis.
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In this interactive conversation, Read and Lent will explore their shared and differing perspectives on the current ecological emergency, and the most effective active engagement to help divert our civilization’s current trajectory. Rather than debating different positions, they approach this conversation with a shared intention to build a deeper collective understanding of how to respond to the civilizational emergency. After their initial dialogue, audience members will be invited to ask questions to either or both of them. |
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This online event will be hosted by the newly launched
Deep Transformation Network. It is free and open to all. Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Time: 10:00 am Pacific/6:00 pm UK (1 hr and 15 minutes) |
Rupert Read, a reader in philosophy at the University of East Anglia, has been a prominent spokesperson for both the UK Green Party and Extinction Rebellion and has been instrumental in the Deep Adaptation movement founded in 2019 by Jem Bendell. In 2021, Read co-edited with Bendell a collection of essays entitled Deep Adaptation: Navigating the Realities of Climate Chaos. He has recently initiated a new project, called Transformative Adaptation (TrAd) to accelerate building resilience in response to system, climate, and ecological collapse.
Jeremy Lent, is an author and speaker whose work investigates the underlying causes of our civilization’s existential crisis, and explores pathways toward a life-affirming future. His recent book, The Web of Meaning, offers a foundation for an integrative worldview that could lead humanity to a sustainable, flourishing future. He has written extensively about the vision of, and pathways toward, an ecological civilization. In 2019, Lent engaged in a written dialogue with Jem Bendell critiquing aspects of Deep Adaptation and calling instead for Deep Transformation.
Jeremy Lent, is an author and speaker whose work investigates the underlying causes of our civilization’s existential crisis, and explores pathways toward a life-affirming future. His recent book, The Web of Meaning, offers a foundation for an integrative worldview that could lead humanity to a sustainable, flourishing future. He has written extensively about the vision of, and pathways toward, an ecological civilization. In 2019, Lent engaged in a written dialogue with Jem Bendell critiquing aspects of Deep Adaptation and calling instead for Deep Transformation.
THE WEB OF MEANING: A GUIDED EXPLORATION | 6-WEEK COURSE
Hosted and sponsored by Programs in Earth Literacies
A 6-week online interactive course hosted by Programs in Earth Literacies and taught by Jeremy Lent, covering the themes from his recently published book The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe.
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Tue November 2 Class 1: Who Am I?
Tue November 9 Class 2: Where Am I? Tue November 16 Class 3: What Am I? Tue November 23 Class 4: How Should I Live? Tue November 30 Class 5: Why Am I? Tue December 7 Class 6: Where Are We Going? Every Tuesday at 10:00 am –12:00 pm PST/1:00–3:00 pm EST Each class is 2 hours Cost: $75 for the series (scholarships available upon request) It is expected participants willl attend all classes |
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This course will cover the central themes of The Web of Meaning. Following the book’s design, it will be structured as six deep and interactive investigations into the existential questions asked at some point by every human being: Who Am I? Where Am I? What Am I? How Should I Live? Why Am I? and Where Are We Going?
In each case, we will see how the answers provided by the dominant worldview are based on faulty foundations. Each week we will explore the rich and awe-inspiring pathways invited by an alternative worldview based on recognizing the intricate interrelationships that link our lives to those in our community, to all of humanity, and to the entire living Earth.
Each two-hour class will consist of presentations, breakout groups, and full group discussions. There will also be an online platform provided for group interaction between the weekly classes.
In each case, we will see how the answers provided by the dominant worldview are based on faulty foundations. Each week we will explore the rich and awe-inspiring pathways invited by an alternative worldview based on recognizing the intricate interrelationships that link our lives to those in our community, to all of humanity, and to the entire living Earth.
Each two-hour class will consist of presentations, breakout groups, and full group discussions. There will also be an online platform provided for group interaction between the weekly classes.
ONLINE WORKSHOP
ATTUNING TO THE WEB OF MEANING:
INTRODUCTION TO THE PRACTICE OF LIOLOGY
This worskhop offers a combination of didactic explanation, guided meditation, qigong, video clips, breakout groups, and general group discussion. The practices are intended to help integrate different domains of experience that are usually considered separate—mind and body, science and traditional wisdom, material and spiritual, inner subjectivity and social/political engagement—and show how meaning itself emerges as a function of their integration.
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Following Jeremy Lent’s talk on Tuesday, Oct. 26 on the themes of his new book, The Web of Meaning, this workshop explores an integrative framework that attunes to the meaning that arises from our intrinsic connectedness within ourselves, with each other, and with the natural world.
Liology (pronounced lee‐ology) comes from the Chinese word li that means “the organizing principles.” This interactive workshop introduces Liology as an embodied investigation into the organizing principles of the dynamic patterns that make up our universe––what traditional Chinese sages called the Tao. It shows how core principles of love, harmony, and kindness can form the bedrock of an integrative worldview that could foster sustainable flourishing on a regenerated Earth. |
Date And Time
Saturday, October 30, 2021 10:00–11:30 am Pacific Free | Registration Required 
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WEAVING THE WEB OF MEANING:
SUSTAINABLE FLOURISHING ROOTED IN INTERCONNECTEDNESS
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Date And Time
Tuesday, October 26, 2021 7:00–8:30 pm Pacific Free | Registration Required In this talk, based on themes from his new book, The Web of Meaning, author Jeremy Lent will discuss how another worldview is possible—recognizing our deep interrelatedness with all of life.
Showing how modern scientific knowledge echoes the ancient wisdom of earlier cultures, the talk weaves together findings from modern systems thinking, evolutionary biology, and cognitive neuroscience with insights from Buddhism, Taoism, and Indigenous wisdom. |
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TALK ON THE WEB OF MEANING:
SOCIETY FOR ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING (SINGAPORE)
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Date And Time
Friday, October 22, 2021 | 7:30 pm (Pacific) Saturday, October 23, 2021 | 10:30 am (Singapore) Free | Registration Required |
ECOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION | 4-WEEK COURSE
Hosted and sponsored by the Siena Retreat Center
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Tue October 5 Ecological Civilization in Historical Context
Tue October 12 Ecological Civilization: Worldview and Values Tue October 19 An Ecological Civilization in Practice Tue October 26 Pathways to an Ecological Civilization 10:00am Pacific 11:00am Mountain 12:00noon Central 1:00pm Eastern |
Cost of $75 for the series includes
$20 non-refundable deposit. Scholarships are available; please contact Claire to arrange a scholarship. |
In four two-hour sessions, Jeremy Lent will guide participants to engage deeply with the necessary work of envisioning, embodying, and enacting an ecological civilization.
This series of four workshops will review the concept of an ecological civilization from multiple perspectives. The first will lay out a deep historical context, describing the impact of culture and values on history and introducing the vision of an ecological civilization in contrast to our current society. The second will explore the ontological and ethical parameters of an ecological civilization. The third will delve into specifics of what an ecological civilization might look like in practice; and the fourth will trace realistic pathways to a life-affirming future and invite participants to explore their own engagement in laying the groundwork.
This series of four workshops will review the concept of an ecological civilization from multiple perspectives. The first will lay out a deep historical context, describing the impact of culture and values on history and introducing the vision of an ecological civilization in contrast to our current society. The second will explore the ontological and ethical parameters of an ecological civilization. The third will delve into specifics of what an ecological civilization might look like in practice; and the fourth will trace realistic pathways to a life-affirming future and invite participants to explore their own engagement in laying the groundwork.
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Each workshop will consist of presentations, full group discussion, and small group exercises.
The series is meant to be experienced as a whole. |
USA/CANADA BOOK LAUNCH EVENT
Napa Bookmine Bookstore | Virtual Author Event
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Due to the COVID-19 this will now be a virtual event held on Zoom. Join local author Jeremy Lent for a discussion of his new book The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe with us on Tuesday, August 17th at 7PM! This is a VIRTUAL EVENT. You must fill out this form to attend. We will follow up with the event info within 48 hours of receiving your request. This is a free event. If you are able, a donation of $5 is suggested to help us cover costs. Donate here. |
A Napa Bookmine Event
Date And Time Tuesday, August 17, 2021 7:00 pm Pacific/ Free | Registration Required |
USA/CANADA BOOK LAUNCH EVENT
California Institute of Integral Studies | Online Conversation
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In conversation with Matt Segall
Join Jeremy for an inspiring conversation exploring a new worldview based on a deep recognition of connectedness within ourselves, between each other, and with the entire natural world. Jeremy offers a compelling foundation for a new story of interconnectedness, showing how, as our contemporary civilization unravels, another world—and other ways of being—are possible. This event will be streamed live online with an interactive Q&A. Instructions on how to join will be emailed to registrants shortly before the event. This event will be recorded and available to watch on our YouTube channel and portions of the audio will be released on our podcast. |
CIIS Public Programs
Date And Time Wednesday, August 11, 2021 7:00 pm Pacific $10 Suggested Donation |
USA/CANADA BOOK LAUNCH EVENT
KPFA 94.1 FM Presents | Online Conversation
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In conversation with Joanna Manqueros
Who am I? Why am I? How should I live? These are some of the oldest questions humans have grappled with. In our modern, high-tech society we may seem to have the answers. After all, hasn’t science shown that humans are hardwired for selfishness? That we are separate from nature (which is ours to exploit)? That we do best when left alone to pursue our own individual goals? Jeremy Lent answers with a resounding “no”—not because he doesn’t like these conclusions, but because the latest science shows them to be false. What’s more, he argues that it is those ingrained but faulty beliefs that underlie the environmental and social unraveling now threatening our very survival. |
KPFA 94.1 FM Public Events
Date And Time Tuesday, August 10, 2021 7:00 pm Pacific $5–20 Suggested Donation |
USA/CANADA BOOK LAUNCH EVENT
Queens Public Library Online Event
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED |
Queens Public Library Event
Date And Time Thursday, July 22, 2021 1:00 pm Pacific/4:00 pm ET |
USA/CANADA BOOK LAUNCH EVENT
The Earth Charter International | Online Conversation
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This webinar will offer an opportunity to hear Jeremy in a conversation on key ideas embedded in his latest book, The Web of Meaning
Questions:
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Commentator:
Linda Wong Secretariat, China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation Moderator: Mirian Vilela, ECI Executive Director Time and date: Thursday, 15 July 5:00pm PST, 6:00pm Costa Rica, 8:00pm EST Friday, 16 July 8:00am Beijing, 9:00am Tokyo, 10:00am Canberra Click here to check what this means for your time zone. |
USA/CANADA BOOK LAUNCH EVENT
The Commonwealth Club | Online Conversation
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In conversation with George Hammond, author, Conversations with Socrates
Jeremy Lent returns to The Commonwealth Club to discuss the ideas in his new book, which weaves together the latest scientific findings with age-old philosophical insights to show how some of our most ingrained beliefs about human nature and the world are mistaken. Who am I? Why am I? How should I live? These are some of the oldest questions humans have grappled with. Our modern, high-tech society, having grown up in Darwins' shadow, assumes that humans are hardwired for selfishness, that we are separate from nature and so can exploit it, that we do best when left alone to pursue our own individual goals. |
Date And Time
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 3:00–4:00 pm Pacific $5 General Admission ($25 including book purchase) This is a free-for-members program. |
UK BOOK LAUNCH EVENT
Schumacher College/Dartington Trust
Introduction to Themes from The Web of Meaning
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Our dominant worldview tells us we’re split between mind and body, separate from each other, and at odds with the natural world. This worldview has passed its expiration date: it’s based on a series of flawed assumptions that have been superseded by modern scientific findings.
In this talk, author Jeremy Lent will discuss themes from his new book, The Web of Meaning, revealing how another worldview is possible—based on our deep interconnectedness with all of life. Showing how modern scientific knowledge echoes the ancient wisdom of earlier cultures, the presentation weaves together findings from modern systems thinking, evolutionary biology, and cognitive neuroscience with insights from Buddhism, Taoism, and Indigenous wisdom. |
Date And Time
Wednesday, 30 June, 2021 12:00 p.m. Pacific/8:00 p.m. UK Free (Donation appreciated to progressive learning program at Schumacher College) |
Praxis Peace Institute
Introduction to Themes from The Web of Meaning
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Hosted by Praxis founder, Georgia Kelly, Jeremy will give a presentation on the themes from The Web of Meaning, followed by an interactive Q&A
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Date And Time
Friday, June 18, 2021 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time Price $15 for Praxis Members $20 non-members |
UK BOOK LAUNCH EVENT
Connection, Meaning and Politics
A Conversation with Indra Adnan, author of The Politics of Waking Up
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It’s easy to believe we’re on the edge of collapse and catastrophe. But here are two groundbreaking authors, Jeremy Lent and Indra Adnan, who bring us some extraordinary resources to help us redirect away from the precipice. Not only a new way of understanding human nature—but a new politics to match it.
A vital dialogue, in two parts. NOTE: THIS IS PART 1 OF A TWO-PART EVENT SERIES July date (to be announced) Jeremy Lent in conversation with Indra Adnan about her new book, The Politics of Waking Up: Power and Possibility in the Fractal Age. |
Date And Time
Thursday, 17 June, 2021 18:00–19.00 BST [10:00 am Pacific] Free |
UK BOOK LAUNCH EVENT
Imagining "New" Patterns of Consciousness
A Conversation with Anna Murray, co-founder of Patternity
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Tune in to hear Jeremy and Anna imagine a positive path for our future – one that integrates science, ancient wisdom and Indigenous knowledge to create 'new' patterns of consciousness, based on an all-infusing recognition of connectedness: within ourselves, with other humans, and with the entire natural world.
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Date And Time Wednesday, 16 June, 2021 18:30–19:30 BST [10:30 am Pacific] Fee: Sliding scale £2–£20 1 hr (may extend an extra 30 minutes for a deepening conversation) |
Perspectiva Online Event
Conversing with nature: how to move from 'ego' to 'eco' in the digital age.
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How do we develop digital technologies in ways which bring out the best in our humanity? How, meanwhile, do we repair our relationship with the natural world?
In this session, we will explore the intersection of these two questions, so often treated as separate. In which ways can our gadgets, social platforms and breakthroughs in AI help us to care for the natural world? How can we converse with nature and appreciate an intelligence greater than our own? Can technology serve us in shifting our mindsets from ‘ego’ to ‘eco’? Join us and share your thoughts about these issues as Dan Nixon (Perspectiva) is joined in conversation by Jeremy Lent and Bonnitta Roy. |
Date And Time
Thursday, May 27, 2021 9:00–10:30 am Pacific/5:00–6:30 pm UK Price: £10 (free for those who need it) |
Intercultural Roots: Arts for Social Change
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A talk followed by Q&A and discussion on how a deep recognition of our interconnectedness can lay the path to full fractal flourishing.
Our dominant worldview tells us we’re split between mind and body, separate from each other, and at odds with the natural world. This worldview has passed its expiration date: it's based on a series of flawed assumptions that have been superseded by modern scientific findings. In this Masterclass, author Jeremy Lent will discuss how another worldview is possible—based on our deep interconnectedness with all of life. Showing how modern scientific knowledge echoes the ancient wisdom of earlier cultures, the presentation weaves together findings from modern systems thinking, evolutionary biology, and cognitive neuroscience with insights from Buddhism, Taoism, and Indigenous wisdom. |
A Health & WELLth Festival Event
Date And Time Thursday, May 13 2021 9:00 am - 10:00 am Pacific/ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm UK Price: £ 12 |
How to Predict the Future: Conversation with K. D. Adamson
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Our cultural values are shaped by their own historically evolved patterns. As a result, values are not simply given, but the result of the cultural heritage that has been passed on to us through previous generations.
What if we could change these patterns of interpretation? What if we could rearrange our values to create a better future? What steps would be necessary to do this? Our next boma studio should help the participants to understand their own interpretation patterns in a socio-economic context and to take a look into the future of humanity. Our experts on the subject are KD Adamson, writer and futurist with a focus on the dangers of global technologization, and Jeremy Lent, author of The Patterning Instinct and founder of the Liology Institute. |
Date And Time
Thursday, May 6, 2021 8:00 am - 9:00 am Pacific Free |
Conversation with John B. Cobb, Jr.
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Integral Practitioner Convergence
Register for Meridian University’s Center for Transformative Learning’s upcoming 2021 Integral Practitioner Convergence for access to two days of panels and collaboration addressing the future of coaching, organizational development, leadership, and integral practice across domains. Join me and 80+ other speakers from around the globe on April 17 & 18, 2021. Sign up now to join the Convergence.
Presentation hosted by Society for Organizational Learning (Singapore)
NOTE DATE AND TIME: Fri, Jan 29, 2021 6:30–8:30 pm PST | Sat Jan 30, 10:30 am–12:30 pm SGT
A collective awareness of humanity's significant sustainability challenges is developing. How we respond to this across business and economy, as well as broader society will be key to the very essence of our existence. What do we move toward? What are the right steps? How did we get to where we are now?
Understanding the implications and possible answers to these questions and the 'Patterns of Meaning' within them will be important for the work ahead.
Please join us in our discussion with Jeremy Lent, a groundbreaking author who has looked under the surface of human society and culture to understand what moves and moulds the human systems we are part of. In addition to his work on an 'Ecological Civilization', we will be discussing his previous and forthcoming books and initiatives.
A collective awareness of humanity's significant sustainability challenges is developing. How we respond to this across business and economy, as well as broader society will be key to the very essence of our existence. What do we move toward? What are the right steps? How did we get to where we are now?
Understanding the implications and possible answers to these questions and the 'Patterns of Meaning' within them will be important for the work ahead.
Please join us in our discussion with Jeremy Lent, a groundbreaking author who has looked under the surface of human society and culture to understand what moves and moulds the human systems we are part of. In addition to his work on an 'Ecological Civilization', we will be discussing his previous and forthcoming books and initiatives.
An Ecological Civilization: Vision and Practice
A series of four classes given by Jeremy
This course of four classes will review the concept of an ecological civilization from multiple perspectives. The first class will lay out a deep historical context, describing the impact of culture and values on history, and introducing the vision of an ecological civilization in contrast to our current society. The second class will explore the ontological and ethical parameters of an ecological civilization. The third class will delve into specifics of what an ecological civilization might look like in practice; and the final class will trace realistic pathways to a life-affirming future—and invite participants to explore their own engagement in laying the groundwork.
Each class will consist of presentations, full group discussion, and small group exercises:
Each class will consist of presentations, full group discussion, and small group exercises:
- Class 1 | Ecological Civilization in Historical Context
- Class 2 | Ecological Civilization: Worldview and Values
- Class 3 | An Ecological Civilization in Practice
- Class 4 | Pathways to an Ecological Civilization
Date: 4 Tuesdays - Feb 2, 9, 16 & 23, 2021
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