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Cosmological Commitment in a Time of Planetary Crisis: Values for a Vibrant Earth

Posted by Toni Nash, CSJ | Sep 19, 2017 | Adult Education, Current Issues, Document, Ecology/Sustainability, Higher Education, Journey of the Universe, Lifelong, New Cosmology, Religion/Spirituality, Secondary 9 - 12, The New Story |

A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the California Institute for Integral Studies. Religious and spiritual leadership, aligned with the cosmos-building processes of the universe, can be a key element in the human community becoming a vibrant part of the whole Earth community. This dissertation builds on the works of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (2003), […]

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RESILIENCE

Posted by Mike Bell | Aug 29, 2017 | Article, Current Issues, New Cosmology, Posts & Resources, The New Story |

I wrote this Chronicle about Resilience a few weeks ago. But, as I’m now posting it, the Chronicle seems especially relevant. Hurricane Harvey is decimating Houston and other parts of Texas. Our media are full of reports about the resilience of community folks helping one another to survive. It is this kind of physical and […]

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About A Community Climate Change Culture #3

Posted by Mike Bell | Apr 19, 2017 | Article, Current Issues, Journey of the Universe, Other, Posts & Resources, The New Story |

Climate Change is changing everything including our concept of culture. In a global world with instant communications we need a new way of understanding culture. This is especially true when we are trying to create a new culture and doing it at the community level. Also we need a culture we can pass on to […]

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Comox Valley Climate Change Chronicles 2—About Context

Posted by Mike Bell | Mar 23, 2017 | Article, Current Issues, New Cosmology, Other, Posts & Resources |

This second Comox Valley Climate Change Chronicle. is about context. The significance of a Deep...

Comox Valley Climate Change Chronicles

Posted by Mike Bell | Mar 13, 2017 | Article, Current Issues, New Cosmology, Posts & Resources, The New Story |

There is lots of scientific information about climate change, but very little about how to deal with it at the community and neighbourhood level. This article, subtitled “Chronicles”, is the first of a number of articles that will appear on this site to show what might be possible. The community is the Comox Valley in […]

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Laudato Si’ Reflection Resource

Posted by Terri MacKenzie | Sep 22, 2015 | Adult Education, Current Issues, Higher Education, Journey of the Universe, Other, Other, Posts & Resources, Secondary 9 - 12, Story of the Universe |

This downloadable resource is for any group wanting to know what Pope Francis actually wrote in...

Thomas Berry’s Functional Cosmology in the Trenches

Posted by Mike Bell | Aug 12, 2015 | Adult Education, Article, Current Issues, Higher Education, Lifelong, Posts & Resources, Religion/Spirituality, Story of the Universe, The New Story |

Thomas Berry’s functional cosmology flows from his concepts of a New Cosmology and Earth Spirituality. It turns concepts into action. This talk describes my own efforts trying to implement a functional cosmology while working as a community organizer in Inuit and Dene communities in the Canadian Arctic and on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia.

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Being a Bee (Stories for a Better World, Video)

Posted by Jane Riddiford | Jul 13, 2015 | Adult Education, Current Issues, Ecology/Sustainability, Higher Education, Journey of the Universe, Middle 6 - 8, Posts & Resources, Secondary 9 - 12, Story of the Universe, The New Story, Video |

This film is the result of a 12 month Heritage Lottery Funded project in which Global Generation involved young people in exploring cultural creation stories and the scientific origins of the universe. The Bee story emerged as a central motif for where we have all come from and our role in defining where we are […]

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Pope Francis’ LAUDATO SI and the New Consciousness

Posted by Mike Bell | Jul 1, 2015 | Article, Current Issues, Ecology/Sustainability, Government, Journey of the Universe, New Cosmology, Posts & Resources, Religion/Spirituality, Social Justice, The New Story |

This article is a commentary on Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment: Laudato Si. It describes the unique nature of the encyclical, the challenge of developing a new consciousness in the face of climate change, and the potential acceptance or rejection of the encyclical both within the church and in the wider world.

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Resources for Papal Encyclical (Laudato Si)

Posted by Jennifer Morgan | Jun 21, 2015 | Adult Education, Current Issues, Document, Ecology/Sustainability, Higher Education, Lifelong, Posts & Resources, Religion/Spirituality, Secondary 9 - 12, Social Justice, Video |

Climate Change is a Deep Time issue and Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, advisers to DTJN and...

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Cosmological Commitment in a Time of Planetary Crisis: Values for a Vibrant Earth

RESILIENCE

About A Community Climate Change Culture #3

Comox Valley Climate Change Chronicles 2—About Context

Comox Valley Climate Change Chronicles

Laudato Si’ Reflection Resource

Thomas Berry’s Functional Cosmology in the Trenches

Being a Bee (Stories for a Better World, Video)

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