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Immoderate Greatness: Why Civilizations Fail

Posted by James MacAllister | Jul 15, 2015 | Adult Education, Big History, Biology and Earth Systems Science, Book, Ecology/Sustainability, Gaia Theory/Science-Based Systems Thinking, Higher Education, Lifelong, Other, Posts & Resources, Secondary 9 - 12 |

from the publisher “*Immoderate Greatness* explains how a civilization’s very magnitude conspires against it to cause downfall. Civilizations are hard-wired for self-destruction. They travel an arc from initial success to terminal decay and ultimate collapse due to intrinsic, inescapable biophysical limits combined with an inexorable trend toward moral decay and practical failure. Because our own […]

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Earth, Life, and System: Evolution and Ecology on a Gaian Planet

Posted by James MacAllister | Jul 14, 2015 | Adult Education, Big History, Biology and Earth Systems Science, Book, Ecology/Sustainability, Gaia Theory/Science-Based Systems Thinking, Higher Education, Lifelong, Posts & Resources, Secondary 9 - 12 |

from the publisher “Exploring the broad implications of evolutionary theorist Lynn Margulis’s work, this collection brings together specialists across a range of disciplines, from paleontology, molecular biology, evolutionary theory, and geobiology to developmental systems theory, archaeology, history of science, cultural science studies, and literature and science. Addressing the multiple themes that animated Margulis’s science, the […]

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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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A Sociological Perspective on Natural Theology

Posted by Jennifer Morgan | Jul 10, 2015 | Adult Education, Document, Higher Education, Lifelong, Other, Posts & Resources, Religion/Spirituality |

This paper was published under the title “A Sociological Perspective on Natural...

The Golden Rule

Posted by Laura Craig | Jul 9, 2015 | Adult Education, Article, Higher Education, Image, Journey of the Universe, Lifelong, New Cosmology, Posts & Resources, Religion/Spirituality, Secondary 9 - 12, Social Justice |

Newspaper article appearing in the Princeton Packet June 26, 2015, on the Town Forum page,...

The Shamanic Mission of Thomas Berry

Posted by Jennifer Morgan | Jun 21, 2015 | Adult Education, Document, Ecology/Sustainability, Higher Education, Lifelong, Posts & Resources, Religion/Spirituality, Secondary 9 - 12, Story of the Universe, The New Story |

This essay was written by Mike Bell, a former monk, who lived with Thomas Berry in the Passionist Monastery. Thomas Berry, a cultural historian wrote the landmark essay, “The New Story,” and several books including “The Dream of the Earth,” “The Great Work,” and “The Fate of the Earth and Christian Future” in which he […]

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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...

Laudato Si (Link to Papal Encyclical on Climate Change)

Posted by Jennifer Morgan | Jun 20, 2015 | Adult Education, Document, Ecology/Sustainability, Higher Education, Lifelong, Posts & Resources, Religion/Spirituality, Social Justice |

In anticipation of the upcoming UN summit on climate change this year, Pope Francis released a...

Earth’s New Address: Solar System, Milky Way, Laniakea

Posted by Jennifer Morgan | Jun 14, 2015 | Adult Education, Cosmic Evolution, Elementary 3 - 5, Higher Education, Lifelong, Middle 6 - 8, Other, Posts & Resources, Secondary 9 - 12, Video |

The supercluster of galaxies that includes the Milky Way is 100 times bigger in volume and mass than previously thought, a team of astronomers says. They have mapped the enormous region and given it the name Laniakea — Hawaiian for ‘immeasurable heaven’. Galaxies tend to huddle in groups called clusters; regions where these clusters are […]

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Energy Tango!

Posted by Joyce J Rouse | May 30, 2015 | Adult Education, Ecology/Sustainability, Education, Elementary 3 - 5, Elementary K - 2, Higher Education, Lifelong, Middle 6 - 8, Montessori Cosmic Education, Music, Other, Posts & Resources, Secondary 9 - 12, Social Justice, Story of the Universe, The New Story, Video |

Song for teaching current power/energy sources for industrialized society. Emphasis on renewable energy and conservation as best choices. Video montage of energy examples. The song is often performed with dance moves and fun theatrics! Feather boas add color and fun to sing along refrain and Ole´. Available from Around the World with Earth Mama CD, […]

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Category: Higher Education

Immoderate Greatness: Why Civilizations Fail

Earth, Life, and System: Evolution and Ecology on a Gaian Planet

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

A Sociological Perspective on Natural Theology

The Shamanic Mission of Thomas Berry

Earth’s New Address: Solar System, Milky Way, Laniakea

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