This important document helped launch a movement for defending the rights of Nature and Earth Jurisprudence. It lays out the foundation for where rights originate and why they need to be respected, and how the rights all things fit into the larger context.
At 86 years of age, eminent cultural historian Thomas Berry, did an extended video interview that was intended for historical archive purposes. In that session, he shared his primary concerns for the well-being of our planet at this critical moment in evolutionary history. From that lengthy interview, two essential video talks are now available to […]
The Genesis Farm Earth Literacy Program provides a model of educational context and subject matter appropriate to this time of transition into a mutually enhancing relationship with Earth. The program is based on new understandings of the history and nature of the Universe as these have emerged through the recent and fresh encounter between modern […]
This video of Sr. Marian O’Sullivan at An Tairseach and its farm and the surrounding area of Wicklow explains the inspiration behind its work. An Tairsearch means threshold and the idea, according to Sr. Marian, is that humanity has to pass through a threshold into another phase in the Human/Earth/Cosmic Journey.
Brian Swimme notes that “Life created the human to capture the depth of things.” This blog explores ways that we “capture,” and suggests the need to develop new receptors.
This is a distillation of Thomas Berry’s work into Twelve Principles. They can serve as the basis for teaching his thought.
This is a follow up to the Emmy Award winning film, Journey of the Universe. Conversations with scientists, environmentalists, and educators in a twenty-part series (30 minutes each) in a 4-DVD Set.
The Emmy Award winning JOURNEY OF THE UNIVERSE tells an epic story of cosmic, Earth and human transformation from The Big Bang to today. Evolutionary philosopher Brian Thomas Swimme and Yale historian of religions Mary Evelyn Tucker have crafted an elegant narrative that both illuminates and celebrates the profound role humans play in the flourishing […]
Today we know what no previous generation knew: the history of the universe and of the unfolding of life on Earth. Through the astonishing combined achievements of natural scientists worldwide, we now have a detailed account of how galaxies and stars, planets and living organisms, human beings and human consciousness came to be. And yet […]
A TEDx presentation. The objective of this presentation is to introduce the audience to a new and counterintuitive approach to educating for sustainability that focuses on living within the rhythms of the world as it is, not as we imagine it to be. Though sustainability education is rapidly becoming mainstream, it is undercut by a […]
Our Vision is to ignite our sense of connectedness with Earth and nurture a spirituality of Earth care through learning circles.
Creation Spirituality: Reawakening Mysticism, Protecting Our Planet
Gladwyne Montessori is an independent Montessori school on Philadelphia’s Main Line.
Committed to guiding adults in their journey as they discover the truths about childhood and study Montessori pedagogy. Personal growth and deep understanding prepares us for success.
The result is transformative.
