SUMMER WORKSHOP 2016
Contemplative Environmental Practice
Retreat for Professors and Activists
Wednesday, July 27 – Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Lama Foundation
San Cristobal, New Mexico
This workshop brings together professors and activists to develop more skillful ways of confronting environmental challenges. Specifically, it explores the role of contemplative practice in our pedagogical and activist efforts. Through daily meditation, journal writing, nature walks, and other reflective exercises as well as scholarly discussion, we will probe the depths of the environmental crisis and develop resources to work and teach on behalf of global sustainability.
Environmental issues are not simply political, technological, or economic dilemmas but also existential challenges that require us to reflect upon the meaning of our individual and collective lives. Furthermore, the scale and pace of environmental degradation call on us to enhance our skills as educators, activists, and ordinary citizens like never before. This workshop offers the opportunity to deepen such efforts by facilitating meaningful dialogue between activists and professors, probing the interface between our personal and professional lives, and introducing contemplative practices tailored specifically for use in the classroom and in political organizing.
Part seminar and part retreat, the workshop provides the chance to step back from our frenetic lives and, in the midst of stunning beauty and a supportive community, integrate our deepest spiritual yearnings with our professional and personal commitments to protect the earth.
Faculty:
*Paul Wapner, Professor of Global Environmental Politics, American University
*Kritee (Kanko), Scientist, Activist, Zen Teacher, Environmental Defense
Fund
*Jeff
Warren, Author and Meditation Instructor
For more information: http://www.american.edu/sis/gep/Contemplative-Environmental-Practice-Workshop.cfm
Questions: pwapner@american.edu
Cost: $980 (includes accommodations, all meals, and workshop fee; $810 for graduate students)
Sponsored by: Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education, & Global Environmental Politics Program, American University
Professor Paul Wapner
Global Environmental Politics Program
School of International Service
American University
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington DC 20016
(202) 885-1647
http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/pwapner.cfm
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