by Joanna | Mar 15, 2013 | Gaialogues |
Peter Forbes is a farmer and conservationist, and an artist of imagery, written word and carved wood. He is also a public speaker and facilitator. Peter’s life-long pursuit is to be a witness and storyteller of the bond between people and the land, and to translate what he has learned into a new form of leadership. Peter founded the Center for Whole Communities to do what he could to strengthen and connect movements for social and environmental change by...
by Joanna | Mar 8, 2013 | Gaialogues |
We are launching a new monthly podcast series, Upaya Conversations, a collaboration with Upaya Zen Center … I will be hosting conversations with outstanding teachers, scholars, and visionaries in Buddhism and intersecting fields of human development. We begin this series with scholars from Neuroscience/Neuropsychology … The first guest is Evan Thompson. Evan Thompson is a philosopher who works in the fields of cognitive science, Phenomenology, and...
by Joanna | Mar 1, 2013 | Gaialogues |
Leslie E. Sponsel has a PhD in Biological and Cultural Anthropology . Over the last four decades he has taught at seven universities in four countries. His courses include amongst others: Ecological Anthropology, Environmental Anthropology, Spiritual Ecology, Sacred Places. From 1974 to 1981 Sponsel conducted several trips to the Venezuelan Amazon to study human ecology with the Yanomami and other indigenous societies. Almost yearly since 1986 Sponsel has made...
by Joanna | Feb 22, 2013 | Gaialogues |
Kingsley L. Dennis, PhD, is a sociologist, researcher, and writer. He is the author of “New Consciousness for a New World” (2011); as well as “The Struggle for Your Mind: Conscious Evolution & The Battle to Control How We Think” (2012). He co-authored “After the Car” (Polity, 2009), which examines post-peak oil societies and mobility. He is also the co-editor of “The New Science & Spirituality Reader” (2012)...
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by Joanna | Feb 15, 2013 | Gaialogues |
Back by popular demand Charles Eisenstein is a teacher, speaker, and writer focusing on themes of civilization, consciousness, money, and human cultural evolution. His writings on the web magazine Reality Sandwich have generated a vast online following; he speaks frequently at conferences and other events, and gives numerous interviews on radio and podcasts. Eisenstein graduated from Yale University in 1989 with a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy, and spent...
by Joanna | Feb 8, 2013 | Gaialogues |
Alfred W. Kaszniak, Ph.D. is currently Director of the Arizona Alzheimer’s Consortium Education Core, and a professor in the departments of psychology, neurology, and psychiatry at The University of Arizona (UA). Al also presently serves as Chief Academic Officer for the Mind and Life Institute, an organization that facilitates collaborative scientific research on contemplative practices and traditions. He is the co-author or editor of seven books, including...
