|
Recommended Resources and Links:
Bioneers - www.Bioneers.org -A
tremendous source for people who walk the talk for the Earth, CD talks, annual conference and other resources For local monthly meetings in Boulder: send email to ColoradoBioneersSalon at Hotmail dot Com
Climate and beyond: - www.CitizensClimateLobby.org Very
well organized effort to put a tax on carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S.
where per capita use of energy is double that of Germany and of Japan
www.350.org Bill McKibben’s
international organization working with people on strategies to raise awareness
about climate change and to bring us back to 350 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere. www.DelectablePlanet.com "Our mission at Delectable Planet is to encourage people to eat lower on
the food chain to support environmental sustainability, increase social
justice and be healthy. We have a collection of vegan recipes....on video." Earth Guardians - www.EarthGuardians.org International and local Boulder youth organization acting on behalf of Earth. Eco-Dharma Sangha in Boulder: http://boundlessinmotion.org/eco-dharma-sangha/ Mission statement: We are committed to the preservation
of a livable planet for our descendants and fellow species by 1)
deepening our spiritual practices, 2) strengthening community and sense
of inter-connectedness, 3) studying the personal and institutional root
causes of the ongoing eco-crisis to inspire 4) individual and collective
action. www.OneEarthSangha.org 2015 program, Eco Sattva Training, Interactive sessions guided by a
wealth of diverse voices; we will begin with resourcing ourselves for
the journey, confront the “hindrances” to the EcoSattva path, explore
forms of collective response and and finally inspire action on behalf of
all beings as a form of deep practice.
LivingTheChange.net a global initiative of GreenFaith.org inviting people of all faith traditions to make commitments in the areas of food, transportation and energy.
Pachamama Alliance - www.Pachamama.org a global community that offers people the chance to learn, connect,
engage, travel and cherish life for the purpose of creating a
sustainable future that works for all.
Up to Us - www.UpToUs.org
An
online educational project of Pachamama Alliance to educate and inspire people
to be well informed and to join movement efforts to make a difference for our
Earth so we become a socially just, spiritually fulfilling and environmentally
sustainable human presence on the Earth. Register for the next program! Includes the dynamic and recommended Game Changer Intensive
Books: - Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in Without Going Crazy by Joanna Macy, Activist and Author along with Chris Johnstone Wonderful overview of the state of our world and how to compassionately see productively through the use of story and a Spiral Encounter with gratitude, honoring pain for the world, seeing with new eyes and going forth. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, PhD biologist and Native American who weaves science and her personal experience exquisitely in stories about plants and people in these times. She reveals by seeing with the eyes and heart of both a Native and a Scientist.
Kissed by a Fox by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD shares her journey with her own companion animals and others along with her questions and research about how and why our modern culture has developed in relation to nature as it has.
Medicine for the Earth, How to transform personal and environmental toxins by Sandra Ingerman c2000. based on 20 years of her own studies and experience in alternative ways and connections. She provides awareness exercises, rituals, ceremonies and cross cultural studies. Y on Earth by Aaron Perry c2017 Comprehensive exploration guide to cultivating sacred sustainabiity, well-being and inter-connectedness. Visit: YonEarth.org
Websites of Local Voices for the Earth - (in Colorado, USA)
--Stele Ely, “Earthe Man” - http://xoearth.org/xoearth-man/ and http://xoearth.org/ - And - www.Greentopia.org
--Laurie Dameron - See her “What Can I Do” program: https://www.facebook.com/WhatCanIDoSpaceshipEarth
And her website: http://www.lauriedameron.com/
--Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center, Nederland, CO www.wildbear.org --The Salon on Climate Change and Society at the Shambhala Center Boulder
http://boulder.shambhala.org/program-details/?id=246071 meets on the third Sunday of each month, from 2 to 4 pm in the Boulder Shambhala Center Community Room
www.coloradoipl.org Colorado
Interfaith Power and Light (CoIPL) provides support to individuals and
congregations in their goal to be faithful stewards of Divine creation…and to identify
actions in support of a healthy Climate, energy conservation, etc.
Films and Programs:
Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream: see Pachamama Alliance
Bag IT! BagItMovie.com Is your Life too Plastic?
What Can I do? Spaceship Earth, by Laurie Dameron See: www.facebook.com/lauriedameronmusic
Living in Connection --Our Sacred Earth, by Bonnie Sundance
|