Contact: Margie Bushman
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
(805) 962-2571, email:
margie@sbpermaculture.org
SANTA BARBARA PERMACULTURE NETWORK
Presents:
Talk (with Poetry, Film and Music ) on
"Earth, Spirit, Action "
with
Monday, May 1, 2006, 7:00 pm
Santa Barbara Public Library, Faulkner Gallery
Global warming, endless warfare,
pollution and mass extinction. How do we live in such a time? How do we
find vision and empowerment to act as agents of healing change?
Join renowned global environmentalist John Seed,
founder of the Rainforest Information Center (Lismore, Australia)
(www.rainforestinfo.org.au)
and co-author of Thinking Like a Mountain - Towards a Council of All
Beings, as he talks (with Poetry, Film and Music.) on
"Earth, Action, Spirit" John will explore the
philosophy of deep ecology and the psychological tools that allow us to
be engaged and effective at such a time while avoiding depression ,
burnout and futility.
Seed will use music, poetry, film and the spoken
word to share the philosophy of deep ecology and present information on
conservation projects he is presently advancing, including eco-forestry
with native peoples in Papua New Guinea, afforestation of the holy
mountain Arunachala in Tamil Nadu (India), and efforts in Maharashtra
(India) to support the Katkari
tribal group, whose culture is at the brink of extinction as they are
forced to work as bonded labor at brick kilns and live in abject
poverty.
This is a rare opportunity to hear one of
the seminal thinkers of deep ecology, an activist who has been at the
forefront of the movement to unite and reorient the hearts of humanity
toward a sustainable and just way of life over the past 25 years.
In Seed's own words: In 1979 after the
first direct actions which eventually led to the protection of
Australia's rainforests, I founded the Rainforest Information Centre and
since that time I've been working on the conservation of the world's
rainforests. It soon became clear that the forests could not be saved one
at a time nor the planet saved one issue at a time. Unless we
simultaneously address the underlying psychological or spiritual disease
that allows modern humans to feel separate from nature, the destruction
of species and life-support systems will continue.
John Seed is founder and director of the
Rainforest Information Center in Australia. Since 1979 he has been
involved in the direct actions which have resulted in the protection of
the Australian rainforests. In 1984 he helped initiate the US Rainforest
Action Network which grew out of the first his many US road shows. In
1987 he co-produced a television documentary for Australian national
television about the struggle for the rainforests. This has since been
shown in many countries. A front page story about John's work in the
Christian Science Monitor at this time referred to him as "the town
crier for the global village".
The evening talk takes place at the
Santa Barbara Public Library, Faulkner Gallery, 40 East Anapamu St, in
downtown Santa Barbara, on Monday, May 1, 7:00-9:30 pm.
Donation $5-$10.
The Santa Barbara Ecological Education
Coalition/SBCC Adult Education Series, International Association for
Ecotherapy, the SG Organic Garden Club, Relocalizing Food Circle, Santa
Barbara Permaculture Network, Institute of Reverential Ecology, Terra
Foundation and Hopedance Media sponsor the event. For more information,
please call (805) 962-2571,
margie@sbpermaculture.org or
www.sbpermaculture.org.
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