This will be an open afternoon with lots of good talk and the kind of
networking that will form the basis for future meetings of all who care
for the environment in the Southern California region and
beyond.
We look forward to seeing you on April 7th!
Ed Casey and Linda Buzzell-Saltzman
The Ecopsychology Network of Southern
California
and
The Community Psychology, Liberation Psychology, Ecopsychology
Specialization,
M.A./Ph.D. Depth Psychology Program, Pacifica Graduate Institute
present
Water and Psyche:
The Oceans Without and the Streams Within
Sunday, April 7, 2013 1 - 5:30 pm
Pacifica Graduate Institute, South Hall, Lambert Road campus
249 Lambert Road, Carpinteria, CA 93013
Free event; free parking
“For whatever we lose (like a you or a me),
It's always our self we find in the sea.”
~ e.e.cummings
The waters of Earth's biosphere flow
also in our veins and hearts.
Humans are an integral part of the
Water Planet and yet we have wounded the very element that sustains us
and all life. The seamless waters, both actual and metaphorical, are now
in flux at every level of existence: melting ice, receding waters,
disappearing rains, contaminated flows in rivers and blood streams, dying
fish and sea life, shifting currents, watery dreams, acidifying oceans
full of debris and plastic, water shortages and blocked rivers our local
relatives the steelhead trout and salmon can no longer climb.
This gathering will convene those in
our watershed and beyond who are concerned with encouraging a collective
shift of consciousness and participating in healing the relationship
between the human psyche and the waters of life that sustain us all
.
“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you
plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid
wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go,
and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping
water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half
water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water
does.”
~ Margaret Atwood,
The Penelopiad
“Life in us is like the water in a river.”
~ Henry David Thoreau
RSVP required to Linda Buzzell-Saltzman
lbuzzell@aol.com
or 805
563-2089
Moderators: Linda Buzzell-Saltzman (introduction) and Ed Casey
(concluding remarks).
Proposed Schedule:
1-5:30 pm Sunday, April 7 with optional gathering for a no-host dinner
afterwards at a local restaurant.
1:00 - 1:20 Brief Welcome talk (Linda Buzzell-Saltzman) including
logistics (bathrooms etc.)
1:20 - 1:40 First breakout group of 4-6 people sharing our backgrounds
and hopes for the meeting (and for the Network).
1:40 - 2:40 First panel: Ecopsychology in the world. Speaker:
Environmental Activist Mike McCoy (20 - 25 mins). "The
Psychoneurophysiology of Environmental Restoration" "Most of us
environmentalists perceive the human effect on nature as entirely
negative and, indeed, nearly all the trauma inflicted on natural systems
has been caused by us. But the human touch on nature can also be a
positive force." Panelist Michael Quill (5-10 mins). Plus whole
group discussion (approx 20 mins).
2:40 - 3:00 Tea/coffee break and more networking outdoors if weather
permits.
3:00 - 3:30 Ceremony at outdoor grotto. Gabrielle Milanich. Possible
theme: surface waters and underground streams.
3:30 - 4:10 Second panel: Ecopsychology within. Speaker: Lauren
Schneider, LMFT (20-30 minutes). Ecodreamwork: one way nature speaks to
deep psyche. Panelist: Sandra Easter. (10 minutes). Knowing what we now
know about what's going on in all the waters of the biosphere, what inner
work can we do to address and shift the situation? Discussion: 10
minutes.
4:10 - 4:40 Second breakout groups of 4-6 people (same people as the last
breakout group) to discuss what we've heard and experienced and our hopes
for the future of the Network.
4:40 - 5:15 Reports to the whole group by a designated person from each
sub-group about where the Network should go from here. Moderated by Ed
Casey, with concluding remarks.
5:15 Adjourn.
5:30 Leave South Hall.
If continued discussion is desired, those interested can convene at a
local restaurant (TBS) to avoid the Sunday rush on the 101 Freeway -
restaurant to be announced.
