[Scpg] invitation to free ecopsychology conference Sun Apr 7 at Pacifica

Wed Mar 6 13:38:31 PST 2013

FROM LINDA BUZZELL
I wanted to pass this invitation along to those interested in Social 
Permaculture... If you would like to attend this free event on April 
7, please RSVP to me asap as space is limited.

Linda

We would like to invite you to the first meeting of the Ecopsychology 
Network of Southern California (this is a free event), which we are 
spearheading from Santa Barbara, under the auspices of the Community 
Psychology, Liberation Psychology, Ecopsychology specialization of 
the M.A./Ph.D. Depth Psychology Program at Pacifica Graduate 
Institute. This event will appeal to those who have active interests 
in ecopsychology and environmental issues more generally.

Our topic is "Water and Psyche: The Oceans Without and the Streams 
Within" and we have an exciting program with two main presenters and 
commentators on each, along with abundant opportunity for open 
discussion and for getting acquainted with one another.

We'll meet at South Hall on the Lambert Road campus of Pacifica 
Graduate Institute on Sunday, April 7, 1:00 - 5:30. There is no 
charge for this gathering. 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   <mailto:lbuzzell at aol.com>lbuzzell at 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.

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