His recent book, Apprenticed to Spirit, is a memoir of David's journey to understanding how we can learn to lead lives of greater blessing and to be sources of blessing and service for the world as a whole. In the book, David documents his encounter in 1965 with an extraordinary presence, which he named "John," and which over the next quarter-century would be his colleague and mentor, assisting him in exploring the "inner worlds" of the spirit. No ordinary teacher, John was David's guide to comprehending the sacredness within us, and he helped build partnerships with the spiritual worlds. John tutored him in some of the most basic mysteries of life and the nature of the human spirit.

David's other books include Emergence; The Call; Everyday Miracles; Parent as Mystic, Mystic as Parent; Blessing: The Art and the Practice; The Story Tree; Manifestation: Creating the Life You Love; and The Incarnation Card Deck.

]]> http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/TNS_Library2011.html#Spangler 8CCAB970-6DAD-460D-BE3C-C0FAE6154EA6-7573-0000313A424FEE19-FFA Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:28:56 -0800 David Spangler and Michael Lerner discuss David's life story as one of the seminal figures of the spiritual movements of the latter part of the last century. Since 1964, David Spangler has been an author and teacher of spirituality. In 1970 he visited the Findhorn Foundation community in Northern Scotland where he was invited to become its co-director and to be a teacher-in-residence. He lived and worked in the community until 1973, becoming the founder of its educational program. Along with several friends and colleagues from Findhorn, he returned to the United States in 1973, and in 1974 he joined with them to create the Lorian Association, a non-profit spiritual educational foundation. His recent book, Apprenticed to Spirit, is a memoir of David's journey to understanding how we can learn to lead lives of greater blessing and to be sources of blessing and service for the world as a whole. In the book, David documents his encounter in 1965 with an extraordinary presence, which he named "John," and which over the next quarter-century would be his colleague and mentor, assisting him in exploring the "inner worlds" of the spirit. No ordinary teacher, John was David's guide to comprehending the sacredness within us, and he helped build partnerships with the spiritual worlds. John tutored him in some of the most basic mysteries of life and the nature of the human spirit. David's other books include Emergence; The Call; Everyday Miracles; Parent as Mystic, Mystic as Parent; Blessing: The Art and the Practice; The Story Tree; Manifestation: Creating the Life You Love; and The Incarnation Card Deck. 1:37:20 david,spangler,findhorn,spirit,michael,lerner,subtle,worlds,commoneal,remen,braun Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Organized by Eric Karpeles, co-presented by Point Reyes Books

In 1855, Whitman published 795 copies of his book Leaves of Grass, paying for publication himself. "Song of Myself," as it came to be known, was the first experiment in long, free-verse poetry—a poem that former U.S. poet laureate and Whitman scholar Robert Hass calls, "the most unprecedented poem in the English language." The poem is Whitman's "song" about democracy and imagination, life and death.

Using the 52 numbered sections of the 1891 "Deathbed" edition, local volunteers read Walt Whitman's Song of Myself in its entirety.]]> http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/TNS_Library2011.html#Whitman 78985B54-98AF-4A14-9276-77150A0CDCAD-1452-0000079461654FEF-FFA Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:17:36 -0800 Eric Karpeles of The New School organized this community reading using 52 local readers of Whitman's "Song of Myself." Organized by Eric Karpeles, co-presented by Point Reyes Books In 1855, Whitman published 795 copies of his book Leaves of Grass, paying for publication himself. "Song of Myself," as it came to be known, was the first experiment in long, free-verse poetry—a poem that former U.S. poet laureate and Whitman scholar Robert Hass calls, "the most unprecedented poem in the English language." The poem is Whitman's "song" about democracy and imagination, life and death. Using the 52 numbered sections of the 1891 "Deathbed" edition, local volunteers read Walt Whitman's Song of Myself in its entirety. 2:30:55 whitman,walt.song of myself,1891,deathbed,edition,robert,hass,poet,laureate,eric,karpeles,michael,lerner,remen,commmonweal,new school Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Co-presented with the Post Carbon Institute, Point Reyes Books, the Regenerative Design Institute, Transition West Marin, and the Mainstreet Moms<br /> <br /> Economics has failed us . . . but there is life after growth!<br /> Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to sink, and governments stagger under record deficits. Richard Heinberg's latest book, The End of Growth, proposes a startling diagnosis: humanity has reached a fundamental turning point in its economic history. The expansionary trajectory of industrial civilization is colliding with non-negotiable natural limits.<br /> Richard maintains that growth is being blocked by resource depletion, environmental impacts, and crushing levels of debt. These converging limits will force us to re-evaluate cherished economic theories and to reinvent money and commerce.<br /> <br /> In conversation with Michael Lerner, Richard explores the ongoing financial crisis—explaining how and why it occurred; what we must do to avert the worst potential outcomes; and what policy makers, communities, and families can do to build a new economy that operates within Earth’s budget of energy and resources.<br /> <br /> Richard Heinberg is the author of ten books—including The Party’s Over, Peak Everything, and The End of Growth—and a senior fellow-in-residence at Post Carbon Institute. He is widely regarded as one of the world’s most effective communicators of the urgent need to transition away from fossil fuels. With a wry, unflinching approach based on facts and realism, Richard exposes the tenuousness of our current way of life and offers a vision for a truly sustainable future. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/TNS_Library2011.html#Heinberg E4EF433B-4E66-4580-9E31-4BBBAD204BEA-6103-00002B268345347B-FFA Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:22:07 -0700 Richard Heinberg in conversation with host Michael Lerner discussing the current and future state of the US and world economies Co-presented with the Post Carbon Institute, Point Reyes Books, the Regenerative Design Institute, Transition West Marin, and the Mainstreet Moms. Economics has failed us . . . but there is life after growth! Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to sink, and governments stagger under record deficits. Richard Heinberg's latest book, The End of Growth, proposes a startling diagnosis: humanity has reached a fundamental turning point in its economic history. The expansionary trajectory of industrial civilization is colliding with non-negotiable natural limits. Richard maintains that growth is being blocked by resource depletion, environmental impacts, and crushing levels of debt. These converging limits will force us to re-evaluate cherished economic theories and to reinvent money and commerce. In conversation with Michael Lerner, Richard explores the ongoing financial crisis—explaining how and why it occurred; what we must do to avert the worst potential outcomes; and what policy makers, communities, and families can do to build a new economy that operates within Earth’s budget of energy and resources. Richard Heinberg is the author of ten books—including The Party’s Over, Peak Everything, and The End of Growth—and a senior fellow-in-residence at Post Carbon Institute. He is widely regarded as one of the world’s most effective communicators of the urgent need to transition away from fossil fuels. With a wry, unflinching approach based on facts and realism, Richard exposes the tenuousness of our current way of life and offers a vision for a truly sustainable future. 1:06:47 richard,heinberg,end,growth,economy,crisis,debt,national,sustainable,lerner,michael,commonweal,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Arjun Makhijani is an eminent researcher on energy, nuclear weapons, and environmental issues. His work is strongly endorsed by Helen Caldicott, M.D., among many others. He is president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, and author of Carbon-Free and Nuclear Free—A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy and Ecology and Genetics: An Essay on the Nature of Life and the Problem of Genetic Engineering, among other books and pamplets. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/TNS_Library2011.html#Mahijani110831 1CE1BF2B-9F83-4E03-92DC-174957F272F1-21871-00009AEB807F01D4-FFA Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:20:02 -0700 Arjun Makhijani and Michael Lerner discuss his research and positions on nuclear energy, Fukushima, nuclear weapons, and environmental issues. Arjun Makhijani is an eminent researcher on energy, nuclear weapons, and environmental issues. His work is strongly endorsed by Helen Caldicott, M.D., among many others. He is president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, and author of Carbon-Free and Nuclear Free—A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy and Ecology and Genetics: An Essay on the Nature of Life and the Problem of Genetic Engineering, among other books and pamplets. 1:21:40 arjun,makhijani,nuclear,fukushima,energy,radiation,environment,wind,solar,alternative,renewables,carbon,commonweal,lerner,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no The emotional connection that we all have with money is undeniable. Whether we feel comfortable with it and understand how it works in the world or ignore our finances completely, there is a strong psychological dimension to our personal dealings with money. But there is also a strong taboo about discussing personal details around money—what we earn, what we save, and what we spend—that has contributed to women, in particular, feeling financially isolated and vulnerable.<br /> <br /> Through her own experiences and her longtime work as a psychotherapist, Kate Levinson has come to understand the ways that money and emotions are intricately entwined. In Emotional Currency, she provides an insightful and empowering guide that explores money in terms of feeling and our relationships with ourselves and others. Using real-life examples from years of her Emotional Currency workshops and from her psychotherapy practice, Kate helps readers come to terms with their family’s financial history, reveals how old habits and ideas affect present-day patterns, and offers fresh ideas to help women make smarter financial decisions.<br /> <br /> Kate Levinson is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a Ph. D. in Clinical Psychology. In addition to her private practice in Oakland, California, she leads Emotional Currency ™ Workshops on the psychological and emotional aspects of money. She has presented in numerous settings on money and psychology and is on the faculty at the Psychotherapy Institute in Berkeley. Her dissertation was entitled, "Work Attitudes of Women with Inherited Wealth." She is the owner, along with her husband, of Point Reyes Books, an independent bookstore. Her website http://www.emotionalcurrency.com has more information.<br /> <br /> http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/TNS_Library2011.html#Levinson B5B92B17-F8AC-4FC7-9E58-466233ACCF8D-16230-0000727C6FD492FB-FFA Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:05:29 -0700 Kate Levinson discusses her book, "Emotional Currency..." and our relationships with money, with Susan Braun at Commo The emotional connection that we all have with money is undeniable. Whether we feel comfortable with it and understand how it works in the world or ignore our finances completely, there is a strong psychological dimension to our personal dealings with money. But there is also a strong taboo about discussing personal details around money—what we earn, what we save, and what we spend—that has contributed to women, in particular, feeling financially isolated and vulnerable. Through her own experiences and her longtime work as a psychotherapist, Kate Levinson has come to understand the ways that money and emotions are intricately entwined. In Emotional Currency, she provides an insightful and empowering guide that explores money in terms of feeling and our relationships with ourselves and others. Using real-life examples from years of her Emotional Currency workshops and from her psychotherapy practice, Kate helps readers come to terms with their family’s financial history, reveals how old habits and ideas affect present-day patterns, and offers fresh ideas to help women make smarter financial decisions. Kate Levinson is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a Ph. D. in Clinical Psychology. In addition to her private practice in Oakland, California, she leads Emotional Currency ™ Workshops on the psychological and emotional aspects of money. She has presented in numerous settings on money and psychology and is on the faculty at the Psychotherapy Institute in Berkeley. Her dissertation was entitled, "Work Attitudes of Women with Inherited Wealth." She is the owner, along with her husband, of Point Reyes Books, an independent bookstore. Her website http://www.emotionalcurrency.com has more information. 1:45:42 kate, levinson, emotional,currency,pt,reyes,bookstore,marin,commonweal,braun,komen,lerner,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Orland Bishop combines an extensive study of medicine, naturopathy, psychology and indigenous cosmologies with a deep dedication to human rights advocacy and cultural renewal. He was a research fellow at the Center for the Study of Violence at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles and has consulted for many human development organizations in the United States and internationally.<br /> <br /> Orland is co-founder and Executive Director of ShadeTree Multicultural Foundation in Los Angeles, California, a unique organization devoted to the mentoring of young people and the creation of communities to support them. ShadeTree’s Genesis Pathway uses the core idea of “genius to genius” mentoring which helps to reveal the inherent gifts in each individual while seeking ways for each to live productively and originally in the world.<br /> <br /> Through ShadeTree, Orland has pioneered approaches to urban truces and working with at-risk youth that combine indigenous wisdom and practices with contemporary methodologies designed to mentor the human potential and create intentional communities. He has developed processes that support people to come into deeper inner and collective agreements in order to heal violence and social exclusion. Orland is currently focusing on understanding the deeper meaning money as a pathway to designing new economic forms that support healthy community life. http://the-new-school.org 6881F408-24E5-4993-946F-A4D40A8561AA-12578-00005717E88A00F5-FFA Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:46:23 -0700 Part 4 of a biographical exploration of Orland Bishop's life and work. Orland Bishop combines an extensive study of medicine, naturopathy, psychology and indigenous cosmologies with a deep dedication to human rights advocacy and cultural renewal. He was a research fellow at the Center for the Study of Violence at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles and has consulted for many human development organizations in the United States and internationally. Orland is co-founder and Executive Director of ShadeTree Multicultural Foundation in Los Angeles, California, a unique organization devoted to the mentoring of young people and the creation of communities to support them. ShadeTree’s Genesis Pathway uses the core idea of “genius to genius” mentoring which helps to reveal the inherent gifts in each individual while seeking ways for each to live productively and originally in the world. Through ShadeTree, Orland has pioneered approaches to urban truces and working with at-risk youth that combine indigenous wisdom and practices with contemporary methodologies designed to mentor the human potential and create intentional communities. He has developed processes that support people to come into deeper inner and collective agreements in order to heal violence and social exclusion. Orland is currently focusing on understanding the deeper meaning money as a pathway to designing new economic forms that support healthy community life. 42:11 orland,bishop,gang,truce,activism,anthroposophy,shade,tree,global,oneness,project,lerner,michael,commonweal,new school,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Orland Bishop combines an extensive study of medicine, naturopathy, psychology and indigenous cosmologies with a deep dedication to human rights advocacy and cultural renewal. He was a research fellow at the Center for the Study of Violence at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles and has consulted for many human development organizations in the United States and internationally.<br /> <br /> Orland is co-founder and Executive Director of ShadeTree Multicultural Foundation in Los Angeles, California, a unique organization devoted to the mentoring of young people and the creation of communities to support them. ShadeTree’s Genesis Pathway uses the core idea of “genius to genius” mentoring which helps to reveal the inherent gifts in each individual while seeking ways for each to live productively and originally in the world.<br /> <br /> Through ShadeTree, Orland has pioneered approaches to urban truces and working with at-risk youth that combine indigenous wisdom and practices with contemporary methodologies designed to mentor the human potential and create intentional communities. He has developed processes that support people to come into deeper inner and collective agreements in order to heal violence and social exclusion. Orland is currently focusing on understanding the deeper meaning money as a pathway to designing new economic forms that support healthy community life. http://the-new-school.org FD29FB78-1BDD-4F8A-A24D-FB8AE36401AB-12578-000056F6BB7B6721-FFA Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:46:26 -0700 Part 3 of a biographical exploration of Orland Bishop's life and work. Orland Bishop combines an extensive study of medicine, naturopathy, psychology and indigenous cosmologies with a deep dedication to human rights advocacy and cultural renewal. He was a research fellow at the Center for the Study of Violence at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles and has consulted for many human development organizations in the United States and internationally. Orland is co-founder and Executive Director of ShadeTree Multicultural Foundation in Los Angeles, California, a unique organization devoted to the mentoring of young people and the creation of communities to support them. ShadeTree’s Genesis Pathway uses the core idea of “genius to genius” mentoring which helps to reveal the inherent gifts in each individual while seeking ways for each to live productively and originally in the world. Through ShadeTree, Orland has pioneered approaches to urban truces and working with at-risk youth that combine indigenous wisdom and practices with contemporary methodologies designed to mentor the human potential and create intentional communities. He has developed processes that support people to come into deeper inner and collective agreements in order to heal violence and social exclusion. Orland is currently focusing on understanding the deeper meaning money as a pathway to designing new economic forms that support healthy community life. 56:32 orland,bishop,gang,truce,activism,anthroposophy,shade,tree,global,oneness,project,lerner,michael,commonweal,new school,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Orland Bishop combines an extensive study of medicine, naturopathy, psychology and indigenous cosmologies with a deep dedication to human rights advocacy and cultural renewal. He was a research fellow at the Center for the Study of Violence at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles and has consulted for many human development organizations in the United States and internationally.<br /> <br /> Orland is co-founder and Executive Director of ShadeTree Multicultural Foundation in Los Angeles, California, a unique organization devoted to the mentoring of young people and the creation of communities to support them. ShadeTree’s Genesis Pathway uses the core idea of “genius to genius” mentoring which helps to reveal the inherent gifts in each individual while seeking ways for each to live productively and originally in the world.<br /> <br /> Through ShadeTree, Orland has pioneered approaches to urban truces and working with at-risk youth that combine indigenous wisdom and practices with contemporary methodologies designed to mentor the human potential and create intentional communities. He has developed processes that support people to come into deeper inner and collective agreements in order to heal violence and social exclusion. Orland is currently focusing on understanding the deeper meaning money as a pathway to designing new economic forms that support healthy community life. http://the-new-school.org 1B3DC209-70D5-428C-A835-F8599C9D30E0-1285-0000074DF22AA308-FFA Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:32:21 -0700 Part 2 of a biographical exploration of Orland Bishop's life and work. Orland Bishop combines an extensive study of medicine, naturopathy, psychology and indigenous cosmologies with a deep dedication to human rights advocacy and cultural renewal. He was a research fellow at the Center for the Study of Violence at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles and has consulted for many human development organizations in the United States and internationally. Orland is co-founder and Executive Director of ShadeTree Multicultural Foundation in Los Angeles, California, a unique organization devoted to the mentoring of young people and the creation of communities to support them. ShadeTree’s Genesis Pathway uses the core idea of “genius to genius” mentoring which helps to reveal the inherent gifts in each individual while seeking ways for each to live productively and originally in the world. Through ShadeTree, Orland has pioneered approaches to urban truces and working with at-risk youth that combine indigenous wisdom and practices with contemporary methodologies designed to mentor the human potential and create intentional communities. He has developed processes that support people to come into deeper inner and collective agreements in order to heal violence and social exclusion. Orland is currently focusing on understanding the deeper meaning money as a pathway to designing new economic forms that support healthy community life. 50:33 orland,bishop,gang,truce,activism,anthroposophy,shade,tree,global,oneness,project,lerner,michael,commonweal,new school,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Orland Bishop combines an extensive study of medicine, naturopathy, psychology and indigenous cosmologies with a deep dedication to human rights advocacy and cultural renewal. He was a research fellow at the Center for the Study of Violence at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles and has consulted for many human development organizations in the United States and internationally.<br /> <br /> Orland is co-founder and Executive Director of ShadeTree Multicultural Foundation in Los Angeles, California, a unique organization devoted to the mentoring of young people and the creation of communities to support them. ShadeTree’s Genesis Pathway uses the core idea of “genius to genius” mentoring which helps to reveal the inherent gifts in each individual while seeking ways for each to live productively and originally in the world.<br /> <br /> Through ShadeTree, Orland has pioneered approaches to urban truces and working with at-risk youth that combine indigenous wisdom and practices with contemporary methodologies designed to mentor the human potential and create intentional communities. He has developed processes that support people to come into deeper inner and collective agreements in order to heal violence and social exclusion. Orland is currently focusing on understanding the deeper meaning money as a pathway to designing new economic forms that support healthy community life. http://the-new-school.org DEC64893-AFCE-4C8D-B0FD-2240714E3DC5-1285-0000067B09F86CBB-FFA Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:53:07 -0700 Part 1 of a biographical exploration of Orland Bishop's life and work. Orland Bishop combines an extensive study of medicine, naturopathy, psychology and indigenous cosmologies with a deep dedication to human rights advocacy and cultural renewal. He was a research fellow at the Center for the Study of Violence at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles and has consulted for many human development organizations in the United States and internationally. Orland is co-founder and Executive Director of ShadeTree Multicultural Foundation in Los Angeles, California, a unique organization devoted to the mentoring of young people and the creation of communities to support them. ShadeTree’s Genesis Pathway uses the core idea of “genius to genius” mentoring which helps to reveal the inherent gifts in each individual while seeking ways for each to live productively and originally in the world. Through ShadeTree, Orland has pioneered approaches to urban truces and working with at-risk youth that combine indigenous wisdom and practices with contemporary methodologies designed to mentor the human potential and create intentional communities. He has developed processes that support people to come into deeper inner and collective agreements in order to heal violence and social exclusion. Orland is currently focusing on understanding the deeper meaning money as a pathway to designing new economic forms that support healthy community life. 59:06 orland,bishop,gang,truce,activism,anthroposophy,shade,tree,global,oneness,project,lerner,michael,commonweal,new school,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Observation is one of the most exacting skills every artist must cultivate. For a writer, listening is critical to the process of transmuting observed reality into art. Playwright and performer Anna Deavere Smith has shaped a singular career mining the riches of both spoken and unspoken language. Honoring her sources, she has developed an idiosyncratic theatrical form that is composed exclusively of verbatim texts hobbled together from years of interviews with both ordinary and extraordinary people. Her journey has led her through riot-torn streets and up academic ivory towers, encountering a dazzling cross-section of American individuals. Her current production, “Let Me Down Easy” is centered on the drama of the human body and its rough handling in the hands of the medical-industrial complex. Performances at Berkeley Rep run through June 26th, 2011.<br /> <br /> Anna Deavere Smith is a poet, teacher, actor, and playwright. Her explosive theater works about race in America—Fires in the Mirror and Twilight: Los Angeles 1992—garnered considerable acclaim. Television and film credits include Nurse Jackie, The West Wing, The American President and The Human Stain. A professor at NYU, Smith is founder of The Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue and has taught at Harvard and Stanford. She was named a MacArthur Fellow in 1996. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/TNS_Library2011.html#DeavereSmith110623 26072653-5ED8-4EF6-92AE-99A9506AA0BA-865-00000385E04022C7-FFA Sun, 03 Jul 2011 16:33:35 -0700 Anna Deavere Smith and Eric Karpeles discuss Anna's current one woman show as well as her rich and varied career. Observation is one of the most exacting skills every artist must cultivate. For a writer, listening is critical to the process of transmuting observed reality into art. Playwright and performer Anna Deavere Smith has shaped a singular career mining the riches of both spoken and unspoken language. Honoring her sources, she has developed an idiosyncratic theatrical form that is composed exclusively of verbatim texts hobbled together from years of interviews with both ordinary and extraordinary people. Her journey has led her through riot-torn streets and up academic ivory towers, encountering a dazzling cross-section of American individuals. Her current production, “Let Me Down Easy” is centered on the drama of the human body and its rough handling in the hands of the medical-industrial complex. Performances at Berkeley Rep run through June 26th, 2011. Anna Deavere Smith is a poet, teacher, actor, and playwright. Her explosive theater works about race in America—Fires in the Mirror and Twilight: Los Angeles 1992—garnered considerable acclaim. Television and film credits include Nurse Jackie, The West Wing, The American President and The Human Stain. A professor at NYU, Smith is founder of The Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue and has taught at Harvard and Stanford. She was named a MacArthur Fellow in 1996. 1:11:35 anna, deavere,smith,karpeles,berkeley,rep,health,theatre,new school,commmonweal,lerner,michael,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no The New School at Commonweal and Point Reyes Books are pleased to present this engaging event for lovers of archetype, myth, opera, and Jung.<br /> <br /> Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD, and Francesca Zambella (rehearsals permitting) will speak, discuss and lead a lively discussion about the goddesses in Wagner's Ring Cycle. Zambella’s powerful interpretation of Die Walkure presents Brunhilde’s evolution from an archetypal Athena into a “true hero,” a woman with courage and compassion, free of being an extension of her father. Fricka and Freya have qualities that connect them to a diminished Hera and Aphrodite. There are strong parallels between patriarchy’s effect on the planet, and the end of the World Ash Tree and Erda’s wisdom. Wagner’s genius is in the multiple levels of meaning.<br /> <br /> Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD, is a Jungian analyst , psychiatrist, and author. Her book, Ring of Power: Love vs. Power in the Ring Cycle and in Us, connects archetypal psychology, dysfunctional family psychology, and patriarchy. The archetypes she described in Goddesses in Everywoman and Gods in Everyman—based on Greek myths—transfer readily from Zeus on Olympus to Wotan and Valhalla. The symbol of the World Ash and the deeper significance of it is in her new book, Like a Tree: How Trees, Women, and Tree People Can Save the Planet. Find out more at her website.<br /> <br /> Francesca Zambello, an internationally recognized director of opera and theater, is artistic advisor to the San Francisco Opera and director for The Ring for the San Francisco Opera and the Glimmerglass 2011 Summer Festival. Her American debut took place at the Houston Grand Opera with a production of Fidelio in 1984. She debuted in Europe at Teatro la Fenice in Venice with Beatrice di Tenda in 1987 and has since staged new productions at major theaters and opera houses in Europe and the USA.<br /> <br /> Kristina Flanagan has been serving the San Francisco Opera as director of the Opera Association since 2007 and chair of development for the Medallion Society. She also serves on the advisory board for the Petaluma Arts Council and the Airlift Foundation, and is a member of the Stinson Beach/Bolinas Community Foundation. She has two wonderful grown daughters, Caitlin and Zoe Flanagan, and a beloved former husband, Daniel Flanagan, former chairperson of Frameline, LGBT film society, and CEO of Friends of the Urban Forest. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/TNS_Library2011.html#Bolen110612 BEFDA816-247E-40AE-B8D9-DF36894E2230-9593-0000413834A04585-FFA Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:20:49 -0700 A discussion on Wagner's Ring Cycle and its relevance to the current society, culture, and environment The New School at Commonweal and Point Reyes Books are pleased to present this engaging event for lovers of archetype, myth, opera, and Jung. Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD, and Francesca Zambella (rehearsals permitting) will speak, discuss and lead a lively discussion about the goddesses in Wagner's Ring Cycle. Zambella’s powerful interpretation of Die Walkure presents Brunhilde’s evolution from an archetypal Athena into a “true hero,” a woman with courage and compassion, free of being an extension of her father. Fricka and Freya have qualities that connect them to a diminished Hera and Aphrodite. There are strong parallels between patriarchy’s effect on the planet, and the end of the World Ash Tree and Erda’s wisdom. Wagner’s genius is in the multiple levels of meaning. Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD, is a Jungian analyst , psychiatrist, and author. Her book, Ring of Power: Love vs. Power in the Ring Cycle and in Us, connects archetypal psychology, dysfunctional family psychology, and patriarchy. The archetypes she described in Goddesses in Everywoman and Gods in Everyman—based on Greek myths—transfer readily from Zeus on Olympus to Wotan and Valhalla. The symbol of the World Ash and the deeper significance of it is in her new book, Like a Tree: How Trees, Women, and Tree People Can Save the Planet. Find out more at her website. Francesca Zambello, an internationally recognized director of opera and theater, is artistic advisor to the San Francisco Opera and director for The Ring for the San Francisco Opera and the Glimmerglass 2011 Summer Festival. Her American debut took place at the Houston Grand Opera with a production of Fidelio in 1984. She debuted in Europe at Teatro la Fenice in Venice with Beatrice di Tenda in 1987 and has since staged new productions at major theaters and opera houses in Europe and the USA. Kristina Flanagan has been serving the San Francisco Opera as director of the Opera Association since 2007 and chair of development for the Medallion Society. She also serves on the advisory board for the Petaluma Arts Council and the Airlift Foundation, and is a member of the Stinson Beach/Bolinas Community Foundation. She has two wonderful grown daughters, Caitlin and Zoe Flanagan, and a beloved former husband, Daniel Flanagan, former chairperson of Frameline, LGBT film society, and CEO of Friends of the Urban Forest. 1:22:57 wagner, ring cycle, opera, shinoda, bolen, flanaga, san francisco, music, goddess, archetypes, lerner, michael, remen, commonweal, new school Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Caring for people who are dying can be an intense, intimate, and deeply alive experience. It often challenges our most basic beliefs. It is a journey of continuous discovery, requiring courage and flexibility. We learn to open, take risks, and forgive constantly. Taken as a practice of awareness, it can reveal both our deep clinging and our capacity to embrace another person's suffering as our own.<br /> <br /> This conversation will aim at supporting professionals or those caring for family members or friends facing life-threatening illness.<br /> <br /> In 1987, Frank Ostaseski helped form the Zen Hospice Project, the first Buddhist hospice in America. In 2004, he created Metta Institute to broaden this work and seed the culture with innovative approaches to end-of-life care that reaffirm the spiritual dimensions of dying. A primary project of Metta Institute is the End-of-Life Care Practitioner Program that Frank leads with faculty members Ram Dass, Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, and many others.<br /> <br /> The End of Life Conversations are co-presented by The New School at Commonweal and the Coastal Health Alliance. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/TNS_Library2011.html#Ostaseski110501 78CA7336-C296-4449-8B08-EB3133CDF3C3-1559-000008E0AA66BC04-FFA Wed, 11 May 2011 14:18:52 -0700 Frank Ostaseski - Being A Compassionate Companion, End of Life Series Caring for people who are dying can be an intense, intimate, and deeply alive experience. It often challenges our most basic beliefs. It is a journey of continuous discovery, requiring courage and flexibility. We learn to open, take risks, and forgive constantly. Taken as a practice of awareness, it can reveal both our deep clinging and our capacity to embrace another person's suffering as our own. This conversation will aim at supporting professionals or those caring for family members or friends facing life-threatening illness. In 1987, Frank Ostaseski helped form the Zen Hospice Project, the first Buddhist hospice in America. In 2004, he created Metta Institute to broaden this work and seed the culture with innovative approaches to end-of-life care that reaffirm the spiritual dimensions of dying. A primary project of Metta Institute is the End-of-Life Care Practitioner Program that Frank leads with faculty members Ram Dass, Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, and many others. The End of Life Conversations are co-presented by The New School at Commonweal and the Coastal Health Alliance. 1:50:57 frank,ostaseski,zen,hospice,project,care,dying,death,metta,institute,commonweal,heilig,lerner,michael,new school,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Peter Kingsley is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking work on the origins of western spirituality, philosophy and culture. Through his writings as well as lectures he speaks straight to the heart and has helped to transform many people's understanding not only of the past, but of who they are.<br /><br /> <br /> http://www.peterkingsley.org <br /> He is the author of four books which, in the space of only a few years, have exerted the profoundest and most far-reaching influence outside as well as inside academia. He lectures very widely -- speaking to Native American elders and physicists, professional scholars and followers of different spiritual traditions, healers and medical practitioners as well as people who very simply are aware of the need to wake up to a reality greater than the one we are used to. His new book, about the forgotten connections between Mongolia, Tibet and the origins of western civilization, became available in November 2010.<br /> <br /> After graduating with honors from the University of Lancaster, England, in 1975, Peter Kingsley went on to receive the degree of Master of Letters from King's College Cambridge before being awarded a PhD by the University of London. He has worked together with many of the most prominent figures in the fields of classics and anthropology, philosophy and religious studies, ancient civilizations and the history of both healing and science. The recipient of numerous academic awards, he was a Fellow at the Warburg Institute in London and has been made an honorary Professor both at Simon Fraser University in Canada and at the University of New Mexico. With his wife, Maria, he emigrated from England to Canada in 1995, then from Canada to the United States in 2002. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/TNS_Library2011.html F5C55123-C892-4565-A2E8-47F4DD4D237D-1021-000005DAAE174037-FFA Wed, 27 Apr 2011 08:19:30 -0700 Peter Kingsley and Michael Lerner discuss Peter's new book, "A Story Waiting to Pierce You." Peter Kingsley is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking work on the origins of western spirituality, philosophy and culture. Through his writings as well as lectures he speaks straight to the heart and has helped to transform many people's understanding not only of the past, but of who they are. http://www.peterkingsley.org He is the author of four books which, in the space of only a few years, have exerted the profoundest and most far-reaching influence outside as well as inside academia. He lectures very widely -- speaking to Native American elders and physicists, professional scholars and followers of different spiritual traditions, healers and medical practitioners as well as people who very simply are aware of the need to wake up to a reality greater than the one we are used to. His new book, about the forgotten connections between Mongolia, Tibet and the origins of western civilization, became available in November 2010. After graduating with honors from the University of Lancaster, England, in 1975, Peter Kingsley went on to receive the degree of Master of Letters from King's College Cambridge before being awarded a PhD by the University of London. He has worked together with many of the most prominent figures in the fields of classics and anthropology, philosophy and religious studies, ancient civilizations and the history of both healing and science. The recipient of numerous academic awards, he was a Fellow at the Warburg Institute in London and has been made an honorary Professor both at Simon Fraser University in Canada and at the University of New Mexico. With his wife, Maria, he emigrated from England to Canada in 1995, then from Canada to the United States in 2002. 59:04 peter, kingsley,mythology,mongolia,philosophy,tibet,history,ancient,michael,lerner,commonweal,new school,remen MIchael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no When Sarah Hobson travels in the developing world and sees green hills, she wants to walk into them. She is drawn to peasant villages untouched by modern life. In the 1970s Sarah disguised herself as a boy and traveled through Iran alone. She wrote a book about it. As a documentarian, writer, and foundation director, Sarah has devoted herself to women in peasant communities around the world. Now executive director of the New Field Foundation, she is supporting village women in Sub-Saharan Africa in their quest for sustainable livelihoods. In this interview at The New School at Commonweal, Sarah talks about her adventures, her philanthropic strategy, and her efforts to balance family and work.<br /> <br /> Sarah Hobson is a writer, documentary film-maker, and foundation director. A West Marin resident, Hobson is author of Through Iran in Disguise and executive director of New Field Foundation, which supports rural women creating change in sub-Saharan Africa. Hobson previously served as executive director of International Development Exchange (IDEX), partnering with community organizations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America on grassroots economic development. She is founder and trustee of Open Channels, a British nonprofit working with indigenous peoples in Africa to define their lands, resources, and rights. Hobson is author, contributor and editor of eight books and producer of many documentaries for television. She is a mother and grandmother, with a strong sense of the critical issues facing the world today. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html#S_Hobson 872CE123-6E43-4AAC-BFD9-F2C7FBFFDDB8-2180-00000D5712FF628F-FFA Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:29:51 -0700 Sarah Hobson and Michael Lerner discuss Ms. Hobson's work with women in different parts of Africa, and the lessons learned. When Sarah Hobson travels in the developing world and sees green hills, she wants to walk into them. She is drawn to peasant villages untouched by modern life. In the 1970s Sarah disguised herself as a boy and traveled through Iran alone. She wrote a book about it. As a documentarian, writer, and foundation director, Sarah has devoted herself to women in peasant communities around the world. Now executive director of the New Field Foundation, she is supporting village women in Sub-Saharan Africa in their quest for sustainable livelihoods. In this interview at The New School at Commonweal, Sarah talks about her adventures, her philanthropic strategy, and her efforts to balance family and work. Sarah Hobson is a writer, documentary film-maker, and foundation director. A West Marin resident, Hobson is author of Through Iran in Disguise and executive director of New Field Foundation, which supports rural women creating change in sub-Saharan Africa. Hobson previously served as executive director of International Development Exchange (IDEX), partnering with community organizations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America on grassroots economic development. She is founder and trustee of Open Channels, a British nonprofit working with indigenous peoples in Africa to define their lands, resources, and rights. Hobson is author, contributor and editor of eight books and producer of many documentaries for television. She is a mother and grandmother, with a strong sense of the critical issues facing the world today. 1:28:58 sarah,hobson,africa,micro lending,community,organizing,women,issues,new field foundation,idex,michael,lerner, commonweal,new school Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no For the past century or so, more humans than ever before have lived in a historical bubble of relative affluence, medical sophistication, philosophical discussion, and unprecedented longevity. Modern times have had significant impacts on how we think and feel about death, and what we try to do about it. The limits of our lives and our technologies have raised many questions, most still unanswered.<br /> <br /> You won't get many, if any, of those answers from this discussion, but we will seek to shed some light on the ways sophisticated, modern people confront death and dying in our times.<br /> <br /> Steve Heilig is director of Public Health and Education for the San Francisco Medical Society and the Collaborative on Health and the Environment at Commonweal, co-editor of the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, and a clinical ethicist at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco.<br /> <br /> He is also a trained hospice worker and former volunteer and director of the Zen Hospice Project. A longtime book critic for the San Francisco Chronicle and other publications, he has authored over 400 pieces on a wide range of medical, public health, ecological, literary, and other topics.<br /> <br /> The End of Life Conversations are co-presented by The New School at Commonweal and the Coastal Health Alliance. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html#Heilig C0ED7243-642F-4556-B89A-7312F811D337-1600-00000841C3023F89-FFA Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:41:19 -0700 A frank and open discussion of how death has come to be perceived and dealt with in modern society. For the past century or so, more humans than ever before have lived in a historical bubble of relative affluence, medical sophistication, philosophical discussion, and unprecedented longevity. Modern times have had significant impacts on how we think and feel about death, and what we try to do about it. The limits of our lives and our technologies have raised many questions, most still unanswered. You won't get many, if any, of those answers from this discussion, but we will seek to shed some light on the ways sophisticated, modern people confront death and dying in our times. Steve Heilig is director of Public Health and Education for the San Francisco Medical Society and the Collaborative on Health and the Environment at Commonweal, co-editor of the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, and a clinical ethicist at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. He is also a trained hospice worker and former volunteer and director of the Zen Hospice Project. A longtime book critic for the San Francisco Chronicle and other publications, he has authored over 400 pieces on a wide range of medical, public health, ecological, literary, and other topics. The End of Life Conversations are co-presented by The New School at Commonweal and the Coastal Health Alliance. 1:54:46 steve, heilig,CHE,death,end of life, cancer, health,society,environment,susan,braun,commonweal,lerner,michael Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Gregory Orr was born in 1947 in Albany, New York, and grew up in the rural Hudson Valley. He is the author of nine collections of poetry, including How Beautiful the Beloved (Copper Canyon Press, 2009); Concerning the Book that is the Body of the Beloved (2005); The Caged Owl: New and Selected Poems (2002); Orpheus and Eurydice (2001); Burning the Empty Nests (1997); City of Salt (1995), which was a finalist for the L.A. Times Poetry Prize; and Gathering the Bones Together (1975).<br /> <br /> He is also the author of a memoir, The Blessing (Council Oak Books, 2002), which was chosen by Publisher's Weekly as one of the fifty best non-fiction books the year, and three books of essays, including Poetry As Survival (2002) and Stanley Kunitz: An Introduction to the Poetry (1985).<br /> <br /> He is considered by many to be a master of short, lyric free verse. Much of his early work is concerned with seminal events from his childhood, including a hunting accident when he was twelve in which he accidentally shot and killed his younger brother, followed shortly by his mother's unexpected death, and his father's later addiction to amphetamines.<br /> <br /> Orr has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and two poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2003, he was presented the Award in Literature by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and was a Rockefeller Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Culture and Violence, where he worked on a study of the political and social dimension of the lyric in early Greek poetry.<br /> <br /> Read more about Gregory Orr on Poets.org.<br /> http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html#Orr C0BA89A2-0B84-4918-8ABA-C11951A3F80D-757-000003A85770E158-FFA Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:41:58 -0800 Poet Gregory Orr shares his poetry, outlook and ideas with Michael Lerner Gregory Orr was born in 1947 in Albany, New York, and grew up in the rural Hudson Valley. He is the author of nine collections of poetry, including How Beautiful the Beloved (Copper Canyon Press, 2009); Concerning the Book that is the Body of the Beloved (2005); The Caged Owl: New and Selected Poems (2002); Orpheus and Eurydice (2001); Burning the Empty Nests (1997); City of Salt (1995), which was a finalist for the L.A. Times Poetry Prize; and Gathering the Bones Together (1975). He is also the author of a memoir, The Blessing (Council Oak Books, 2002), which was chosen by Publisher's Weekly as one of the fifty best non-fiction books the year, and three books of essays, including Poetry As Survival (2002) and Stanley Kunitz: An Introduction to the Poetry (1985). He is considered by many to be a master of short, lyric free verse. Much of his early work is concerned with seminal events from his childhood, including a hunting accident when he was twelve in which he accidentally shot and killed his younger brother, followed shortly by his mother's unexpected death, and his father's later addiction to amphetamines. Orr has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and two poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2003, he was presented the Award in Literature by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and was a Rockefeller Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Culture and Violence, where he worked on a study of the political and social dimension of the lyric in early Greek poetry. Read more about Gregory Orr on Poets.org. 1:16:27 gregory, orr,poet,poetry,survival,how beautiful the beloved,the caged owl,michael,lerner, commonweal Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no An interview recorded prior to the evening presentation by Dr. Margaret Kripke, co-author of the groundbreaking 2010 President’s Cancer Panel report Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What We Can Do Now.<br /> <br /> The report, which informs the National Cancer Program, has brought unprecedented attention to the environmental exposures that increase cancer risk.<br /> <br /> Whether you’ve been touched by cancer or you’re a researcher, health care provider or advocate for cancer prevention, this is a conversation you don’t want to miss.<br /> <br /> Co-presented by The New School at Commonweal and the Breast Cancer Fund.<br /> <br /> Margaret L. Kripke, Ph.D., is a professor of immunology and executive vice president and chief academic officer of the University of Texas MD Anderson Medical Center. She was appointed to the President’s Cancer Panel by President George W. Bush and is currently serving her second term. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html#Kripke 0525BDF6-0371-4F2A-BF9D-7D0CC12E4BD1-20533-0000A2D46FDBC661-FFA Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:52:23 -0800 Dr. Margaret Kripke - Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk An interview recorded prior to the evening presentation by Dr. Margaret Kripke, co-author of the groundbreaking 2010 President’s Cancer Panel report Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What We Can Do Now. The report, which informs the National Cancer Program, has brought unprecedented attention to the environmental exposures that increase cancer risk. Whether you’ve been touched by cancer or you’re a researcher, health care provider or advocate for cancer prevention, this is a conversation you don’t want to miss. Co-presented by The New School at Commonweal and the Breast Cancer Fund. Margaret L. Kripke, Ph.D., is a professor of immunology and executive vice president and chief academic officer of the University of Texas MD Anderson Medical Center. She was appointed to the President’s Cancer Panel by President George W. Bush and is currently serving her second term. 58:20 margaret,kripke,md anderson,cancer,environment,risks,toxics,president,council,breast cancer,michael,lerner,commonweal,new school Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Dr. Stuart C. Lord, a nationally recognized expert in service learning, multicultural and spiritual education, and leadership and ethics became the fifth president of Naropa University on July 1, 2009.<br /> <br /> Dr. Lord, 49, has helped foster the growth and advancement of many communities as both educator and humanitarian. He has served as an administrator and managed civic education, community service and religious and spiritual life programs at both Dartmouth College and DePauw University. In these positions, Dr. Lord developed programs that aid under-resourced domestic communities, including New Hampshire’s Upper Valley, the Mississippi Delta and the areas ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. He has also perennially led international service trips to developing nations around the world, including Bangladesh, Nicaragua, the Philippines and Sierra Leone. In addition, Dr. Lord served as executive director of the 1997 President’s Summit for America’s Future, working under General Colin Powell during the Clinton administration.<br /> <br /> During his time at Dartmouth College, Dr. Lord served as associate provost (2000-present), interim vice president for institutional diversity (2006–07) and Virginia Rice Kelsey ‘61S Dean of the Tucker Foundation (2000–08). As associate provost, Dr. Lord worked on initiatives for institutional planning within the Provost Division to enhance staff development, retention and recruitment in support of diversity. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html#Lord 862C15F1-5E6A-4F4F-9502-F0DD45030387-20533-0000A2757A383502-FFA Sun, 20 Feb 2011 04:53:35 -0800 Dr. Stuart Lord, president of Naropa University in conversation with Michael Lerner of Commonweal Dr. Stuart C. Lord, a nationally recognized expert in service learning, multicultural and spiritual education, and leadership and ethics became the fifth president of Naropa University on July 1, 2009. Dr. Lord, 49, has helped foster the growth and advancement of many communities as both educator and humanitarian. He has served as an administrator and managed civic education, community service and religious and spiritual life programs at both Dartmouth College and DePauw University. In these positions, Dr. Lord developed programs that aid under-resourced domestic communities, including New Hampshire’s Upper Valley, the Mississippi Delta and the areas ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. He has also perennially led international service trips to developing nations around the world, including Bangladesh, Nicaragua, the Philippines and Sierra Leone. In addition, Dr. Lord served as executive director of the 1997 President’s Summit for America’s Future, working under General Colin Powell during the Clinton administration. During his time at Dartmouth College, Dr. Lord served as associate provost (2000-present), interim vice president for institutional diversity (2006–07) and Virginia Rice Kelsey ‘61S Dean of the Tucker Foundation (2000–08). As associate provost, Dr. Lord worked on initiatives for institutional planning within the Provost Division to enhance staff development, retention and recruitment in support of diversity. 1:03:20 stuart,lord,naropa,university,east,west,education,buddhism,commonweal,new school,michael,lerner Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Dr. Kai Lee joined the David & Lucile Packard Foundation in June 2007 as program officer with the Conservation and Science program, where he is responsible for the science subprogram. <br /> <br /> Before joining the Foundation, Kai taught at Williams College from 1991 through 2007, and he is now the Rosenburg Professor of Environmental Studies, emeritus. He directed the Center for Environmental Studies at Williams from 1991–1998 and 2001–2002. Lee also taught from 1973 to 1991 at the University of Washington in Seattle. He holds a Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University and an A.B., magna cum laude, in physics, from Columbia University. He is the author of Compass and Gyroscope (1993) and coauthor of the National Research Council study, Our Common Journey (1999). He is a National Associate of the National Research Council. He is a member of the National Academies Roundtable on Science and Technology for a Sustainability Transition, and served most recently as vice-chair of the National Academies panel that wrote Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate (2009). Earlier, Lee had been a White House Fellow and represented the state of Washington as a member of the Northwest Power Planning Council. He was appointed in 2009 to the Science Advisory Board of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<br /> <br /> http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 2FF49F7E-E8E2-4DA1-8352-C2568DDEFB75-1292-000007A08F9D2C3C-FFA Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:07:20 -0800 Dr. Kai Lee from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation in conversation with Michael Lerner. Dr. Kai Lee joined the David & Lucile Packard Foundation in June 2007 as program officer with the Conservation and Science program, where he is responsible for the science subprogram. Before joining the Foundation, Kai taught at Williams College from 1991 through 2007, and he is now the Rosenburg Professor of Environmental Studies, emeritus. He directed the Center for Environmental Studies at Williams from 1991–1998 and 2001–2002. Lee also taught from 1973 to 1991 at the University of Washington in Seattle. He holds a Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University and an A.B., magna cum laude, in physics, from Columbia University. He is the author of Compass and Gyroscope (1993) and coauthor of the National Research Council study, Our Common Journey (1999). He is a National Associate of the National Research Council. He is a member of the National Academies Roundtable on Science and Technology for a Sustainability Transition, and served most recently as vice-chair of the National Academies panel that wrote Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate (2009). Earlier, Lee had been a White House Fellow and represented the state of Washington as a member of the Northwest Power Planning Council. He was appointed in 2009 to the Science Advisory Board of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 57:21 kai, lee,packard,foundation,compass,gyroscope,science,environment,sustainability,columbia river,michael,lerner,commonweal,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no In the fourth of an ongoing series of New School presentations on the end of life, Bolinas painter and writer Eric Karpeles will talk about the role that artists have played in helping to imaginatively frame and comprehend the idea of how we cease to be.<br /> <br /> How is it that artists, engaged in the most willful need to express their very beings, seem to overcome the fear of the loss of self? Focusing on three distinct art forms—painting, poetry and music—and three supreme practitioners—Mark Rothko, Emily Dickinson and Gustav Mahler—Karpeles will attempt to create an awareness of how, in their struggle to give voice, artists make use of their accumulated subjective experience to look and listen and learn with acute attention and focus, navigating between the physical world and the life of the mind. The boundary between what we know and what we cannot know is a minefield of stimulation for artists, who help teach us by example how to meaningfully embrace the end that awaits us all.<br /> <br /> Commonweal Board Member Eric Karpeles is a gifted painter, author of Paintings in Proust, and translator of Proust's Overcoat. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html#Karpeles_EOL 0DAB6AFE-8DEC-443E-B8F3-08464F036C01-8962-0000454FEB911D46-FFA Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:56:04 -0800 Eric Karpeles discusses the end of life as it relates to artists, specifically, Dickenson, Mahler and Rothko In the fourth of an ongoing series of New School presentations on the end of life, Bolinas painter and writer Eric Karpeles will talk about the role that artists have played in helping to imaginatively frame and comprehend the idea of how we cease to be. How is it that artists, engaged in the most willful need to express their very beings, seem to overcome the fear of the loss of self? Focusing on three distinct art forms—painting, poetry and music—and three supreme practitioners—Mark Rothko, Emily Dickinson and Gustav Mahler—Karpeles will attempt to create an awareness of how, in their struggle to give voice, artists make use of their accumulated subjective experience to look and listen and learn with acute attention and focus, navigating between the physical world and the life of the mind. The boundary between what we know and what we cannot know is a minefield of stimulation for artists, who help teach us by example how to meaningfully embrace the end that awaits us all. Commonweal Board Member Eric Karpeles is a gifted painter, author of Paintings in Proust, and translator of Proust's Overcoat. 1:25:35 eric, karpeles,gustav,mahler,dickenson,emily,rothko,mark,artist,art,life,death,dying,healing,lerner,commonweal,remen,philosophy,health Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Dr. Scott Eberle is a physician specializing in end-of-life care, who helped School of Lost Borders Founder Steven Foster at the end of his life in 2003 - the subject of his latest book: The Final Crossing. As he has written in the book: "So now I am a physician who specializes in supporting life transitions. I am a hospice doctor who sits with the dying in their homes, and I am a rite-of-passage guide who sits with 'the dying' out in the desert."<br /> <br /> Scott serves as medical director for Hospice of Petaluma in his hometown of Petaluma, California. Having first learned the science of medicine at U.C. San Francisco medical school, he then learned the art of medicine from countless people living and dying with AIDS in the 1980s and 1990s. He survived this difficult time by regularly seeking sanctuary, either in monasteries or in the natural world, completing over 150 retreats during a 15-year period. He recently ended a 16-year career as an an AIDS specialist so he could focus his energies on hospice work and "The Practice of Living and Dying" work he does with Meredith Little, co-founder of the School of Lost Borders.<br /> <br /> Rob Feraru is an 11-year survivor of metastatic kidney cancer. Before taking early retirement in 2004, he worked for 25 years for the State of California, (7 years for the State Senate and 18 for the California Public Utilities Commission). He attended the Commonweal Cancer Help Program (in 2005) and the Practice of Living and Dying at the School of Lost Borders (in 2008). He lives in Berkeley.<br /> <br /> Susan Braun is Commonweal executive director and former president and chief executive officer of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. A long time patient advocate, she has spent most of her career helping people with cancer.<br /> http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html#Eberle 0CE1111D-A831-4CD8-91D3-8C9A4832F346-977-000005B82B3E05D2-FFA Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:31:33 -0800 Part of the New School at Commoweal's End of Life Conversations series. Dr. Scott Eberle is a physician specializing in end-of-life care, who helped School of Lost Borders Founder Steven Foster at the end of his life in 2003 - the subject of his latest book: The Final Crossing. As he has written in the book: "So now I am a physician who specializes in supporting life transitions. I am a hospice doctor who sits with the dying in their homes, and I am a rite-of-passage guide who sits with 'the dying' out in the desert." Scott serves as medical director for Hospice of Petaluma in his hometown of Petaluma, California. Having first learned the science of medicine at U.C. San Francisco medical school, he then learned the art of medicine from countless people living and dying with AIDS in the 1980s and 1990s. He survived this difficult time by regularly seeking sanctuary, either in monasteries or in the natural world, completing over 150 retreats during a 15-year period. He recently ended a 16-year career as an an AIDS specialist so he could focus his energies on hospice work and "The Practice of Living and Dying" work he does with Meredith Little, co-founder of the School of Lost Borders. Rob Feraru is an 11-year survivor of metastatic kidney cancer. Before taking early retirement in 2004, he worked for 25 years for the State of California, (7 years for the State Senate and 18 for the California Public Utilities Commission). He attended the Commonweal Cancer Help Program (in 2005) and the Practice of Living and Dying at the School of Lost Borders (in 2008). He lives in Berkeley. Susan Braun is Commonweal executive director and former president and chief executive officer of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. A long time patient advocate, she has spent most of her career helping people with cancer. 56:42 scott,eberle,hospice,cancer,survival,healing,michael,lerner,commonweal,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Lennox Yearwood, Jr., is a minister, community activist, and one of the most influential people in Hip Hop political life. He currently serves as president of the Hip Hop Caucus in Washington, D.C. The Hip Hop Caucus is a national, nonprofit, nonpartisan, organization that engages young people in urban communities in elections, policy making and service projects. Their vision is to create a more just and sustainable world by engaging more people, particularly young people and people of color in the civic and policy making process<br /> <br /> Rev. Yearwood was a co-creator of the 2004 campaign "Vote or Die" with Sean "Diddy" Combs. He was also the Political and Grassroots Director for Russell Simmons' Hip Hop Summit Action Network in 2003 and 2004, and a Senior Consultant to Jay-Z's Voice Your Choice. In 2008, he created the "Respect My Vote!" a voter registration and engagement campaign with T.I. and Keyshia Cole.[2]<br /> <br /> Rev. Yearwood has appeared on CNN, BET Tonight, Al Jazeera, PBS, Fox, MTV, BBC, C-Span, and Hardball with Chris Mathews and featured in the Washington Post, The New York Times and VIBE. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html#Yearwood 220E176C-EA8C-4448-A042-EA41BBCDB811-6236-00002F04BD8FD1F0-FFA Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:25:49 -0800 Rev. Yearwood and Michael Lerner discuss the Hip Hop Caucus and his impressive career as a political activist and thought leader. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., is a minister, community activist, and one of the most influential people in Hip Hop political life. He currently serves as president of the Hip Hop Caucus in Washington, D.C. The Hip Hop Caucus is a national, nonprofit, nonpartisan, organization that engages young people in urban communities in elections, policy making and service projects. Their vision is to create a more just and sustainable world by engaging more people, particularly young people and people of color in the civic and policy making process Rev. Yearwood was a co-creator of the 2004 campaign "Vote or Die" with Sean "Diddy" Combs. He was also the Political and Grassroots Director for Russell Simmons' Hip Hop Summit Action Network in 2003 and 2004, and a Senior Consultant to Jay-Z's Voice Your Choice. In 2008, he created the "Respect My Vote!" a voter registration and engagement campaign with T.I. and Keyshia Cole.[2] Rev. Yearwood has appeared on CNN, BET Tonight, Al Jazeera, PBS, Fox, MTV, BBC, C-Span, and Hardball with Chris Mathews and featured in the Washington Post, The New York Times and VIBE. 55:24 Rev,yearwood,lennox,hip hop,caucus,political,activism,african american,michael,lerner,commonweal,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no People with life-threatening illnesses often face the difficult decision of whether or not to continue active therapy.<br /> <br /> For some, the decision is, “Let’s fight till the end,” and they work with their doctors to receive treatment within days, or even hours, of their death. Others decide to put their effort toward the best possible quality of life, minimizing pain and suffering.<br /> <br /> But is this always a conscious decision? Without explicit instructions and/or an informed and caring dialog between patient and physician, patient and loved ones, and family and health professionals, the individual’s end-of-life wishes about medical care may go unknown or unheeded.<br /> <br /> Susan and Mike will explore this divide, creating a public space where questions of death and dying can be explored in safety and without judgment. Stories from the audience will be welcomed.<br /> <br /> Susan Braun is Commonweal executive director and former president and chief executive officer of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. A long time patient advocate, she has spent most of her career helping people with cancer. Mike Witte, MD, has worked at the Coastal Health Alliance (CHA) since its beginnings in 1981, and is now medical director of the three sites in West Marin County. He has proudly watched CHA grow and develop into an exceptional center for family health care in West Marin. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html 99C9DBB0-2647-4274-973D-6214E5725E0C-2796-000014E9547AF889-FFA Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:32:50 -0800 Susan Braun and Dr. Mike Witte begin with role playing of a possible patient doctor alliance at the end of life, then move into discussion. People with life-threatening illnesses often face the difficult decision of whether or not to continue active therapy. For some, the decision is, “Let’s fight till the end,” and they work with their doctors to receive treatment within days, or even hours, of their death. Others decide to put their effort toward the best possible quality of life, minimizing pain and suffering. But is this always a conscious decision? Without explicit instructions and/or an informed and caring dialog between patient and physician, patient and loved ones, and family and health professionals, the individual’s end-of-life wishes about medical care may go unknown or unheeded. Susan and Mike will explore this divide, creating a public space where questions of death and dying can be explored in safety and without judgment. Stories from the audience will be welcomed. Susan Braun is Commonweal executive director and former president and chief executive officer of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. A long time patient advocate, she has spent most of her career helping people with cancer. Mike Witte, MD, has worked at the Coastal Health Alliance (CHA) since its beginnings in 1981, and is now medical director of the three sites in West Marin County. He has proudly watched CHA grow and develop into an exceptional center for family health care in West Marin. 1:53:48 death, dying, life, cancer, help, program, integrative, mind body, witte, health care, michael, lerner, susan, braun, susan,komen, commonweal, coastal health alliance Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Nick Yiangou is president of the United States branch of the Ibn Arabi Society, which promotes the teachings and translations of this great spiritual teacher. He has been engaged with the Beshara School of Intensive Esoteric Education for over thirty years in the transformative work based on the principles and teachings of the way of oneness and unification, and is the Secretary of the Beshara Foundation in the US. Currently he is enrolled at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, pursuing postgraduate studies.<br /> http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html#Yiangou 7CF16C91-92E4-476D-B03F-557AA13CF5B6-282-0000021CA6282F4A-FFA Tue, 31 May 2011 14:58:28 -0700 Michael Lerner and Nick Yiangou discuss Sufi mystic and philosopher Ibn Arabi Nick Yiangou is president of the United States branch of the Ibn Arabi Society, which promotes the teachings and translations of this great spiritual teacher. He has been engaged with the Beshara School of Intensive Esoteric Education for over thirty years in the transformative work based on the principles and teachings of the way of oneness and unification, and is the Secretary of the Beshara Foundation in the US. Currently he is enrolled at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, pursuing postgraduate studies. 1:00:04 nick,yiangou,ibn arabi,sufism,sufi,mystic,beshara,schoo,new,michael,lerner,commonweal,new school, remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man is a writer, religious guide and spiritual counselor. He is founder of Metivta: a center for contemplative Judaism, which is dedicated to the renewal of the Jewish wisdom tradition and to the deepening of personal religious quest. Metivta is a continuation of Jonathan Omer-Man's life-long work as a guide and mentor to Jews who feel that their Judaic religious and spiritual needs have not been met within the traditional forms available to them.<br /> <br /> He has lectured at universities, colleges, and seminaries throughout the United States. In 1990 he visited the Dalai Lama in India, a journey that was described in Rodger Kamenetz’ best-selling book, The Jew in the Lotus. His work and ideas are also described in some detail in Kamenetz' most recent work, Stalking Elijah: Adventures with Today's Jewish Mystical Masters.<br /> http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html#Omer-Man ACC32790-C9C8-4EBD-95E7-CF5E12B027EB-282-000001A7C0F57835-FFA Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:26:46 -0800 Michael Lerner discusses Ibn Arabi and other topics with Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man is a writer, religious guide and spiritual counselor. He is founder of Metivta: a center for contemplative Judaism, which is dedicated to the renewal of the Jewish wisdom tradition and to the deepening of personal religious quest. Metivta is a continuation of Jonathan Omer-Man's life-long work as a guide and mentor to Jews who feel that their Judaic religious and spiritual needs have not been met within the traditional forms available to them. He has lectured at universities, colleges, and seminaries throughout the United States. In 1990 he visited the Dalai Lama in India, a journey that was described in Rodger Kamenetz’ best-selling book, The Jew in the Lotus. His work and ideas are also described in some detail in Kamenetz' most recent work, Stalking Elijah: Adventures with Today's Jewish Mystical Masters. 56:54 rabbi,jonathan,omer-man,jewish,judaism,mysticism,ibn arabi, religion,faith,spiritual,michael,lerner,commonweal,new school,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no James Morris is currently Professor of Theology at Boston College, and has previously taught Islamic and religious studies at the University of Exeter, Princeton, Oberlin, the Sorbonne (EPHE), and the Institute of Ismaili Studies in Paris and London. His field research and exploration of living spiritual traditions have taken him to Iran, Afghanistan, Morocco, Egypt, Turkey, and Southeast Asia. Professor Morris has published widely on many areas of religious thought and practice, including the Islamic humanities (poetry and music), Islamic philosophy, Sufism, the Qur’an, Shiite thought, and the use of cinema in spiritual teaching. <br /> <br /> His most recent books include The Master and the Disciple (2001); Orientations: Islamic Thought in a World Civilisation (2004); The Reflective Heart: Discovering Spiritual Intelligence in Ibn ‘Arab?’s ‘Meccan Illuminations’ (2005); Ostad Elahi’s Knowing the Spirit (SUNY, 2007); and Openings: From the Qur’an to the Islamic Humanities (forthcoming).<br /> http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html#Morris A169399C-D724-429A-958E-3C4BDDA552F8-282-000000EFA5FD21C7-FFA Tue, 31 May 2011 14:58:10 -0700 Professor Jim Morris and Michael Lerner discuss Sufi mystic and philosopher Ibn Arabi. James Morris is currently Professor of Theology at Boston College, and has previously taught Islamic and religious studies at the University of Exeter, Princeton, Oberlin, the Sorbonne (EPHE), and the Institute of Ismaili Studies in Paris and London. His field research and exploration of living spiritual traditions have taken him to Iran, Afghanistan, Morocco, Egypt, Turkey, and Southeast Asia. Professor Morris has published widely on many areas of religious thought and practice, including the Islamic humanities (poetry and music), Islamic philosophy, Sufism, the Qur’an, Shiite thought, and the use of cinema in spiritual teaching. His most recent books include The Master and the Disciple (2001); Orientations: Islamic Thought in a World Civilisation (2004); The Reflective Heart: Discovering Spiritual Intelligence in Ibn ‘Arab?’s ‘Meccan Illuminations’ (2005); Ostad Elahi’s Knowing the Spirit (SUNY, 2007); and Openings: From the Qur’an to the Islamic Humanities (forthcoming). 51:45 ibn, arabi, sufi, mystic, mysticism, kabala, islam, philosophy, james morris, michael lerner, commonweal, remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no James Morris is currently Professor of Theology at Boston College, and has previously taught Islamic and religious studies at the University of Exeter, Princeton, Oberlin, the Sorbonne (EPHE), and the Institute of Ismaili Studies in Paris and London. His field research and exploration of living spiritual traditions have taken him to Iran, Afghanistan, Morocco, Egypt, Turkey, and Southeast Asia. Professor Morris has published widely on many areas of religious thought and practice, including the Islamic humanities (poetry and music), Islamic philosophy, Sufism, the Qur’an, Shiite thought, and the use of cinema in spiritual teaching. <br /> <br /> His most recent books include The Master and the Disciple (2001); Orientations: Islamic Thought in a World Civilisation (2004); The Reflective Heart: Discovering Spiritual Intelligence in Ibn ‘Arab?’s ‘Meccan Illuminations’ (2005); Ostad Elahi’s Knowing the Spirit (SUNY, 2007); and Openings: From the Qur’an to the Islamic Humanities (forthcoming).<br /> http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html#Morris 16B57CCE-F544-417B-8C1C-CD3730BFD516-282-00000180F82F6CF5-FFA Tue, 31 May 2011 15:00:32 -0700 Professor Jim Morris and Michael Lerner discuss Sufi mystic and philosopher Ibn Arabi. James Morris is currently Professor of Theology at Boston College, and has previously taught Islamic and religious studies at the University of Exeter, Princeton, Oberlin, the Sorbonne (EPHE), and the Institute of Ismaili Studies in Paris and London. His field research and exploration of living spiritual traditions have taken him to Iran, Afghanistan, Morocco, Egypt, Turkey, and Southeast Asia. Professor Morris has published widely on many areas of religious thought and practice, including the Islamic humanities (poetry and music), Islamic philosophy, Sufism, the Qur’an, Shiite thought, and the use of cinema in spiritual teaching. His most recent books include The Master and the Disciple (2001); Orientations: Islamic Thought in a World Civilisation (2004); The Reflective Heart: Discovering Spiritual Intelligence in Ibn ‘Arab?’s ‘Meccan Illuminations’ (2005); Ostad Elahi’s Knowing the Spirit (SUNY, 2007); and Openings: From the Qur’an to the Islamic Humanities (forthcoming). 53:47 ibn, arabi, sufi, mystic, mysticism, kabala, islam, philosophy, james morris, michael lerner, commonweal, remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no The New School at Commonweal and the Coastal Health Alliance are pleased to present this next event in our End of Life Conversations series. Over the past 26 years, Commonweal has offered more than 150 week-long retreats for people with cancer though the Commonweal Cancer Help Program. Many participants find the experience transformative. Conversations about death and dying are a core part of the retreats. The basic premise is that talking about death and dying in circles of trust can bring more vitality to living—and improve the likelihood of a better death for all concerned.<br /> <br /> Michael has found these conversations and stories to be central to his work and life as the co-leader of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program for the past 26 years. Join us as he shares his insights from the program—an interactive dialogue with him as well as some of the friends, staff and alumni of the program.<br /> <br /> Michael Lerner is the president and co-founder of Commonweal and of Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts in Washington, D.C. His principle work at Commonweal is with the Cancer Help Program, the Collaborative on Health and the Environment, and The New School at Commonweal. He is author of Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Therapies (MIT Press). His core interest is in the ways of being and doing that make us whole and preserve this beautiful earth that is our inheritance.<br /> http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html#M_Lerner 3D50236C-8070-4A35-BBDD-082A0BB99B62-8925-00003E338554A1AB-FFA Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:12:30 -0800 Michael Lerner shares his experience in the death and dying series. Special musical guest Tim Weed. The New School at Commonweal and the Coastal Health Alliance are pleased to present this next event in our End of Life Conversations series. Over the past 26 years, Commonweal has offered more than 150 week-long retreats for people with cancer though the Commonweal Cancer Help Program. Many participants find the experience transformative. Conversations about death and dying are a core part of the retreats. The basic premise is that talking about death and dying in circles of trust can bring more vitality to living—and improve the likelihood of a better death for all concerned. Michael has found these conversations and stories to be central to his work and life as the co-leader of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program for the past 26 years. Join us as he shares his insights from the program—an interactive dialogue with him as well as some of the friends, staff and alumni of the program. Michael Lerner is the president and co-founder of Commonweal and of Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts in Washington, D.C. His principle work at Commonweal is with the Cancer Help Program, the Collaborative on Health and the Environment, and The New School at Commonweal. He is author of Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Therapies (MIT Press). His core interest is in the ways of being and doing that make us whole and preserve this beautiful earth that is our inheritance. 1:42:45 death, dying, healing, cancer, help, program, commonweal, michael, lerner, new school, music, tim weed Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Sim Van der Ryn is a visionary, author, educator, public leader, and internationally distinguished pioneer in ecological design. For more than 40 years, Sim has been at the forefront of integrating ecological principles into the built environment, creating multi-scale solutions driven by nature’s intelligence. He has served as California’s first energy-conscious State Architect, authored seven influential books, and won numerous honors and awards for his leadership and innovation in architecture & planning. Sim’s collaborative approach and meta-disciplinary accomplishments help show the way to an evolving planetary era that values both the integrity of ecological systems and the quality of life.<br /> <br /> A recent New York Times profile writes, “Long before sustainability became the buzzword du jour, there was Sim Van der Ryn, the intrepid pioneer on the eco-frontier.” The 70-year-old architect is part of a generation of visionaries who are more interested in the long term value of their their work than in self promotion. Sim emphasizes, “We are engaged in an Ecological Revolution , every bit as profound as the preceding Industrial Revolution.” While addressing an assembly of architects, Sim states, “The worst thing you can do is keep making no changes. That’s where the risk lies.” http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html#S_Van_der_Ryn 7DDA819E-732C-4CCC-B28C-75483A6F8C2D-8925-0000428B05439245-FFA Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:09:03 -0800 Renowned Architect Sim Van der Ryn and Michael Lerner discuss his experiences as a leading inovator in ecological design. Sim Van der Ryn is a visionary, author, educator, public leader, and internationally distinguished pioneer in ecological design. For more than 40 years, Sim has been at the forefront of integrating ecological principles into the built environment, creating multi-scale solutions driven by nature’s intelligence. He has served as California’s first energy-conscious State Architect, authored seven influential books, and won numerous honors and awards for his leadership and innovation in architecture & planning. Sim’s collaborative approach and meta-disciplinary accomplishments help show the way to an evolving planetary era that values both the integrity of ecological systems and the quality of life. A recent New York Times profile writes, “Long before sustainability became the buzzword du jour, there was Sim Van der Ryn, the intrepid pioneer on the eco-frontier.” The 70-year-old architect is part of a generation of visionaries who are more interested in the long term value of their their work than in self promotion. Sim emphasizes, “We are engaged in an Ecological Revolution , every bit as profound as the preceding Industrial Revolution.” While addressing an assembly of architects, Sim states, “The worst thing you can do is keep making no changes. That’s where the risk lies.” 56:07 sim, van der ryn, architect, design, environment, ecological, green, sustainable, michael lerner, commonweal, remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Ted Schettler, M.D., M.P.H., is an authority on environmental links to reproductive and developmental disorders, neurotoxicity, and other public health problems. He is the science director of the Science and Environmental Health Network, and science advisor to Health Care Without Harm, an international campaign in support of environmentally responsible health care.His books Generations at Risk: Reproductive Health and the Environment (MIT Press, 1999) and In Harm's Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development (Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility, 2000) describe what scientists know and suspect about environmental causes for a host of disorders from learning disabilities to cancer. They also describe the great uncertainties and the limits of science in establishing links between cause and effect.<br /> <br /> Sharyle Patton is the Sharyle Patton is director of the Commonweal Health and Environment Program and directs the Commonweal Biomonitoring Resource Center, a program that helps geographical and non-geographical communities learn more about the tool of biomonitoring. She also is director of special projects for the Collaborative on Health and Environment, a Commonweal-sponsored network that seeks to raise the level of awareness about possible linkages between environmental threat and health outcomes.<br /> http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html#T_Schettler 6F40B235-49EF-4791-8925-4CA56137B708-8925-0000421621AA9855-FFA Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:00:41 -0800 A discussion on the environmental factors that may effect our health. Ted Schettler, M.D., M.P.H., is an authority on environmental links to reproductive and developmental disorders, neurotoxicity, and other public health problems. He is the science director of the Science and Environmental Health Network, and science advisor to Health Care Without Harm, an international campaign in support of environmentally responsible health care.His books Generations at Risk: Reproductive Health and the Environment (MIT Press, 1999) and In Harm's Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development (Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility, 2000) describe what scientists know and suspect about environmental causes for a host of disorders from learning disabilities to cancer. They also describe the great uncertainties and the limits of science in establishing links between cause and effect. Sharyle Patton is the Sharyle Patton is director of the Commonweal Health and Environment Program and directs the Commonweal Biomonitoring Resource Center, a program that helps geographical and non-geographical communities learn more about the tool of biomonitoring. She also is director of special projects for the Collaborative on Health and Environment, a Commonweal-sponsored network that seeks to raise the level of awareness about possible linkages between environmental threat and health outcomes. 57:32 environment, health, disorders, toxicity, public health, ecological, ecology, ted schettler, michael lerner, commonweal, remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Across the United States, thousands of people, most of them in low-income or minority communities, live next to heavily polluting industrial sites. In Sacrifice Zones: The Front Lines of Toxic Chemical Exposure in the United States, Steve Lerner tells the stories of twelve communities, from Brooklyn to Pensacola, that rose up to fight the industries and military bases causing disproportionately high levels of chemical pollution. He calls these low-income neighborhoods "sacrifice zones"—repurposing a Cold War term coined by U.S. government officials to designate areas contaminated with radioactive pollutants during the manufacture of nuclear weapons. And he argues that residents of a new generation of sacrifice zones, tainted with chemical pollutants, need additional regulatory protections.<br /> <br /> Steve Lerner is research director of Commonweal, and the author of Diamond: A Struggle for Environmental Justice in Louisiana’s Chemical Corridor; Eco-Pioneers: Practical Visionaries Solving Today’s Environmental Problems; The Earth Summit: Conversations with Architects of an Ecologically Sustainable Future; and Beyond the Earth Summit: Conversations with Advocates of Sustainable Development. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html#S_Lerner F8A56F18-D1C6-41AE-BEBC-A327869183FD-11533-00005BCE824B1BAE-FFA Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:58:46 -0700 Steve Lerner discusses his experiences working with low income or minority communities and the challenges they face living close to and with toxic substances. Across the United States, thousands of people, most of them in low-income or minority communities, live next to heavily polluting industrial sites. In Sacrifice Zones: The Front Lines of Toxic Chemical Exposure in the United States, Steve Lerner tells the stories of twelve communities, from Brooklyn to Pensacola, that rose up to fight the industries and military bases causing disproportionately high levels of chemical pollution. He calls these low-income neighborhoods "sacrifice zones"—repurposing a Cold War term coined by U.S. government officials to designate areas contaminated with radioactive pollutants during the manufacture of nuclear weapons. And he argues that residents of a new generation of sacrifice zones, tainted with chemical pollutants, need additional regulatory protections. Steve Lerner is research director of Commonweal, and the author of Diamond: A Struggle for Environmental Justice in Louisiana’s Chemical Corridor; Eco-Pioneers: Practical Visionaries Solving Today’s Environmental Problems; The Earth Summit: Conversations with Architects of an Ecologically Sustainable Future; and Beyond the Earth Summit: Conversations with Advocates of Sustainable Development. 1:16:34 steve, lerner, michael, sacrifice, zones, low-income, minority, toxic, pollution, chemicals, industry, families, commonweal, remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no This is the first event in the new TNS End of Life Conversations series!<br /> <br /> Rachel Naomi Remen is one of the earliest pioneers in the mind/body holistic health movement and the first to recognize the role of the spirit in health and the recovery from illness. She is Co-Founder and Medical Director of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program featured in the Bill Moyers PBS series, Healing and the Mind and has cared for people with cancer and their families for almost 30 years.<br /> <br /> She is also a nationally recognized medical reformer and educator who sees the practice of medicine as a spiritual path. In recognition of her work she has received several honorary degrees and has been invited to teach in medical schools and hospitals throughout the country. Her groundbreaking holistic curricula enable physicians at all levels of training to remember their calling and strengthen their commitment to serve life.<br /> <br /> Dr. Remen is Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the UCSF School of Medicine and director of the innovative UCSF course "The Healer's Art," which was recently featured in US News & World Report. She is founder and director of the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness, a ten-year-old professional development program for graduate physicians.<br /> <br /> She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal, Riverhead Books, 1996. Her newest book, My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge and Belonging, Riverhead Books, 2000, is a national bestseller. As a master story-teller and public speaker, she has spoken to thousands of people throughout the country, reminding them of the power of their humanity and the ability to use their lives to make a difference. Dr. Remen has a 48-year personal history of Crohn's disease and her work is a unique blend of the viewpoint of physician and patient. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html#Remen F90DF6C8-A76A-42A3-AB61-E16C2C894A6A-1149-00000EBA8E22751A-FFA Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:42:16 -0700 Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen presents stories, poems and wisdom on the end of life. First in the series. This is the first event in the new TNS End of Life Conversations series! Rachel Naomi Remen is one of the earliest pioneers in the mind/body holistic health movement and the first to recognize the role of the spirit in health and the recovery from illness. She is Co-Founder and Medical Director of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program featured in the Bill Moyers PBS series, Healing and the Mind and has cared for people with cancer and their families for almost 30 years. She is also a nationally recognized medical reformer and educator who sees the practice of medicine as a spiritual path. In recognition of her work she has received several honorary degrees and has been invited to teach in medical schools and hospitals throughout the country. Her groundbreaking holistic curricula enable physicians at all levels of training to remember their calling and strengthen their commitment to serve life. Dr. Remen is Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the UCSF School of Medicine and director of the innovative UCSF course "The Healer's Art," which was recently featured in US News & World Report. She is founder and director of the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness, a ten-year-old professional development program for graduate physicians. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal, Riverhead Books, 1996. Her newest book, My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge and Belonging, Riverhead Books, 2000, is a national bestseller. As a master story-teller and public speaker, she has spoken to thousands of people throughout the country, reminding them of the power of their humanity and the ability to use their lives to make a difference. Dr. Remen has a 48-year personal history of Crohn's disease and her work is a unique blend of the viewpoint of physician and patient. 1:48:17 rachel, naomi, remen, death, dying, care, kitchen table wisdom, my grandfather's blessing, michael lerner, commonweal, cancer Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Ted Schettler is science director of the Science and Environmental Health Network. He has a medical degree from Case Western Reserve University and a masters in public health from Harvard University. He is co-author of Generations at Risk: Reproductive Health and the Environment, which examines reproductive and developmental health effects of exposure to a variety of environmental toxicants. He is also co-author of In Harm's Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development, which discusses the impact of environmental exposures on neurological development in children. He has published a number of articles on related topics in peer-reviewed journals and has served on advisory committees of the US EPA and National Academy of Sciences. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html#Schettler_2 909D7B5D-5300-4DAE-9B6F-2CBDCB51BA6A-1616-00000A399D5DDDEF-FFA Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:35:23 -0700 Michael Lerner in conversation with Ted Schettler, MD and Sharyle Patton on the environment and health. Ted Schettler is science director of the Science and Environmental Health Network. He has a medical degree from Case Western Reserve University and a masters in public health from Harvard University. He is co-author of Generations at Risk: Reproductive Health and the Environment, which examines reproductive and developmental health effects of exposure to a variety of environmental toxicants. He is also co-author of In Harm's Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development, which discusses the impact of environmental exposures on neurological development in children. He has published a number of articles on related topics in peer-reviewed journals and has served on advisory committees of the US EPA and National Academy of Sciences. 57:32 ted, schettler, health, environment, CHE, collaborative, ecology, michael, lerner, commonweal, new school Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Leslie Medine is one of Northern California's most respected public sector leaders.<br /> She has created youth-led innovative schools and community programs for young people. Now she is organizing the first Democracy Zone in the country located in Napa where Latino and Anglo young people are making decisions and taking action on behalf of 2000 children and youth in their neighborhood.<br /> <br /> John Esterle is Executive Director of The Whitman Institute, a San Francisco<br /> Foundation that supports Leslie's work -- and is the only foundation in<br /> America with a pure focus on dialogue, critical thinking, and civic engagement.<br /> <br /> Listen to two thought partners in social change talk about what it takes<br /> to make a difference. http://commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html 359918C4-BF3F-48FD-AE6F-14B7712C0ED2-35023-00011BA475D41CD7-FFA Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:15:25 -0700 Leslie Medine & John Esterle - Democracy Zone - Creating bi-cultural youth-led social change in Napa, California Leslie Medine is one of Northern California's most respected public sector leaders. She has created youth-led innovative schools and community programs for young people. Now she is organizing the first Democracy Zone in the country located in Napa where Latino and Anglo young people are making decisions and taking action on behalf of 2000 children and youth in their neighborhood. John Esterle is Executive Director of The Whitman Institute, a San Francisco Foundation that supports Leslie's work -- and is the only foundation in America with a pure focus on dialogue, critical thinking, and civic engagement. Listen to two thought partners in social change talk about what it takes to make a difference. 1:48:53 leslie, medine, john, esterle, democracy, zone, social change, napa, youth, commonweal, michael, lerner, new school Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Bolinas private detective Tink Thompson was a Haverford philosophy professor who taught Nietzsche and Kierkegaard before he became a sleuth.<br /> <br /> He has worked on the Kennedy assassination, the Oklahoma bombing, and the Patty Hearskidnapping. His books include "Gumshoe" and "Six Seconds in Dallas." <br /> He is a big fan of Dashell Hammett. He believes you can trace noir detective fiction back to the cultural cataclysm of World War I in Europe and the consequent emergence of European existentialists like Husserl, Sartre and Camus.<br /> http://commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html#thompson 6B026EDF-65BE-4F27-A3E2-024BAE308159-1065-000005DD492C1966-FFA Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:11:54 -0700 Bolinas Private Detective and former philosophy professor Tink Thompson in conversatio with Michael Lerner. Bolinas private detective Tink Thompson was a Haverford philosophy professor who taught Nietzsche and Kierkegaard before he became a sleuth. He has worked on the Kennedy assassination, the Oklahoma bombing, and the Patty Hearskidnapping. His books include "Gumshoe" and "Six Seconds in Dallas." He is a big fan of Dashell Hammett. He believes you can trace noir detective fiction back to the cultural cataclysm of World War I in Europe and the consequent emergence of European existentialists like Husserl, Sartre and Camus. 51:57 tink, thompson, private, detective, gumshoe, kennedy, assasination, philosophy, michael, lerner, commonweal, new school Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no When we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work. And when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings. Wendell Berry<br /> <br /> I interviewed Pia Infante as part of a quite spontaneous evolution of a whole series of interviews with people involved with The Whitman Institute, a San Francisco-based foundation with a focus on dialogue, critical thinking and civic engagement. It was an especially engaging conversation because Pia proposed it and came with a series of questions about what to do next in her life that she wanted to explore.<br /> <br /> Pia works with Executive Director John Esterle on the staff of the Whitman Institute. She is also an organization development consultant and coach whose mission is to support engaged and alive social justice work. She contributes regularly to the Institute’s thought leadership via its blog at http://thewhitmaninstituteblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/beyond-rockstar-paradigm.html. <br /> <br /> Pia is also a member of the Movement Strategy Center’s Organizational Development Practitioners for Social Change cohort and part of the Kellogg Foundation’s Coach Training Pilot Project. She has a Master’s Degree from The New School for Social Research in Education, a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of California at Berkeley in Rhetoric, an executive coaching credential from The Academy for Coaching Excellence, and a secondary teaching credential from the State of New York. Pia describes herself as “a cultivator of luminosity who loves her family, the divinity of nature, everyone’s grandmother, and (in true Filipina form) karaoke. “ http://commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html#Infante A28FC16B-F23F-4D0D-96D2-EBF21B818AC1-5673-00002D4B06575DBA-FFA Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:14:42 -0700 Pia Infante - The Impeded Stream Is the One That Sings: Michael Lerner in a New School conversation. When we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work. And when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings. Wendell Berry I interviewed Pia Infante as part of a quite spontaneous evolution of a whole series of interviews with people involved with The Whitman Institute, a San Francisco-based foundation with a focus on dialogue, critical thinking and civic engagement. It was an especially engaging conversation because Pia proposed it and came with a series of questions about what to do next in her life that she wanted to explore. Pia works with Executive Director John Esterle on the staff of the Whitman Institute. She is also an organization development consultant and coach whose mission is to support engaged and alive social justice work. She contributes regularly to the Institute’s thought leadership via its blog at http://thewhitmaninstituteblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/beyond-rockstar-paradigm.html. Pia is also a member of the Movement Strategy Center’s Organizational Development Practitioners for Social Change cohort and part of the Kellogg Foundation’s Coach Training Pilot Project. She has a Master’s Degree from The New School for Social Research in Education, a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of California at Berkeley in Rhetoric, an executive coaching credential from The Academy for Coaching Excellence, and a secondary teaching credential from the State of New York. Pia describes herself as “a cultivator of luminosity who loves her family, the divinity of nature, everyone’s grandmother, and (in true Filipina form) karaoke. “ 1:14:04 pia infante, whitman, institute, michael, lerner, commonweal, life coach, inner life, consciousness Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no This is the second interview in an ongoing discussion with John Esterle, Executive Director of the Whitman Institute.<br /> <br /> The Whitman Institute is a quite unique foundation in San Francisco that focuses its grants on organizations and projects engaged with dialogue, critical thinking and civic engagement. The Institute is a supporter of The New School at Commonweal -- and has also supported a remarkable number of the thought leaders we have interviewed at The New School. John Esterle is the Executive Director who has shaped The Institute since taking over from its founder.<br /> <br /> In these two conversations, we explore the thinking that has led John to make The Whitman Institute the only foundation in the country focused solely on these process questions of dialogue, critical thinking and citizen engagement. http://commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html#Esterle 33644D6F-6DBD-4367-8CC8-B1634B2F3F24-386-000001981FD55CDE-FFA Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:17:49 -0700 John Esterle's second conversation with Michael Lerner of the New School at Commonweal This is the second interview in an ongoing discussion with John Esterle, Executive Director of the Whitman Institute. The Whitman Institute is a quite unique foundation in San Francisco that focuses its grants on organizations and projects engaged with dialogue, critical thinking and civic engagement. The Institute is a supporter of The New School at Commonweal -- and has also supported a remarkable number of the thought leaders we have interviewed at The New School. John Esterle is the Executive Director who has shaped The Institute since taking over from its founder. In these two conversations, we explore the thinking that has led John to make The Whitman Institute the only foundation in the country focused solely on these process questions of dialogue, critical thinking and citizen engagement. 58:00 john, esterle, whitman, institute, philanthropy, dialogue, civic, engagement, michael, lerner, commonweal, new school, changemakers Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Michael Lerner hosts this conversation with Dr. Christina Puchalski and Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen. The main topic is how to integrate spirituality into health care. http://commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html#puchalski 0F4EC32E-3FBA-45E3-83DB-4E7613999BA4-25168-0000C7D65916A698-FFA Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:47:28 -0700 Christina Puchalski & Rachel Naomi Remen - A discussion on spirituality and healthcare, as well as helping patients prepare for death Michael Lerner hosts this conversation with Dr. Christina Puchalski and Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen. The main topic is how to integrate spirituality into health care. 57:01 christina, puchalski, spiritual, health, death, integrative medicine, holistic, rachel, naomi, remen, michael, lerner, commonweal Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no John Esterle stopped by for a conversation with Michael Lerner of the New School at Commonweal. They discussed philanthropy, supporting organizations and grantees in their missions and several other topics.<br /> <br /> John Esterle is the Executive Director of The Whitman Institute. He began working at TWI in 1988 as a research associate and in 1999 assumed his present position. In 2004 he led TWI’s transition from an operating to a grantmaking foundation. John is also the board president of Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE). PACE’s mission is to work within the field of philanthropy to inspire interest, understanding and investment in civic engagement and democratic renewal. Through 2001-2002, John also served as the PTA president of Rooftop Alternative K-8 Elementary School. Prior to joining TWI, John directed Crime and the News Media, a pilot project that featured a series of dialogues between journalists and proponents of alternatives to incarceration. He received his B.A. in Liberal Arts from the Hutchins School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Sonoma State University and his M.A. in Broadcast Communication Arts from San Francisco State University. http://www.thewhitmaninstitute.org/board_staff.html 595F612E-6F74-48E8-A28B-A74645B9BC41-5030-0000285D837638A3-FFA Sun, 04 Apr 2010 11:00:23 -0700 John Esterle in conversation with Michael Lerner John Esterle stopped by for a conversation with Michael Lerner of the New School at Commonweal. They discussed philanthropy, supporting organizations and grantees in their missions and several other topics. John Esterle is the Executive Director of The Whitman Institute. He began working at TWI in 1988 as a research associate and in 1999 assumed his present position. In 2004 he led TWI’s transition from an operating to a grantmaking foundation. John is also the board president of Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE). PACE’s mission is to work within the field of philanthropy to inspire interest, understanding and investment in civic engagement and democratic renewal. Through 2001-2002, John also served as the PTA president of Rooftop Alternative K-8 Elementary School. Prior to joining TWI, John directed Crime and the News Media, a pilot project that featured a series of dialogues between journalists and proponents of alternatives to incarceration. He received his B.A. in Liberal Arts from the Hutchins School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Sonoma State University and his M.A. in Broadcast Communication Arts from San Francisco State University. 1:14:02 john, esterle, whitman, institute, philanthropy, grants, progressive, social, entrepreneur, michael, lerner, commonweal Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Sadja Greenwood is a primary care physician with a special interest in women's health. She has been an activist for women's health throughout her career, in family planning, reproductive rights, self-care, education and services for mid-life women. She is the author of Menopause, Naturally (revised edition, 1996).<br /> Visit Sadja’s blog at http://sadjascolumns.blogspot.com/<br /> <br />This event was co sponsored with the New School by the Coastal Health Alliance and The Healing Arts Center http://commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html#greenwood E4778801-347C-43D1-B1F6-07B4249685DE-5030-000027AE6AB61BFD-FFA Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:47:51 -0700 Dr. Sadja Greenwood presents a discussion on nutrition, supplements, and health and well being. Sadja Greenwood is a primary care physician with a special interest in women's health. She has been an activist for women's health throughout her career, in family planning, reproductive rights, self-care, education and services for mid-life women. She is the author of Menopause, Naturally (revised edition, 1996). Visit Sadja’s blog at http://sadjascolumns.blogspot.com/ This event was co sponsored with the New School by the Coastal Health Alliance and The Healing Arts Center 1:47:55 sadja, greenwood, nutrition, vitamins, supplements, health, turmeric, michael, lerner, rachel, remen, mike, witte, commonweal, new school Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Richard Grossman is an essayist, psychotherapist, medical educator, and former book publisher. The six books he has written include The Tao of Emerson and A Year with Emerson, which won the Umhoefer Prize for achievement in the humanities, awarded by the Arts and Humanities Foundation. He has read Emerson daily for over 50 years.<br /> <br /> Emerson (1803-82) has been called "the George Washington of American Literature". He was a philosopher, essayist, poet, lecturer, and journal-keeper. An enchanted nature lover, he thought nothing of a 40 mile walk. A universal reader, Emerson drew on Plato, the Bhagavad Gita, the ancient Persian poets, the Quakers, Goethe, and Montaigne -- and hundreds of other masters of classical and contemporary thought. His admirers and friends included Carlyle, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller and the Alcotts. He balanced materialism and idealism, science and soul, objectivity and subjectvity, the majestic heights of human achievement and the sacred dignity of every woman and man. He was a leader of the Transcendentalist movement in Boston, an abolitionist long before abolitionism was popular, and an absolute believer in the power of following one's own unique destiny.<br /> <br /> Grossman considers Emerson a precursor of contemporary humanistic and transpersonal psychology. In 1970 Michael Murphy of Esalen Institute told Grossman about Roberto Assagioli, the Italian psychologist and founder of the transpersonal psychology called Psychosynthesis. Grossman published Assagioli's books Psychosynthesis and The Act of Will in America. Grossman himself entered Psychosynthesis training to become a psychotherapist. He found deep resonances between Assagioli and Emerson. http://commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html#Grossman 5B34513E-196E-4019-B15F-C5B07B455647-2500-0000115A662BFD4F-FFA Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:43:49 -0800 Richard Grossman discusses with Michael Lerner the similarities between Emerson and Lao Tse, as well as Richard's other books and lifetime accomplishements. Richard Grossman is an essayist, psychotherapist, medical educator, and former book publisher. The six books he has written include The Tao of Emerson and A Year with Emerson, which won the Umhoefer Prize for achievement in the humanities, awarded by the Arts and Humanities Foundation. He has read Emerson daily for over 50 years. Emerson (1803-82) has been called "the George Washington of American Literature". He was a philosopher, essayist, poet, lecturer, and journal-keeper. An enchanted nature lover, he thought nothing of a 40 mile walk. A universal reader, Emerson drew on Plato, the Bhagavad Gita, the ancient Persian poets, the Quakers, Goethe, and Montaigne -- and hundreds of other masters of classical and contemporary thought. His admirers and friends included Carlyle, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller and the Alcotts. He balanced materialism and idealism, science and soul, objectivity and subjectvity, the majestic heights of human achievement and the sacred dignity of every woman and man. He was a leader of the Transcendentalist movement in Boston, an abolitionist long before abolitionism was popular, and an absolute believer in the power of following one's own unique destiny. Grossman considers Emerson a precursor of contemporary humanistic and transpersonal psychology. In 1970 Michael Murphy of Esalen Institute told Grossman about Roberto Assagioli, the Italian psychologist and founder of the transpersonal psychology called Psychosynthesis. Grossman published Assagioli's books Psychosynthesis and The Act of Will in America. Grossman himself entered Psychosynthesis training to become a psychotherapist. He found deep resonances between Assagioli and Emerson. 53:15 richard, grossman, Tao of Emerson, emerson, tao te ching, lao tzu, transpersonal, psychology, michael, lerner, commonweal, new school Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Dr. Colin Greer has been the President of The New World Foundation since 1985. He was a Professor at Brooklyn College, CUNY, and has written several books. Colin Greer has participated in and directed several studies of U.S. immigration and urban schooling policy and history (at Columbia University and CUNY), and Chairs numerous organizations.<br /> <br /> Dr. Colin Greer has been the President of The New World Foundation since 1985. Formerly, he was a Professor at Brooklyn College, CUNY.<br /> <br /> He is the author (with Herbert Kohl) of The Plain Truth of Things and A Call to Character. Other books include: What Nixon is doing to Us; The Solution is Part of the Problem; After Reagan What?; and The Divided Society. He is best known for The Great School Legend and Choosing Equality: The Case for Democratic Schooling (which won the American Library Association’s Eli M. Oboler Intellectual Freedom Award). He was a founding editor of Change Magazine and Social Policy Magazine. He is a contributing editor to Parade Magazine.<br /> <br /> Dr. Greer participated in and directed several studies of US Immigration and urban schooling policy and history (at Columbia University and CUNY). He wrote briefing papers on philanthropy and government for First Lady, Mrs. Hillary Clinton, and on education policy for Senator Paul Wellstone. He chaired the President’s White House Fellows Program (1992-4) and chaired the Funders Committee for Citizen Participation (for 10 years). He currently chairs The LARK Theater Company (NYC), and Culture Project (NYC). He serves on the Boards of the Center for Social Inclusion, The Opportunity Agenda, the Teachers and Writers Collaborative (NYC), New York City Interfaith Center, Tikkun Magazine (California), openDemocracyUSA (US/UK), and the American Institute for Mental Imagery.<br /> Colin Greer also writes poetry, plays and non-fiction, and now also writes a blog on this website.<br /> http://commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html#greer EE61F7DB-90DB-46BF-BE43-8278F49EEF7C-2751-0000106B5D58F8EC-FFA Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:05:21 -0800 Michael Lerner and Colin Greer discuss philosophy, Spinoza, and Colin's work in various areas. Dr. Colin Greer has been the President of The New World Foundation since 1985. He was a Professor at Brooklyn College, CUNY, and has written several books. Colin Greer has participated in and directed several studies of U.S. immigration and urban schooling policy and history (at Columbia University and CUNY), and Chairs numerous organizations. Dr. Colin Greer has been the President of The New World Foundation since 1985. Formerly, he was a Professor at Brooklyn College, CUNY. He is the author (with Herbert Kohl) of The Plain Truth of Things and A Call to Character. Other books include: What Nixon is doing to Us; The Solution is Part of the Problem; After Reagan What?; and The Divided Society. He is best known for The Great School Legend and Choosing Equality: The Case for Democratic Schooling (which won the American Library Association’s Eli M. Oboler Intellectual Freedom Award). He was a founding editor of Change Magazine and Social Policy Magazine. He is a contributing editor to Parade Magazine. Dr. Greer participated in and directed several studies of US Immigration and urban schooling policy and history (at Columbia University and CUNY). He wrote briefing papers on philanthropy and government for First Lady, Mrs. Hillary Clinton, and on education policy for Senator Paul Wellstone. He chaired the President’s White House Fellows Program (1992-4) and chaired the Funders Committee for Citizen Participation (for 10 years). He currently chairs The LARK Theater Company (NYC), and Culture Project (NYC). He serves on the Boards of the Center for Social Inclusion, The Opportunity Agenda, the Teachers and Writers Collaborative (NYC), New York City Interfaith Center, Tikkun Magazine (California), openDemocracyUSA (US/UK), and the American Institute for Mental Imagery. Colin Greer also writes poetry, plays and non-fiction, and now also writes a blog on this website. 54:19 colin, greer, new, world, foundation, philosophy, spinoza, activism, The Great School Legend, Choosing Equality Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no THE RED BOOK, published in 2009 for the first time, is Carl Jung's richly illustrated record of his descent into his inner world, created in a period of personal crisis following his break with Sigmund Freud. A surprise best seller, THE RED BOOK has been reviewed in major periodicals around the world.<br /> <br /> THOMAS KIRSCH has a deep knowledge of Jung and the Jungian movement. Born to two first generation Jungian analysts, Kirsch knew Jung as a child. He has served as president of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco and the International Association of Analytical Psychology. He taught Jungian psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Stanford Medical Center for many years, and is the author of an acclaimed study of the Jungian movement, The Jungians.<br /> http://commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html#kirsch 7D1F089B-921E-4EA2-B5A6-F6366FE10C58-285-0000037D65018FDB-FFA Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:41:09 -0800 Michael Lerner and Dr. Thomas Kirsch discuss Jung's Red Book and Kirsch's family's experience with knowing Jung. THE RED BOOK, published in 2009 for the first time, is Carl Jung's richly illustrated record of his descent into his inner world, created in a period of personal crisis following his break with Sigmund Freud. A surprise best seller, THE RED BOOK has been reviewed in major periodicals around the world. THOMAS KIRSCH has a deep knowledge of Jung and the Jungian movement. Born to two first generation Jungian analysts, Kirsch knew Jung as a child. He has served as president of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco and the International Association of Analytical Psychology. He taught Jungian psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Stanford Medical Center for many years, and is the author of an acclaimed study of the Jungian movement, The Jungians. 1:22:10 jung, carl, red book, thomas kirsch, psychotherapy, psychology, nazi, flirtation, michael, lerner, commonweal Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Robert Bray has devoted his life’s work to the service of others.<br /> <br /> Born in San Diego, Bob spent his childhood years in the Midwest before returning to San Diego as a junior in high school. Following college at San Diego State University, Bob spent a couple of seasons as a firefighter with the Cleveland National Forest, and also worked as a seasonal lifeguard with the City of San Diego.<br /> <br /> Over the years Bob has been an avid volunteer with many community service organizations, both locally and nationally. Currently he is a volunteer with The American Red Cross, San Diego Chapter - Disaster Mental Health Specialist Team CA-3, and has been deployed to disaster sites such as Hurricane Katrina to assist relief efforts and provide counseling for those in need, in times of crisis.<br /> <br /> Currently Bob has a successful psychotherapy practice in San Diego where he sees clients and offers periodic workshops based on his book, Heal Traumatic Stress NOW-Complete Recovery with Thought Field Therapy, No Open Wounds. Bob is also an adjunct faculty member at San Diego State University, School of Social Work, where he may teach one or two classes per semester. He has been married to his wife Diane for 30 years and enjoys time with friends, travelling, and life in San Diego.<br /> <br /> To contact Bob, call his offices at 619-283-1116, or 1-888-983-8273, or e-mail: rlbray@rlbray.com. You may also click on the Contact Form to send a confidential message to Bob directly.<br /> http://commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html#Bray 71B76188-E513-465F-9255-9DDB90D60DD1-544-00005903158EB6DA-FFA Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:00:11 -0800 Michael Lerner and Robert Bray discuss healing traumatic stress and other disorders with Thought Field Therapy. Robert Bray has devoted his life’s work to the service of others. Born in San Diego, Bob spent his childhood years in the Midwest before returning to San Diego as a junior in high school. Following college at San Diego State University, Bob spent a couple of seasons as a firefighter with the Cleveland National Forest, and also worked as a seasonal lifeguard with the City of San Diego. Over the years Bob has been an avid volunteer with many community service organizations, both locally and nationally. Currently he is a volunteer with The American Red Cross, San Diego Chapter - Disaster Mental Health Specialist Team CA-3, and has been deployed to disaster sites such as Hurricane Katrina to assist relief efforts and provide counseling for those in need, in times of crisis. Currently Bob has a successful psychotherapy practice in San Diego where he sees clients and offers periodic workshops based on his book, Heal Traumatic Stress NOW-Complete Recovery with Thought Field Therapy, No Open Wounds. Bob is also an adjunct faculty member at San Diego State University, School of Social Work, where he may teach one or two classes per semester. He has been married to his wife Diane for 30 years and enjoys time with friends, travelling, and life in San Diego. To contact Bob, call his offices at 619-283-1116, or 1-888-983-8273, or e-mail: rlbray@rlbray.com. You may also click on the Contact Form to send a confidential message to Bob directly. 1:09:54 Robert, Bray, Thought, Field, Therapy, traumatic, stress, disorder, healing, psychotherapy, michael, lerner, commonweal, remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no A conversation with Edd Conboy on psychotherapy, trauma, learning organizations, The Whitman Institute, social entrepreneurs and the Jesuit model of social change<br /> <br /> Edd Conboy's bio:<br />  http://www.councilforrelationships.org/staff/bio_conboy_edd.htm<br /> http://commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html#conboy 34B11DCA-BD27-4A12-9D20-28D8C7E4DAC7-492-00003C8A8F33BBF2-FFA Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:05:38 -0800 Michael Lerner and Edd Conboy in conversation on a full Blue Moon, New Year's Eve, 2009. A conversation with Edd Conboy on psychotherapy, trauma, learning organizations, The Whitman Institute, social entrepreneurs and the Jesuit model of social change Edd Conboy's bio:  http://www.councilforrelationships.org/staff/bio_conboy_edd.htm 55:34 edd conboy, psychotherapy, healing, whitman, institute, commonweal, michael, lerner, remen, rachel Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Nicolette Hahn Niman is rancher, attorney and writer. Much of her time is spent speaking and writing about the problems of industrialized livestock production, including the book "Righteous Porkchop: Finding a Life and Good Food Beyond Factory Farms" (HarperCollins, 2009) and three essays she has written on the subject for the New York Times.<br /> <br /> Bill Niman is a cattle rancher in Northern California, proprietor of BN Ranch, and Founder of the natural meat company Niman Ranch, Inc. He was a member of the Pew Foundation's National Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, which released recommendations for reform of the nation's livestock industry in April 2008. http://commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html#niman A46ADAFD-B825-43E4-9D1F-B13DA4FBDCCE-333-00001DDD64E57BFF-FFA Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:01:48 -0800 Nicolette Hahn and Bill Niman discuss Nicolette's recent book and the improvements to be made in the meat industry. Nicolette Hahn Niman is rancher, attorney and writer. Much of her time is spent speaking and writing about the problems of industrialized livestock production, including the book "Righteous Porkchop: Finding a Life and Good Food Beyond Factory Farms" (HarperCollins, 2009) and three essays she has written on the subject for the New York Times. Bill Niman is a cattle rancher in Northern California, proprietor of BN Ranch, and Founder of the natural meat company Niman Ranch, Inc. He was a member of the Pew Foundation's National Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, which released recommendations for reform of the nation's livestock industry in April 2008. 1:25:37 niman, ranch, meat, sustainable, factory,farm, animal, welfare, commonweal, lerner, michael, remen, ecology Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Fritjof Capra, Ph.D., physicist and systems theorist, is a founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California, which is dedicated to promoting ecology and systems thinking in primary and secondary education. He is on the faculty of Schumacher College, an international center for ecological studies in the UK. Dr. Capra is the author of several international bestsellers, including The Tao of Physics , The Web of Life, and The Hidden Connections: A Science for Sustainable Living. His most recent book, The Science of Leonardo, was published in paperback by Anchor Books in December 2008. www.fritjofcapra.net. http://commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html#capra A245E5C7-68DB-4BDF-9B6A-2CB05742F502-666-000072EFDB18ACF1-FFA Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:46:52 -0800 A conversation with the author of The Tao of Physics, The Turning Point and others. A fascinating talk with this prolific thinker. Fritjof Capra, Ph.D., physicist and systems theorist, is a founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California, which is dedicated to promoting ecology and systems thinking in primary and secondary education. He is on the faculty of Schumacher College, an international center for ecological studies in the UK. Dr. Capra is the author of several international bestsellers, including The Tao of Physics , The Web of Life, and The Hidden Connections: A Science for Sustainable Living. His most recent book, The Science of Leonardo, was published in paperback by Anchor Books in December 2008. www.fritjofcapra.net. 1:29:04 fritjof, capra, tao of physics, turning point, science, leonardo, da vinci, michael lerner, commonweal Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no A two-part community awareness program for the town of Bolinas, this event was a chance to learn more about one of the fastest growing epidemics in our world today. How does one contract Lyme? What is the protocol once one is infected? What is the long range prognosis for recovery? What is the nature of chronic Lyme disease? These are among the issues to be raised and discussed, in a context of information presented and treatments explored.<br /> <br /> The community gathered after a screening of "Under Our Skin" for a discussion between the film's director/producer Andy Abrahams Wilson and Win Bertrand, MD of Gordon Medical Associates in Santa Rosa, followed by a question and answer session. Eric Karpeles and Michael Lerner hosted. http://commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html 54CF0AC2-47C7-4B88-BB9B-398DADEE45E8-1340-0000E31D8035CB03-FFA Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:29:59 -0800 A discussion of the film "Under Our Skin" and Lyme disease in general with the film's director and an MD. A two-part community awareness program for the town of Bolinas, this event was a chance to learn more about one of the fastest growing epidemics in our world today. How does one contract Lyme? What is the protocol once one is infected? What is the long range prognosis for recovery? What is the nature of chronic Lyme disease? These are among the issues to be raised and discussed, in a context of information presented and treatments explored. The community gathered after a screening of "Under Our Skin" for a discussion between the film's director/producer Andy Abrahams Wilson and Win Bertrand, MD of Gordon Medical Associates in Santa Rosa, followed by a question and answer session. Eric Karpeles and Michael Lerner hosted. 1:28:51 under, our, skin, lyme, disease, contested, win, bertrand, andy, abrahams, michael, lerner, eric karpeles Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no TKV Desikachar is the son and foremost student of the legendary yoga master T Krishnamacharya -- teacher of Patthabi Jois, BKS Iyengar, and Indra Devi.<br /> Kate Holcombe is a senior student of Mr. Desikachar and founder of the Healing Yoga Foundation in San Francisco.<br /> For over 45 years, TKV Desikachar has devoted himself to teaching yoga and making it relevant to people from all walks of life and with all kinds of abilities. His teaching method is based on T Krishnamacharya's fundamental principle that yoga must always be adapted to an individual's changing needs in order to derive the maximum therapeutic & personal benefit. In addition to the three decades of yoga training he received from his father, TKV Desikachar holds a degree in structural engineering. He is one of the world's foremost teachers of yoga and a renowned authority on the therapeutic use of yoga. We invite you to visit the Healing Yoga Foundation website.<br /> <br /> http://commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html F07BCF09-8BBE-4E14-BB61-7D7AB8E8D9AC-1049-0000DF77373D63EA-FFA Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:44:19 -0800 TKV Desikachar, Kate Holcombe and Michael Lerner discuss the healing qualities of yoga and Mr. Desikachar's extensive life work in this field TKV Desikachar is the son and foremost student of the legendary yoga master T Krishnamacharya -- teacher of Patthabi Jois, BKS Iyengar, and Indra Devi. Kate Holcombe is a senior student of Mr. Desikachar and founder of the Healing Yoga Foundation in San Francisco. For over 45 years, TKV Desikachar has devoted himself to teaching yoga and making it relevant to people from all walks of life and with all kinds of abilities. His teaching method is based on T Krishnamacharya's fundamental principle that yoga must always be adapted to an individual's changing needs in order to derive the maximum therapeutic & personal benefit. In addition to the three decades of yoga training he received from his father, TKV Desikachar holds a degree in structural engineering. He is one of the world's foremost teachers of yoga and a renowned authority on the therapeutic use of yoga. We invite you to visit the Healing Yoga Foundation website. 1:28:01 TKV,desikachare,kate holcombe, yoga, healing, chant, hindu, prana, michael, lerner, commonweal, remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Note: This conversation relied heavily on Mr. Murch's visual presentation, which is unavailable. Still, we found the conversation so compelling as to make it available for listening. Please familiarize yourself with the article link below for further understanding of Walter's work in this area.<br /> <br /> Walter Murch is an Academy Award winning film editor and sound designer who has done celebrated work with George Lucas, Francs Ford Coppola, Anthony Minghella, and others. He is the subject of Michael Ondaatje's "The Conversations," based on their dialogues when Murch was editing Minghella's The English Patient (based on Ondaatje's novel). He has written an acclaimed book on film editing, In the Blink of an Eye. But his greatest historical contribution may yet prove to be in astronomy, where he has refined and rehabilitated an ancient observation that the planets and moons in our solar system are arranged in a harmonic relationship that gives scientific expression to the concept of "the music of the spheres." Please prepare for this conversation with this astonishingly interesting polymath by reading the interview with Murch at http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/heliocentric-pantheon-interview-with.html http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/heliocentric-pantheon-interview-with.html 2E163E92-96CF-4E13-8C3F-3A86506CC31B-2194-000273E7B78C537C-FFA Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:00:02 -0800 Walter Murch spoke to Michael Lerner and gave a presentation of his take on ancient astronomical observations. Note: This conversation relied heavily on Mr. Murch's visual presentation, which is unavailable. Still, we found the conversation so compelling as to make it available for listening. Please familiarize yourself with the article link below for further understanding of Walter's work in this area. Walter Murch is an Academy Award winning film editor and sound designer who has done celebrated work with George Lucas, Francs Ford Coppola, Anthony Minghella, and others. He is the subject of Michael Ondaatje's "The Conversations," based on their dialogues when Murch was editing Minghella's The English Patient (based on Ondaatje's novel). He has written an acclaimed book on film editing, In the Blink of an Eye. But his greatest historical contribution may yet prove to be in astronomy, where he has refined and rehabilitated an ancient observation that the planets and moons in our solar system are arranged in a harmonic relationship that gives scientific expression to the concept of "the music of the spheres." Please prepare for this conversation with this astonishingly interesting polymath by reading the interview with Murch at http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/heliocentric-pantheon-interview-with.html 1:57:58 walter,murch,astronomy,bode's law,commonweal,astro,michael lerner, remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Catharine A. MacKinnon is America's foremost feminist legal scholar and a leading public intellectual and political philosopher. She has made major contributions to law and public policy on equality, sexual harassment, pornography, trafficking, rape, and genocide. MacKinnon is a lawyer, teacher, writer, and activist on sex equality domestically and internationally. She is Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, The James Barr Ames long-term visitor at Harvard Law School, and Special Gender Adviser to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. She has taught at twelve law schools including Yale, Stanford, Chicago, Osgoode Hall (Toronto), Columbia, and Hebrew University (Jerusalem) and been a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study (Berlin, 1992-3) and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford, 2005-6). Widely published in many languages (three of which she speaks in addition to English) her dozen books include Sex Equality (2001/2007), Toward a Feminist Theory of the State (1989), Only Words (1993), Sexual Harassment of Working Women (1979), and most recently, Women’s Lives, Men’s Laws (2005) and Are Women Human? (2006). MacKinnon created the concept that sexual abuse violates equality rights, pioneering the legal claim for sexual harassment as sex discrimination and, with Andrea Dworkin, recognition of the harms of pornography as civil rights violations. The Supreme Court of Canada has largely accepted her approach to equality, hate speech, and pornography. Representing Bosnian women survivors of Serbian genocidal sexual atrocities, she established legal recognition of rape as an act of genocide and won with co-counsel a $745 million verdict at trial. She works with Equality Now, an international NGO promoting sex equality worldwide, and the Coalition against Trafficking in Women (CATW). Empirical studies document that Professor MacKinnon is one of the most widely-cited legal scholars in the English language. http://commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html EF945234-386A-4CED-812E-441EF76F8F18-341-00001064CE9969E7-FFA Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:55:10 -0700 Catharine A. MacKinnon, America's foremost feminist legal scholar, leading public intellectual and political philosopher, has made major contributions to law and public policy on equality, sexual harassment, pornography, trafficking, rape, and genocide. Catharine A. MacKinnon is America's foremost feminist legal scholar and a leading public intellectual and political philosopher. She has made major contributions to law and public policy on equality, sexual harassment, pornography, trafficking, rape, and genocide. MacKinnon is a lawyer, teacher, writer, and activist on sex equality domestically and internationally. She is Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, The James Barr Ames long-term visitor at Harvard Law School, and Special Gender Adviser to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. She has taught at twelve law schools including Yale, Stanford, Chicago, Osgoode Hall (Toronto), Columbia, and Hebrew University (Jerusalem) and been a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study (Berlin, 1992-3) and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford, 2005-6). Widely published in many languages (three of which she speaks in addition to English) her dozen books include Sex Equality (2001/2007), Toward a Feminist Theory of the State (1989), Only Words (1993), Sexual Harassment of Working Women (1979), and most recently, Women’s Lives, Men’s Laws (2005) and Are Women Human? (2006). MacKinnon created the concept that sexual abuse violates equality rights, pioneering the legal claim for sexual harassment as sex discrimination and, with Andrea Dworkin, recognition of the harms of pornography as civil rights violations. The Supreme Court of Canada has largely accepted her approach to equality, hate speech, and pornography. Representing Bosnian women survivors of Serbian genocidal sexual atrocities, she established legal recognition of rape as an act of genocide and won with co-counsel a $745 million verdict at trial. She works with Equality Now, an international NGO promoting sex equality worldwide, and the Coalition against Trafficking in Women (CATW). Empirical studies document that Professor MacKinnon is one of the most widely-cited legal scholars in the English language. 1:23:59 Catharine, MacKinnon, feminist, feminism, law, legal, pornography, rape, trafficking, justice, women, equality, commonweal, michael, lerner, remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no
Keith's book-cover says:

"Dr. Keith Block is at the global vanguard of innovative cancer care. As medical director of the Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment in Evanston, Illinois, he has treated thousands of patients who have lived long, full lives beyond their original prognoses. Now he has distilled almost thirty years of experience into the first book that gives patients a systematic, research-based plan for developing the physical and emotional vitality they need to meet the demands of treatment and recovery.

Based on a profound understanding of how body and mind can work together to defeat disease, this groundbreaking book offers:

• Innovative approaches to conventional treatments, such
as “chronotherapy”–chemotherapy timed to patients’ unique circadian rhythms for enhanced effectiveness and reduced toxicity

• Dietary choices that make the biochemical environment hostile to cancer growth and recurrence, and strengthen the immune system’s ability to attack remaining cancer cells

• Precise supplement protocols to tame treatment side effects, relieve disease-related symptoms, and modify processes like inflammation and glycemia that can fuel cancer if left untreated

• A new paradigm for exercise and stress reduction that restores your strength, reduces anxiety and depression, and supports the body’s own ability to heal

• A complete program for remission maintenance–a proactive plan to make sure the cancer never returns

Also included are “quick-start” maps to help you find the information you need right now and many case histories that will support and inspire you. Encouraging, compassionate, and authoritative, Life over Cancer is the guide patients everywhere have been waiting for."

Keith is a longtime Commonweal friend and an extraordinary resource for cancer patients and health professionals. He will be accompanied by Mark Renneker, M.D., also a longtime Commonweal friend and an equally eminent investigator of medical treatments for a wide range of serious illnesses. Don't miss this special opportunity to learn from one of the foremost pioneers of integrative cancer treatments.

Michael Lerner
President, Commonweal]]> http://commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html A30FD94F-D1A1-4772-9DD2-A0D3BBCC6074-445-00001A680B4450B2-FFA Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:05:53 -0700 Keith gave a 40 minute talk, answered questions, and signed copies of his new book, "Life Over Cancer." Andrew Weil, M.D., writes in his preface: “Life Over Cancer sets the course for what I believe is the future of successful cancer treatment,” “I believe in Keith’s program and would go to the Block Center if I were facing a diagnosis of cancer. It is where I have sent and will continue to send my friends and family members,” and “Life Over Cancer is the program every cancer patient deserves in order to have the best chance for recovery and restoration of health.” Keith's book-cover says: "Dr. Keith Block is at the global vanguard of innovative cancer care. As medical director of the Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment in Evanston, Illinois, he has treated thousands of patients who have lived long, full lives beyond their original prognoses. Now he has distilled almost thirty years of experience into the first book that gives patients a systematic, research-based plan for developing the physical and emotional vitality they need to meet the demands of treatment and recovery. Based on a profound understanding of how body and mind can work together to defeat disease, this groundbreaking book offers: • Innovative approaches to conventional treatments, such as “chronotherapy”–chemotherapy timed to patients’ unique circadian rhythms for enhanced effectiveness and reduced toxicity • Dietary choices that make the biochemical environment hostile to cancer growth and recurrence, and strengthen the immune system’s ability to attack remaining cancer cells • Precise supplement protocols to tame treatment side effects, relieve disease-related symptoms, and modify processes like inflammation and glycemia that can fuel cancer if left untreated • A new paradigm for exercise and stress reduction that restores your strength, reduces anxiety and depression, and supports the body’s own ability to heal • A complete program for remission maintenance–a proactive plan to make sure the cancer never returns Also included are “quick-start” maps to help you find the information you need right now and many case histories that will support and inspire you. Encouraging, compassionate, and authoritative, Life over Cancer is the guide patients everywhere have been waiting for." Keith is a longtime Commonweal friend and an extraordinary resource for cancer patients and health professionals. He will be accompanied by Mark Renneker, M.D., also a longtime Commonweal friend and an equally eminent investigator of medical treatments for a wide range of serious illnesses. Don't miss this special opportunity to learn from one of the foremost pioneers of integrative cancer treatments. Michael Lerner President, Commonweal 1:43:37 keith,block,cancer,center,integral,treatment,natural,medicine,healing,michael,lerner,commonweal,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Hanford Woods teaches Shakespeare at Dawson College in Montreal and is a longtime Bolinas resident. Eric Karpeles is a new Bolinas resident and recently spoke for The New School on "Paintings in Proust." We recommend reading "Hamlet" and "What Is Art?" (both available on Internet!) in advance of the conversation. http://commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html D4944F2F-047E-4BA8-8360-52A59B0C2235-268-0000015E4D324AED-FFA Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:48:38 -0700 A discussion on Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' and Tolstoy's 'What is Art?' with Shakespeare Scholar, Hanford Woods Hanford Woods teaches Shakespeare at Dawson College in Montreal and is a longtime Bolinas resident. Eric Karpeles is a new Bolinas resident and recently spoke for The New School on "Paintings in Proust." We recommend reading "Hamlet" and "What Is Art?" (both available on Internet!) in advance of the conversation. 1:33:38 hamlet, tolstoy, what is art, shakespeare, hanford, woods, eric karpeles, michael lerner Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no We have (again!) a special opportunity for a conversation with a remarkable Commonweal friend, Russell Jaffe, M.D. Russ talks with us about "The Alkaline Way: Diet, Supplements, Detoxification, and Real Health Care Reform." Trained in Clinical Pathology at the National Institutes of Health, Russ served on the permanent NIH staff as a practicing molecular biologist and molecular pathologist. In the course of his later career, Russ has worked extensively in optimal health, nutrition, Oriental Medicine, and color and music therapy. He was the founding Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the American Holistic Medical Association. In 1984, Dr. Jaffe developed the lymphocyte response assays (LRA) by ELISA/ACT tests. These tests enable physicians to examine the responses of patients' immune systems to challenges. He is also the founder of Perque, a nutritional supplement company. http://commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html 21A01F0A-8433-4940-8E24-AFDDADAB6DBD-436-000024A96ED1A7CE-FFA Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:37:58 -0700 Dr. Russell Jaffe and Michael Lerner discuss Dr. Jaffe's "The Alkaline Way..." We have (again!) a special opportunity for a conversation with a remarkable Commonweal friend, Russell Jaffe, M.D. Russ talks with us about "The Alkaline Way: Diet, Supplements, Detoxification, and Real Health Care Reform." Trained in Clinical Pathology at the National Institutes of Health, Russ served on the permanent NIH staff as a practicing molecular biologist and molecular pathologist. In the course of his later career, Russ has worked extensively in optimal health, nutrition, Oriental Medicine, and color and music therapy. He was the founding Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the American Holistic Medical Association. In 1984, Dr. Jaffe developed the lymphocyte response assays (LRA) by ELISA/ACT tests. These tests enable physicians to examine the responses of patients' immune systems to challenges. He is also the founder of Perque, a nutritional supplement company. 1:23:43 russell, jaffe, diet, food, nutrition, health, disease, alkaline, perque, supplements, vitamin, c, michael, lerner, commonweal, remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Eric Karpeles, author of Paintings in Proust, presented an illustrated talk entitled "My book is a painting: Marcel Proust & the Resonance of the Visual Image." This conversation was recorded on June 12th, 2009. A PDF of the visual presentation is available at: <br /> http://commonweal.org/new-school/audiofiles/podcast/61e_karpeles_TNS_2.pdf<br /> <br /> Paintings in Proust has received considerable acclaim in the US, Britain and France, where the French edition sold out its first printing in three weeks. Salman Rushdie called it his favorite book of the year. The NY Times claimed the book elicited "the literary equivalent of a hosanna." A NY Observer critic wrote that the work is "authoritative, intelligent, amusing, and can be enjoyed without prior exposure to Proust." The same can be said about Eric's talk, which, while specifically about Proust, is also generally about the mind of the artist and the creative process. http://commonweal.org/new-school/audiofiles/podcast/61e_karpeles_TNS_2.pdf 35106321-57A8-45E8-A0C4-3C766A889AAE-804-00004D1DB8917C7D-FFA Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:12:13 -0700 Eric Karpeles, author of Paintings in Proust, presents an illustrated talk entitled "My book is a painting: Marcel Proust & the Resonance of the Visual Image." Eric Karpeles, author of Paintings in Proust, presented an illustrated talk entitled "My book is a painting: Marcel Proust & the Resonance of the Visual Image." This conversation was recorded on June 12th, 2009. A PDF of the visual presentation is available at: http://commonweal.org/new-school/audiofiles/podcast/61e_karpeles_TNS_2.pdf Paintings in Proust has received considerable acclaim in the US, Britain and France, where the French edition sold out its first printing in three weeks. Salman Rushdie called it his favorite book of the year. The NY Times claimed the book elicited "the literary equivalent of a hosanna." A NY Observer critic wrote that the work is "authoritative, intelligent, amusing, and can be enjoyed without prior exposure to Proust." The same can be said about Eric's talk, which, while specifically about Proust, is also generally about the mind of the artist and the creative process. 1:20:06 eric,karpeles,marcel,proust,art,literature,my book is a painting, michael,lerner,commonweal Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson is a writer who lives with his family in New Zealand. He has been a professor at several universities in Canada and America. After serving as Projects Director of the Sigmund Freud Archives, he wrote a series of books critical of psychiatry and therapy. In the 1990s he turned his attention to animals, and in particular, their emotional lives. His book 'When Elephants Weep' became an international best seller, as was 'Dogs Never Lie About Love'. Since those two books he has published 6 more books about animals. Jeff believes:<br /> <br /> "When animals are no longer colonized and appropriated by us, we can reach out to our evolutionary cousins. Perhaps then the ancient hope for a deeper emotional connection across the species barrier, for closeness and participation in a realm of feelings now beyond our imagination, will be realized."<br /> <br /> Dr. Leila Masson is a pediatrician interested in disease prevention through healthy nutrition and life style. Her goal is to help her two sons and her husband - and all her patients - to live in optimal health. Dr. Masson provides biomedical treatment for children on the autistic spectrum, a wholistic approach to behaviour and learning challenges, as well as assessment and treatment of children with allergies and other pediatric health problems. Dr. Masson's aim is to treat the whole child, not just the symptom, and to support the family on their path to better health. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html 262C1865-D76A-4D3F-A46D-C7292808385A-3226-000155D8B9E3E8C8-FFA Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:17:01 -0700 Jeffrey and Leila Masson in conversation with Michael Lerner Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson is a writer who lives with his family in New Zealand. He has been a professor at several universities in Canada and America. After serving as Projects Director of the Sigmund Freud Archives, he wrote a series of books critical of psychiatry and therapy. In the 1990s he turned his attention to animals, and in particular, their emotional lives. His book 'When Elephants Weep' became an international best seller, as was 'Dogs Never Lie About Love'. Since those two books he has published 6 more books about animals. Jeff believes: "When animals are no longer colonized and appropriated by us, we can reach out to our evolutionary cousins. Perhaps then the ancient hope for a deeper emotional connection across the species barrier, for closeness and participation in a realm of feelings now beyond our imagination, will be realized." Dr. Leila Masson is a pediatrician interested in disease prevention through healthy nutrition and life style. Her goal is to help her two sons and her husband - and all her patients - to live in optimal health. Dr. Masson provides biomedical treatment for children on the autistic spectrum, a wholistic approach to behaviour and learning challenges, as well as assessment and treatment of children with allergies and other pediatric health problems. Dr. Masson's aim is to treat the whole child, not just the symptom, and to support the family on their path to better health. 1:22:38 jeffrey,masson,leila,when elephants weep, freud, psychiatry, child,development,michael,lerner,commonweal, environment Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no New wireless technologies have changed the face of the world in the last decade. Cell and cordless phones, and the wireless towers that send their signals around town have very real bioeffects. Decision-makers and the public are just learning about possible health risks. What can you do to help protect your health? These and other important topics will be covered by Cindy Sage, Sage Associates, Co-Editor of the BioInitiative Report. She and 14 other scientists and public health experts have written a definitive report on the science and public health implications of wireless technologies. She will discuss the report and answer your questions about wireless.<br /> <br /> Cindy Sage is the owner of Sage Associates, Montecito, CA. She also is a Research Fellow at Orebro University Hospital, School of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Oncology, Orebro, Sweden.<br /> <br /> Nancy Evans is a health science writer and editor with more than three decades of experience in health science publishing. She is an honorary member of Sigma Theta Tau, the international honor society in nursing. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html C626DE2B-CFFD-4D04-A4EE-7B3CC37B009E-246-00000CA1E3A61E9A-FFA Sun, 24 May 2009 20:30:42 -0700 New wireless technologies have changed the face of the world in the last decade. Cell and cordless phones, and the wireless towers that send their signals around town have very real bioeffects. The public is just learning about possible health risks. New wireless technologies have changed the face of the world in the last decade. Cell and cordless phones, and the wireless towers that send their signals around town have very real bioeffects. Decision-makers and the public are just learning about possible health risks. What can you do to help protect your health? These and other important topics will be covered by Cindy Sage, Sage Associates, Co-Editor of the BioInitiative Report. She and 14 other scientists and public health experts have written a definitive report on the science and public health implications of wireless technologies. She will discuss the report and answer your questions about wireless. Cindy Sage is the owner of Sage Associates, Montecito, CA. She also is a Research Fellow at Orebro University Hospital, School of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Oncology, Orebro, Sweden. Nancy Evans is a health science writer and editor with more than three decades of experience in health science publishing. She is an honorary member of Sigma Theta Tau, the international honor society in nursing. 1:35:50 EMF, electro,magnetic,fields, cindy, sage, nancy, evans, bioinitiative,cancer,technology,cell, phone,wireless Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Julia Brody is a leader in research on environmental pollutants and breast cancer and in public engagement in science. She is the executive director of Silent Spring Institute, a research organization dedicated to studying the links between the environment and women's health, especially breast cancer.<br /> <br /> Dr. Julie Brody and her team at the Silent Spring Institute in Massachusetts are well-known pioneers in exploring linkages between toxic chemicals exposures and breast cancer, prompted by the high incidence of breast cancer in Cape Cod. Upholding the legacy of Rachel Carson in exploring how environmental threats contribute to disease incidence, Brody has produced compelling results from her work in Cape Cod, where she has tested 120 homes and their inhabitants for levels of toxicants. Recent work has brought her team to Richmond and Bolinas where the team as tested a number of homes for the presence of toxic chemicals in indoor and outdoor air.<br /> <br /> Householders in both towns found the results surprising. Like most people, they assumed that exposures to toxicants occurred primarily if one were to live near an industrial area, a military facility or near the site of some sort of chemical accident. Brody s research indicates that many of us may be additionally exposed to toxicants through the use of products we use everyday, products such as cleaners, personal care products, paints, solvents, or the materials we use in constructing our houses. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html A21244FA-C6BF-460F-B14B-C801FA259A27-1393-000166D6C243E6C8-FFA Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:20:05 -0700 Julia Brody is a leader in research on environmental pollutants and breast cancer and in public engagement in science. She is the executive director of Silent Spring Institute. Julia Brody is a leader in research on environmental pollutants and breast cancer and in public engagement in science. She is the executive director of Silent Spring Institute, a research organization dedicated to studying the links between the environment and women's health, especially breast cancer. Dr. Julie Brody and her team at the Silent Spring Institute in Massachusetts are well-known pioneers in exploring linkages between toxic chemicals exposures and breast cancer, prompted by the high incidence of breast cancer in Cape Cod. Upholding the legacy of Rachel Carson in exploring how environmental threats contribute to disease incidence, Brody has produced compelling results from her work in Cape Cod, where she has tested 120 homes and their inhabitants for levels of toxicants. Recent work has brought her team to Richmond and Bolinas where the team as tested a number of homes for the presence of toxic chemicals in indoor and outdoor air. Householders in both towns found the results surprising. Like most people, they assumed that exposures to toxicants occurred primarily if one were to live near an industrial area, a military facility or near the site of some sort of chemical accident. Brody s research indicates that many of us may be additionally exposed to toxicants through the use of products we use everyday, products such as cleaners, personal care products, paints, solvents, or the materials we use in constructing our houses. 1:27:38 julia,brody,silent,spring,rachel,carson,environment,air,quality,michael,lerner,commonweal,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Mark Gerzon, a leader in building global community and conflict resolution, believes critical decisions are often deeply flawed because they are made in settings that neglect the importance of nurturing a consciousness that elicits our deepest wisdom. His passion is designing environments that meet Einstein's transformative challenge: to ensure that we do not try to solve problems on the same level awareness at which they were created. Join us for a very special New School Conversation.<br /> <br /> Mark Gerzon is Founder and President of Mediators Foundation and author of 'Leading Through Conflict: How Successful Leaders Transform Differrences into Opportunities'.<br /> <br /> You are also invited to visit EastWest institute website ...'working to make the world a safer place by addressing the seemingly intractable problems that threaten regional and global stability.' http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html 7172CCCD-837C-4720-B010-991712DF59D4-306-00000A86FD6CFD2D-FFA Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:44:41 -0700 Utilizing Einstein's transformative challenge: to ensure that we do not try to solve problems on the same level awareness at which they were created. Mark Gerzon, a leader in building global community and conflict resolution, believes critical decisions are often deeply flawed because they are made in settings that neglect the importance of nurturing a consciousness that elicits our deepest wisdom. His passion is designing environments that meet Einstein's transformative challenge: to ensure that we do not try to solve problems on the same level awareness at which they were created. Join us for a very special New School Conversation. Mark Gerzon is Founder and President of Mediators Foundation and author of 'Leading Through Conflict: How Successful Leaders Transform Differrences into Opportunities'. You are also invited to visit EastWest institute website ...'working to make the world a safer place by addressing the seemingly intractable problems that threaten regional and global stability.' 1:16:30 mark, gerzon, conflict,resolution,community,einstein,consciousness,success,leader,michael,lerner,commonweal,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no David Servan-Schreiber, author of "Healing Without Freud or Prozac", "Instinct to Heal" and "Anticancer, A New Way of Life". Michael Lerner conducted this interview on Friday, December 5, 2008 http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html C2036728-5683-4946-B4F8-10BFBF71BCB4-401-000034BA44190755-FFA Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:39:21 -0800 David Servan-Schreiber - A New School Conversation on Healing David Servan-Schreiber, author of "Healing Without Freud or Prozac", "Instinct to Heal" and "Anticancer, A New Way of Life". Michael Lerner conducted this interview on Friday, December 5, 2008 58:28 instinct, heal,servan-schreiber,david,cancer,healing,medicine,alternative,health,michael,lerner,commonweal,doctors without borders,integral, Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to hear Terry Tempest Williams, one of the most exquisite and powerful voices for healing ourselves and the earth. Terry has been called “a citizen writer” who speaks out eloquently on behalf of an ethical stance toward life. A gifted naturalist and fierce advocate for freedom of speech, Terry has shown us how environmental issues are social issues that ultimately become matters of justice. “So here is my question,” she asks, “what might a different kind of power look like, feel like, and can power be redistributed equitably even beyond our own species?” http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html 75BECC3C-4753-4556-8665-2436D8D31DFF-377-00001CEF4C4EF7C8-FFA Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:16:43 -0800 Terry Tempest Williams is an American author, naturalist, and environmental activist. She is considered an ecologist and a naturalist, but writes about other issues as well, including issues of feminism, health/cancer issues, and the Mormon culture. Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to hear Terry Tempest Williams, one of the most exquisite and powerful voices for healing ourselves and the earth. Terry has been called “a citizen writer” who speaks out eloquently on behalf of an ethical stance toward life. A gifted naturalist and fierce advocate for freedom of speech, Terry has shown us how environmental issues are social issues that ultimately become matters of justice. “So here is my question,” she asks, “what might a different kind of power look like, feel like, and can power be redistributed equitably even beyond our own species?” 1:15:44 terry, tempest, williams, environment, rwanda, mormon, ecology, nature, lerner, michael, commonweal, remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Jim Gordon is one of America's leading authorities in mind-body medicine. He founded the influential Cancer Guides training program, sponsors the premier Food as Medicine training, and conducts Healing the Wounds of War trainings in Israel, Gaza and other conflict zones. Jim Gordon is the Founder and Director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM), a Clinical Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Family Medicine at Georgetown Medical School, and recently served as Chairman of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html C09721AF-67DF-4014-8312-ECFE0D0B8C5A-296-00000B55D238DCE7-FFA Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:23:39 -0800 James Gordon, M.D. - LIFE LESSONS IN HEALING: Cancer, Trauma, and Mind-Body Medicine Jim Gordon is one of America's leading authorities in mind-body medicine. He founded the influential Cancer Guides training program, sponsors the premier Food as Medicine training, and conducts Healing the Wounds of War trainings in Israel, Gaza and other conflict zones. Jim Gordon is the Founder and Director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM), a Clinical Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Family Medicine at Georgetown Medical School, and recently served as Chairman of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy. 1:25:27 james,gordon,mind,body,medicine,depression,drug,free,cancer,guides,michael,lerner,commonweal Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Therese Poulsen is the founder and director of Breath of Hope Foundation, through which she brings yoga and integrative healing to children traumatized by natural disasters or war in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and other countries in the Global South. Therese has been teaching yoga and integrative approaches to healing for over two decades. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html 0FA1AE2C-8355-4D24-8A80-319A8D0E953B-408-00006338627858B9-FFA Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:44:04 -0700 Therese Poulsen is the founder and director of Breath of Hope Foundation. Therese Poulsen is the founder and director of Breath of Hope Foundation, through which she brings yoga and integrative healing to children traumatized by natural disasters or war in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and other countries in the Global South. Therese has been teaching yoga and integrative approaches to healing for over two decades. 56:12 therese,poulsen,breath of hope,yoga,trauma,war,children,orphan,commonweal,lerner,michael Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Stephen Viederman* is the former president of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, from which he retired in April 2000. During his tenure the Foundation became a leader in mission-related investing, an effort to reduce the dissonance between the foundation’s investments and its grant-making values through portfolio screening, shareholder activity, and mission-related venture capital investing. This effort was widely recognized by the national press, including the New York Times, a variety of finance and business journals, as well as the philanthropic press. In 1996 he co-founded the Foundation Partnership on Corporate Responsibility. He has also lectured extensively on these issues in North America, Europe and Asia. <br /> <br /> Mr. Viederman continues his involvement as a member of the board and finance committee of the Needmor Fund, the Council for Responsible Public Investment, the advisory committees of Innovest Strategic Value Advisers, SustainAbility (UK), the Aurora Institute (Canada), and the Hawaii Capital Stewardship Initiative, and through consulting. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 13F219C8-34D7-453F-952F-71E86D6E2A13-294-00000934191E1FD2-FFA Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:17:22 -0700 Stephen Viederman - A Conversation on Socially Responsible Investing Stephen Viederman* is the former president of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, from which he retired in April 2000. During his tenure the Foundation became a leader in mission-related investing, an effort to reduce the dissonance between the foundation’s investments and its grant-making values through portfolio screening, shareholder activity, and mission-related venture capital investing. This effort was widely recognized by the national press, including the New York Times, a variety of finance and business journals, as well as the philanthropic press. In 1996 he co-founded the Foundation Partnership on Corporate Responsibility. He has also lectured extensively on these issues in North America, Europe and Asia. Mr. Viederman continues his involvement as a member of the board and finance committee of the Needmor Fund, the Council for Responsible Public Investment, the advisory committees of Innovest Strategic Value Advisers, SustainAbility (UK), the Aurora Institute (Canada), and the Hawaii Capital Stewardship Initiative, and through consulting. 56:01 social,responsible,investing,stephen,viederman,foundations,philanthropy,michael,lerner,commonweal Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Mark A. Finser is Chair of the Board of RSF Social Finance. RSF Social Finance provides innovative investing, lending, and philanthropic services to catalyze the growth of organizations creating a more sustainable future. Mark grew RSF's assets from $6,000 in 1984 to $120M today. Since 1984, RSF has made a total of $130M in mission-related loans to social enterprises. Mark brings communities of philanthropists and socially responsible investors together to further RSF's mission: to transform the way we work with money. Mark serves on the governing boards of the following organizations: New Resource Bank, an innovative community bank that serves green and sustainable companies; Investor's Circle Foundation, a non-profit, national angel investor group that invests in socially responsible companies; and B Lab, a non-profit organization supporting B Corporations which are a new type of corporation meeting specific social and environmental performance standards.<br /> <br /> Mark is an advisor to the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) and Sophia House, a shelter for homeless mothers and children. He leads TBL Capital, a sustainable venture fund he founded in 2007. Mark has a lifelong interest in biodynamic agriculture, integrative medicine, and meditation. He lives with his family in Mill Valley, California. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html#Finser A2B53B57-33C4-471D-9254-1E1FE881DF58-888-00012C0925F363BE-FFA Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:03:09 -0700 Mark Finser brings communities of philanthropists and socially responsible investors together to further RSF's mission: to transform the way we work with money. Mark A. Finser is Chair of the Board of RSF Social Finance. RSF Social Finance provides innovative investing, lending, and philanthropic services to catalyze the growth of organizations creating a more sustainable future. Mark grew RSF's assets from $6,000 in 1984 to $120M today. Since 1984, RSF has made a total of $130M in mission-related loans to social enterprises. Mark brings communities of philanthropists and socially responsible investors together to further RSF's mission: to transform the way we work with money. Mark serves on the governing boards of the following organizations: New Resource Bank, an innovative community bank that serves green and sustainable companies; Investor's Circle Foundation, a non-profit, national angel investor group that invests in socially responsible companies; and B Lab, a non-profit organization supporting B Corporations which are a new type of corporation meeting specific social and environmental performance standards. Mark is an advisor to the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) and Sophia House, a shelter for homeless mothers and children. He leads TBL Capital, a sustainable venture fund he founded in 2007. Mark has a lifelong interest in biodynamic agriculture, integrative medicine, and meditation. He lives with his family in Mill Valley, California. 58:44 Mark,Finser,RSF,social,finance,environment,NGO,michael,lerner,commonweal,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur and author. Paul heads the Natural Capital Institute www.NaturalCapital.org, which has created a hub for global civil society www.WiserEarth.org, a collaboratively written, free content, open source networking platform that links NGOs, funders, business, government, social entrepreneurs, students, organizers, academics, activists, scientists and citizens. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html 3FE88C71-F3F1-4FEE-90FE-5334A9FA5603-579-000049188217D36B-FFA Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:46:16 -0700 Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur and author. Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur and author. Paul heads the Natural Capital Institute www.NaturalCapital.org, which has created a hub for global civil society www.WiserEarth.org, a collaboratively written, free content, open source networking platform that links NGOs, funders, business, government, social entrepreneurs, students, organizers, academics, activists, scientists and citizens. 1:23:57 paul, hawken,natural,capital,institute,blessed,unrest,environment,economy,michael,lerner,commonweal Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Jed Emerson (jed.emerson@generationim.com) is a Senior Fellow with Generation Foundation, of Generation Investment Management (London, UK), and a fellow with the Said Business School at Oxford University.<br /> <br /> He has published widely on issues related to how we create, invest in and manage value. He lives in the Colorado high country with his two dogs, Pearl and Rasta, and Lakota, his horse... http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html CE97F7E6-3904-4690-A919-54CEECD435CE-275-000007CD5EAD9628-FFA Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:49:33 -0700 Jed Emerson - Blended value Jed Emerson (jed.emerson@generationim.com) is a Senior Fellow with Generation Foundation, of Generation Investment Management (London, UK), and a fellow with the Said Business School at Oxford University. He has published widely on issues related to how we create, invest in and manage value. He lives in the Colorado high country with his two dogs, Pearl and Rasta, and Lakota, his horse... 58:07 jed,emerson,blended,value,social,sustainable,capitalism,philanthropy,michael,lerner,remen,commonweal Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Jerry Mander is the founder and director of the International Forum on Globalization (IFG) a "think tank" and activist community with Board and Associate members on every continent. IFG has focused since 1994 on exposing the negative impacts of economic globalization on nature, human communities, equity, and democracy. IFG publishes reports, positions papers, and books, and also produces private and public education events, from private strategic seminars to large teach-ins. Best known among these were the huge events in Seattle in 1999 in opposition to the World Trade Organization. IFG has been generally credited with being among the leading international organizations that have defined, articulated and acted on a comprehensive critique of economic globalization. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html 0C7CC83D-F579-4F05-B7C5-130C7B36365B-722-00004D460568A5E8-FFA Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:35:59 -0700 What do climate change, peak oil, and resource depletion mean for the dominant economic paradigm? Jerry Mander is the founder and director of the International Forum on Globalization (IFG) a "think tank" and activist community with Board and Associate members on every continent. IFG has focused since 1994 on exposing the negative impacts of economic globalization on nature, human communities, equity, and democracy. IFG publishes reports, positions papers, and books, and also produces private and public education events, from private strategic seminars to large teach-ins. Best known among these were the huge events in Seattle in 1999 in opposition to the World Trade Organization. IFG has been generally credited with being among the leading international organizations that have defined, articulated and acted on a comprehensive critique of economic globalization. 58:59 globalization, IFG, ecology, wto, economics, jerry, mander, lerner, michael, remen, rachel, commonweal Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no "Mapping Local Resilience in Bolinas: Looking back through the Bolinas Community Plan history and Looking forward to the answers we'll need for a thriving future." Steve Matson and students of the Regenerative Design Institute in conversation with Michael Lerner. Co-sponsored by The New School and Mainstreet Moms. This event was held at Commonweal on Tuesday, July 1, 2008.<br /> <br /> Participants came for images and stories from the pioneering Bolinas Community Plan "old guard" days. Steve Matson showed his beautiful and evolving maps, and explained how he and the Regenerative Design students at the Commonweal Garden have started to visualize more local economy, diverse and creative food production, wild paths for wildlife, community-building, and more -- on paper. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html 9D33324E-53E8-46AD-B558-9B195B18DC4D-407-000014238A8F1909-FFA Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:50:12 -0700 Looking back through the Bolinas Community Plan history and Looking forward to the answers we'll need for a thriving future. Co-sponsored by The New School and Mainstreet Moms. "Mapping Local Resilience in Bolinas: Looking back through the Bolinas Community Plan history and Looking forward to the answers we'll need for a thriving future." Steve Matson and students of the Regenerative Design Institute in conversation with Michael Lerner. Co-sponsored by The New School and Mainstreet Moms. This event was held at Commonweal on Tuesday, July 1, 2008. Participants came for images and stories from the pioneering Bolinas Community Plan "old guard" days. Steve Matson showed his beautiful and evolving maps, and explained how he and the Regenerative Design students at the Commonweal Garden have started to visualize more local economy, diverse and creative food production, wild paths for wildlife, community-building, and more -- on paper. 57:33 permaculture,planning,ecology,bolinas,regenerative, design, institute,michael,lerner,commonweal,main,street,mom The New School at Commonweal and Main Street Moms - Michael Lerner, Host no Michael Samuels is the founder and director of Art As a Healing Force, a project started in 1990 devoted to healing oneself, others, the community and the earth with creativity and art making. Michael teaches Art and Healing at San Francisco State University, Institute of Holistic Studies. He is a bear dancer with the Chumash People. He has used creativity, art and guided imagery with patients with life threatening illness and life crises for over thirty years in private practice and in consultation. He lectures and does workshops nationwide for physicians, nurses, artists, and patients on how to use creativity and spirituality in healing. He has organized many nationwide conferences on creativity and healing and visited and participated in projects in hospitals where creativity, art and music are used with patients. Michael is currently working on a book on Native American Healing and a book on Animals and Spirituality. He is the author of 21 books including the best selling Well Body Book, Well Baby Book, Well Pregnancy Book and Seeing With the Mind's Eye, one of the first books on guided imagery. Seeing With the Mind's Eye was named as one the 10 most influential health books. <br /> <br />The Eleusian Mysteries, the story of Demeter and her daughter Persephone, was the most important art and healing ritual for consciousness transformation in history. The mysteries were enacted in ancient Greece for 2000 years. The Tibetan Buddha realms provide the technology of guided imagery and were the high point of body, mind and spirit technology for thousands of years. The Bear Dance conducted currently in southern California has healed the Chumash people for thousands of years. These three rituals help us understand how we can heal patients with spiritual tools in present day medicine. Dr. Michael Samuels is currently working with all three forms to develop a contemporary spiritual technology to aid in healing patients today. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html 7C58CB4A-0C44-43F1-AA9E-6DFA6F308371-313-00001769CBC767E4-FFA Fri, 16 May 2008 20:05:18 -0700 Demeter, Buddha and the Bears: The Ancient Roots of Contemporary Spiritual Healing -- A Community Conversation and Gathering with Michael Samuels, MD. Michael Samuels is the founder and director of Art As a Healing Force, a project started in 1990 devoted to healing oneself, others, the community and the earth with creativity and art making. Michael teaches Art and Healing at San Francisco State University, Institute of Holistic Studies. He is a bear dancer with the Chumash People. He has used creativity, art and guided imagery with patients with life threatening illness and life crises for over thirty years in private practice and in consultation. He lectures and does workshops nationwide for physicians, nurses, artists, and patients on how to use creativity and spirituality in healing. He has organized many nationwide conferences on creativity and healing and visited and participated in projects in hospitals where creativity, art and music are used with patients. Michael is currently working on a book on Native American Healing and a book on Animals and Spirituality. He is the author of 21 books including the best selling Well Body Book, Well Baby Book, Well Pregnancy Book and Seeing With the Mind's Eye, one of the first books on guided imagery. Seeing With the Mind's Eye was named as one the 10 most influential health books. The Eleusian Mysteries, the story of Demeter and her daughter Persephone, was the most important art and healing ritual for consciousness transformation in history. The mysteries were enacted in ancient Greece for 2000 years. The Tibetan Buddha realms provide the technology of guided imagery and were the high point of body, mind and spirit technology for thousands of years. The Bear Dance conducted currently in southern California has healed the Chumash people for thousands of years. These three rituals help us understand how we can heal patients with spiritual tools in present day medicine. Dr. Michael Samuels is currently working with all three forms to develop a contemporary spiritual technology to aid in healing patients today. 58:47 well baby book,well body book,well pregnancy book,bear,dance,michael,samuels,commonweal,art,elusian,mysteries,demeter,greek,mythology Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commoweal no Bill Drayton is a social entrepreneur. He is the founder of Ashoka, Youth Ventures, and Get America Working -- three deeply complementary efforts to make the world a better place. Ashoka, the oldest and larger of these ventures, has created a global community of social entrepreneurs in over 70 countries around the world. Bill talks about these three projects in this extended interview with Michael Lerner.<br /> <br /> Bill has been a social entrepreneur since he was a New York City elementary school student. He was born to a mother who emigrated from Australia as a young cellist and an American father who, also unafraid to step into the unknown, became an explorer at an equally young age. Public service and strong values run through the stories of both parents' families. These family influences, the rich diversity and openness of life in Manhattan-as well as America's deep cultural concern with equity, which flourished during the Civil Rights years-all interacted with one another and with Bill's temperament to plant Ashoka's earliest roots. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html#Drayton 509C785F-2CD8-4D13-A1C2-0A4BA5A814D4-306-00001349E1E84907-FFA Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:55:48 -0700 Everyone a Changemaker: A Conversation with Bill Drayton, CEO and Founder, Ashoka. Michael Lerner conducted this interview on April 25th, 2008. Bill Drayton is a social entrepreneur. He is the founder of Ashoka, Youth Ventures, and Get America Working -- three deeply complementary efforts to make the world a better place. Ashoka, the oldest and larger of these ventures, has created a global community of social entrepreneurs in over 70 countries around the world. Bill talks about these three projects in this extended interview with Michael Lerner. Bill has been a social entrepreneur since he was a New York City elementary school student. He was born to a mother who emigrated from Australia as a young cellist and an American father who, also unafraid to step into the unknown, became an explorer at an equally young age. Public service and strong values run through the stories of both parents' families. These family influences, the rich diversity and openness of life in Manhattan-as well as America's deep cultural concern with equity, which flourished during the Civil Rights years-all interacted with one another and with Bill's temperament to plant Ashoka's earliest roots. 58:59 bill,drayton,ashoka,changemaker,social,entrepreneur,youth,ventures,get,america,working,michael,lerner,commonweal,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.<br /> <br /> Annie Leonard is an expert in international sustainability and environmental health issues, with more than 20 years of experience investigating factories and dumps around the world. Coordinator of the Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption, a funder collaborative working for a sustainable and just world, Annie communicates worldwide about the impact of consumerism and materialism on global economies and international health. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html BC6B2A52-D14D-45F9-9804-D761730127D6-376-00006149569C4C0F-FFA Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:27:04 -0700 The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever. Annie Leonard is an expert in international sustainability and environmental health issues, with more than 20 years of experience investigating factories and dumps around the world. Coordinator of the Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption, a funder collaborative working for a sustainable and just world, Annie communicates worldwide about the impact of consumerism and materialism on global economies and international health. 58:25 annie, leonard,story of stuff,story,stuff,sustainability,sustainable,environment,health,recycling,lerner,michael,commonweal Charlotte Brody, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Geoff Lawton is a world-renowned permaculture practitioner. He emigrated from England to Australia and studied permaculture with the originator, Bill Mollison, in Tasmania. He founded the Permaculture Research Institute www.permaculture.org.au<br /> on Tagari Farm in New South Wales, Australia, a 147-acre farmstead previously developed by Mollison. Since 1985, Geoff has designed and implemented permaculture projects in 18 countries for private individuals and groups, communities, governments, aid organizations, and multinational corporations. He has taught the Permaculture Design Certificate course in 20 countries.<br /> <br /> This program is hosted by Penny Livingston-Stark. Penny is internationally recognized as a prominent permaculture teacher, designer and speaker. http://regenerativedesign.org/ BFC6B74E-DAB6-414D-ADC9-D3036D9C0BED-961-00014954B2A43DE3-FFA Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:58:04 -0700 Penny Livingston-Stark interviews Geoff Lawton, a renowned international Permaculture designer and activist. Geoff Lawton is a world-renowned permaculture practitioner. He emigrated from England to Australia and studied permaculture with the originator, Bill Mollison, in Tasmania. He founded the Permaculture Research Institute www.permaculture.org.au on Tagari Farm in New South Wales, Australia, a 147-acre farmstead previously developed by Mollison. Since 1985, Geoff has designed and implemented permaculture projects in 18 countries for private individuals and groups, communities, governments, aid organizations, and multinational corporations. He has taught the Permaculture Design Certificate course in 20 countries. This program is hosted by Penny Livingston-Stark. Penny is internationally recognized as a prominent permaculture teacher, designer and speaker. 58:36 geoff, lawton, permaculture, research, institute, australia, ecology, climate, change,environment,penny,livingston,stark,james,stark,commonweal,new,school,michael,lerner,rachel,naomi,remen Penny Livingston Stark, Guest Host - The New School at Commonweal no Lloyd Kahn creates visually exquisite and conceptually visionary books about the buildings we live in. His most recent book is Home Work: Handbuilt Shelter. A longtime Bolinas resident, Lloyd was living in San Francisco in the 1960s and has a powerful narrative about what he believes really happened between 1963 and 1967. He has some wonderful visual images that capture that iconic moment in time. Lloyd spoke about the decade and shared some slides from Home Work -- evidence that the power of the 1960s lives on in the buildings visionary home builders are still creating today.<br /> <br /> Lloyd Kahn is the editor and publisher of Shelter Publications in Bolinas, California. He was formerly the shelter editor for the Whole Earth Catalog, the editor of the 1973 book Shelter. Shelter Publications has been in business for 37 years and has also published the international bestseller Stretching, by Bob Anderson. Their latest book is The Barefoot Architect: A Manual On Green Building. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html#kahn 03CB1B66-2644-42FF-BE0B-2C30CF371610-345-000018086E3A26F0-FFA Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:10:34 -0700 Lloyd Kahn is the editor and publisher of Shelter Publications in Bolinas, California. He was formerly the shelter editor for the Whole Earth Catalog, the editor of the 1973 book Shelter. Lloyd Kahn creates visually exquisite and conceptually visionary books about the buildings we live in. His most recent book is Home Work: Handbuilt Shelter. A longtime Bolinas resident, Lloyd was living in San Francisco in the 1960s and has a powerful narrative about what he believes really happened between 1963 and 1967. He has some wonderful visual images that capture that iconic moment in time. Lloyd spoke about the decade and shared some slides from Home Work -- evidence that the power of the 1960s lives on in the buildings visionary home builders are still creating today. Lloyd Kahn is the editor and publisher of Shelter Publications in Bolinas, California. He was formerly the shelter editor for the Whole Earth Catalog, the editor of the 1973 book Shelter. Shelter Publications has been in business for 37 years and has also published the international bestseller Stretching, by Bob Anderson. Their latest book is The Barefoot Architect: A Manual On Green Building. 1:28:35 lloyd,kahn,shelter,magazine,whole,earth,catalog,sixties,60s,60,architechture,geodesic,dome,buckminster,fuller,building,green,michael,lerner,commonweal,new,school,bolinas,california,rachel,naomi,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Binka Le Breton lives on a Brazilian rainforest farm, runs the Iracambi Rainforest Research Center, lectures and broadcasts internationally on rainforest and slavery topics, is president of Amigos de Iracambi, is on the board of directors of the Keystone Center and, in her spare time, writes books. Binka's most recent book, The Greatest Gift: The Courageous Life and Martyrdom of Sister Dorothy Stang, is based on the 40 years Sister Dorothy Stang spent aiding in the struggle of poor farmers for land rights against logging and development companies in Brazil. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 4D8B0B50-2463-4FB0-9F3C-8B42B8037F4D-685-00009BAE28EF3509-FFA Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:09:28 -0800 Binka Le Breton lives on a Brazilian rainforest farm, and runs the Iracambi Rainforest Research Center. Binka Le Breton lives on a Brazilian rainforest farm, runs the Iracambi Rainforest Research Center, lectures and broadcasts internationally on rainforest and slavery topics, is president of Amigos de Iracambi, is on the board of directors of the Keystone Center and, in her spare time, writes books. Binka's most recent book, The Greatest Gift: The Courageous Life and Martyrdom of Sister Dorothy Stang, is based on the 40 years Sister Dorothy Stang spent aiding in the struggle of poor farmers for land rights against logging and development companies in Brazil. 58:24 binka,le breton,iracambi,research,center,brazil,brasil,amazon,rainforest,deforestation,sister,dorothy,stang,murder,environment,ecology,michael,lerner,commonweal,new school,rachel,naomi,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Gary Cohen is one of the foremost strategists and activists in the international community of those seeking to move us toward a world free of toxic chemicals. Gary is a Founder and Co-Executive Director of Health Care Without Harm, the international campaign for environmentally responsible healthcare.<br /> <br /> Gary is also the Executive Director of the Boston-based Environmental Health Fund, which works on domestic and global chemical safety issues. Gary is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Sambhavna Clinic and Documentation Center in Bhopal, India, which provides free medical care to the survivors of the Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal. He has been working on environmental health issues for twenty years and has published numerous articles on environmental health issues in the United States and India. Gary is an advisor to the John Merck Fund on issues of environmental health and a co-founder of Green Harvest Technologies, a bio-based materials start up. He was awarded the Skoll Global Award for Social Entrepreneurship in 2006 and the Frank Hatch Award for Enlightened Public Service Award in 2007.<br /><br /> This conversation was recorded in front of a live audience. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html D2F3AA05-CC99-47BF-B526-A291E8F31515-276-000016312487A2AB-FFA Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:07:59 -0800 Gary Cohen is one of the foremost strategists and activists in the international community of those seeking to move us toward a world free of toxic chemicals. Gary Cohen is one of the foremost strategists and activists in the international community of those seeking to move us toward a world free of toxic chemicals. Gary is a Founder and Co-Executive Director of Health Care Without Harm, the international campaign for environmentally responsible healthcare. Gary is also the Executive Director of the Boston-based Environmental Health Fund, which works on domestic and global chemical safety issues. Gary is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Sambhavna Clinic and Documentation Center in Bhopal, India, which provides free medical care to the survivors of the Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal. He has been working on environmental health issues for twenty years and has published numerous articles on environmental health issues in the United States and India. Gary is an advisor to the John Merck Fund on issues of environmental health and a co-founder of Green Harvest Technologies, a bio-based materials start up. He was awarded the Skoll Global Award for Social Entrepreneurship in 2006 and the Frank Hatch Award for Enlightened Public Service Award in 2007. This conversation was recorded in front of a live audience. 58:26 gary,cohen,green,energy,building,cosmetics,health,toxic,free,environment,cancer,health care without harm,michael,lerner,commonweal,new,school,rachel,naomi,remen,ecology,culture,consciousness,philosophy Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Carl Anthony is one of the preeminent thought leaders in environmental justice in the United States. He is the Founder and was for 12 years was the Executive Director of the Urban Habitat Program, one of the oldest environmental justice organizations in the country. Until recently he was a Ford Foundation Program Officer in the Community and Resource Development unit. He is currently a Visiting Scholar/Ford Foundation Senior Fellow in the Department of Geography at the University of California Berkeley.<br /> <br /> The mission of Urban Habitat is to promote multicultural urban environmental leadership for sustainable, socially just communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a colleague, Luke Cole at the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, he published and edited the Race, Poverty and Environment Journal, the only environmental justice periodical in the country.<br /> <br /><br /> This conversation was recorded before a live audience. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html philosophy environment ecology consciousness 590215FF-1D82-48E0-BF89-26D94AA69192-280-000004B39379B097-FFA Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:09:02 -0800 Carl Anthony is one of the preeminent thought leaders in environmental justice in the United States. He is the Founder and was for 12 years was the Executive Director of the Urban Habitat Program, one of the oldest environmental justice organizations. Carl Anthony is one of the preeminent thought leaders in environmental justice in the United States. He is the Founder and was for 12 years was the Executive Director of the Urban Habitat Program, one of the oldest environmental justice organizations in the country. Until recently he was a Ford Foundation Program Officer in the Community and Resource Development unit. He is currently a Visiting Scholar/Ford Foundation Senior Fellow in the Department of Geography at the University of California Berkeley. The mission of Urban Habitat is to promote multicultural urban environmental leadership for sustainable, socially just communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a colleague, Luke Cole at the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, he published and edited the Race, Poverty and Environment Journal, the only environmental justice periodical in the country. This conversation was recorded before a live audience. 58:57 carl,anthony,urban,habitat,program,founder,earth,island,institute,environment,thought,leader,justice,environmental,ecology,michael,lerner,commonweal,rachel,naomi,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Ursula Goodenough is Professor of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. She is the author of "The Sacred Depths of Nature" (Oxford University Press, 1998), which offers religious perspectives on our scientific understandings of nature, particularly biology at a molecular level.<br /> <br /> In 1989, Ursula joined the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS) and served continuously on its council and as its president for four years. She has presented papers and seminars on science and religion in numerous arenas, co-chaired five IRAS conferences on Star Island currently serves on the editorial board of Zygon.<br /> <br /> As well as her biology courses, Ursula co-teaches The Epic of Evolution, with a physicist and a geologist, for non-science students. Her research has focused on the cell biology and (molecular) genetics of the sexual phase of the life cycle of the unicellular eukaryotic green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and, more recently, on the evolution of the genes governing mating-related traits. Ursula was educated at Radcliffe and Barnard Colleges, Columbia University and Harvard University. She did two years of postdoctoral work at Harvard, and was Assistant and Associate Professor of Biology at Harvard from 1971-1978 before moving to Washington University.<br /> <br /> Ursula has written three editions of a widely adopted textbook, Genetics, and has served in numerous capacities in national biomedical arenas, including service on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) review panels, membership on committees of the National Research Council (NRC), editorial boards for several professional journals, and many positions in the American Society for Cell Biology, including the presidency. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 3917080F-D6EF-47D0-877F-C9B9AADC91E7-363-00002A3B7BC3FE7E-FFA Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:33:58 -0800 This conversation offers religious perspectives on our scientific understandings of nature, particularly biology at a molecular level. Ursula Goodenough is Professor of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. She is the author of "The Sacred Depths of Nature" (Oxford University Press, 1998), which offers religious perspectives on our scientific understandings of nature, particularly biology at a molecular level. In 1989, Ursula joined the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS) and served continuously on its council and as its president for four years. She has presented papers and seminars on science and religion in numerous arenas, co-chaired five IRAS conferences on Star Island currently serves on the editorial board of Zygon. As well as her biology courses, Ursula co-teaches The Epic of Evolution, with a physicist and a geologist, for non-science students. Her research has focused on the cell biology and (molecular) genetics of the sexual phase of the life cycle of the unicellular eukaryotic green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and, more recently, on the evolution of the genes governing mating-related traits. Ursula was educated at Radcliffe and Barnard Colleges, Columbia University and Harvard University. She did two years of postdoctoral work at Harvard, and was Assistant and Associate Professor of Biology at Harvard from 1971-1978 before moving to Washington University. Ursula has written three editions of a widely adopted textbook, Genetics, and has served in numerous capacities in national biomedical arenas, including service on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) review panels, membership on committees of the National Research Council (NRC), editorial boards for several professional journals, and many positions in the American Society for Cell Biology, including the presidency. 53:00 ursula,goodenough,religion,religious,biology,science,the sacred depths of nature,IRAS,textbook,Genetics,michael,lerner,commonweal,ecology,culture,philosophy,rachel,naomi,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commoweal no A pediatric neurologist and a brain development researcher, Dr. Martha Herbert's main focus is autism. She received the first Cure Autism Now Innovator Award and directed the Cure Autism Now Foundation's Brain Development Initiative. She is the Co-Chair of the Environmental Health Advisory Board of the Autism Society of America and directs their Treatment Guided Research Initiative (TGRI). Her research program includes studying what makes some autistic brains unusually large and how the parts of the brain are connected and coordinated with each other. To this end Martha utilizes multimodal imaging techniques including MRI, EEG and MEG, is particularly interested in using imaging, in coordination with clinical observation, metabolic biomarkers and animal studies, in shedding light on the physiological level of changes in autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders, and on potential domains of plasticity and targets for intervention.<br /> <br /> Martha is a member of the MGH Center for Morphometric Analysis, and an affiliate of the Harvard-MIT-MGH Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging. She is director of the TRANSCEND Research Program, Treatment Research and Neuroscience Evaluation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Martha earned her medical degree at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Prior to her medical training she obtained a doctoral degree at the University of California, Santa Cruz, studying evolution and development of learning processes in biology and culture in the History of Consciousness program, and then did postdoctoral work in the philosophy and history of science. Martha trained in pediatrics at Cornell University Medical Center and in neurology and child neurology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, where she has remained. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 3C0CCEAA-C496-4FDE-9225-2815EADFE833-261-00001754F3A4C1D0-FFA Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:53:31 -0800 A pediatric neurologist and a brain development researcher, Dr. Martha Herbert's main focus is autism. She received the first Cure Autism Now Innovator Award and directed the Cure Autism Now Foundation's Brain Development Initiative. A pediatric neurologist and a brain development researcher, Dr. Martha Herbert's main focus is autism. She received the first Cure Autism Now Innovator Award and directed the Cure Autism Now Foundation's Brain Development Initiative. She is the Co-Chair of the Environmental Health Advisory Board of the Autism Society of America and directs their Treatment Guided Research Initiative (TGRI). Her research program includes studying what makes some autistic brains unusually large and how the parts of the brain are connected and coordinated with each other. To this end Martha utilizes multimodal imaging techniques including MRI, EEG and MEG, is particularly interested in using imaging, in coordination with clinical observation, metabolic biomarkers and animal studies, in shedding light on the physiological level of changes in autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders, and on potential domains of plasticity and targets for intervention. Martha is a member of the MGH Center for Morphometric Analysis, and an affiliate of the Harvard-MIT-MGH Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging. She is director of the TRANSCEND Research Program, Treatment Research and Neuroscience Evaluation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Martha earned her medical degree at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Prior to her medical training she obtained a doctoral degree at the University of California, Santa Cruz, studying evolution and development of learning processes in biology and culture in the History of Consciousness program, and then did postdoctoral work in the philosophy and history of science. Martha trained in pediatrics at Cornell University Medical Center and in neurology and child neurology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, where she has remained. 55:18 autism,children,martha,herbert,harvard,medical,school,Massachusetts,general,hospital,neurology,pediatric,brain,development,michael,lerner,psychology,psychiatry,commoweal,rachel,naomi,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Investor, venture philanthropist and beekeeper, Paul Growald, is Chairman and Founder of the Coevolution Institute and its Pollinator Partnership including the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign, a collaboration of more than 120 groups that is the principal center of work to protect pollinating animals throughout the Americas. He is also a Trustee of the Rockefeller Family Fund and donor/advisor to the Growald Family Fund. His main philanthropic interests are in the conservation of ecosystem services as exemplified by pollinators, in the minimization, mitigation and management of climate change, and in policies and politics that impact conservation.<br /> <br /> http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 6797B6A5-8B42-40C3-AF3D-3685577C015B-354-00002140A35E2E03-FFA Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:15:35 -0800 Investor, venture philanthropist and beekeeper, Paul Growald, is Chairman and Founder of the Coevolution Institute and its Pollinator Partnership including the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign. Investor, venture philanthropist and beekeeper, Paul Growald, is Chairman and Founder of the Coevolution Institute and its Pollinator Partnership including the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign, a collaboration of more than 120 groups that is the principal center of work to protect pollinating animals throughout the Americas. He is also a Trustee of the Rockefeller Family Fund and donor/advisor to the Growald Family Fund. His main philanthropic interests are in the conservation of ecosystem services as exemplified by pollinators, in the minimization, mitigation and management of climate change, and in policies and politics that impact conservation. 58:31 bees,pollinator,pollen,paul,growald,ecology,climate,change,michael,lerner,commonweal,rachel,naomi,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Virginia Veach is a physical therapist and psychotherapist who has worked extensively with people with cancer and many other life-threatening diseases. In this conversation with Michael Lerner, she describes how she does her work and some of the major influences on the development of her unique approach to healing. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 133EDE27-0B2B-42A0-A577-1C382A02CBDE-480-00001A389A0429AA-FFA Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:58:56 -0700 Virginia Veach is a physical therapist and psychotherapist who has worked extensively with people with cancer and many other life-threatening diseases. Virginia Veach is a physical therapist and psychotherapist who has worked extensively with people with cancer and many other life-threatening diseases. In this conversation with Michael Lerner, she describes how she does her work and some of the major influences on the development of her unique approach to healing. 57:52 virginia,veach,michael,lerner,commonweal,psychology,physical,therapy,psychotherapy,philosophy,culture,rachel,naomi,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Nancy Adler is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Vice-Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, and Director of the Center for Health and Community. Nancy came to UCSF to initiate a graduate program in Health Psychology. She has served as director of that program, an NIMH-sponsored postdoctoral program in "Psychology and Medicine: An Integrative Research Approach," and a new postdoctoral "Health and Society Scholars Program" funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Nancy has been awarded the UCSF Chancellor's Award for Advancement of Women and the George Sarlo Prize for excellence in Teaching, and the Outstanding Contribution to Health Psychology award from the American Psychological Association, Division of Health Psychology. She is a member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and is currently the Chair of an IOM committee on psychosocial services for cancer survivors.<br> <br> Nancy's earlier research examined the utility of decision models for understanding health behaviors with particular focus on reproductive health. This work identified determinants of consequences of unwanted pregnancy. Her current work examines the pathways from socioeconomic status (SES) to health. As director of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on SES and Health, she coordinates research spanning social, psychological and biological mechanisms by which SES influences health. Within the network she has focused on the role of subjective social status in health. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html C3FFF2AC-985A-11DC-89BA-000A95C69C96-8798-00001E1323EF198D-FFA Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:43:04 -0800 "How Increasing Income Disparities Affect Health" with Nancy E. Adler, PhD, Professor of Psychology, University of California, San Francisco, Vice-Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, and Director of the Center for Health and Community. ~ Michael Lerner Nancy Adler is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Vice-Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, and Director of the Center for Health and Community. Nancy came to UCSF to initiate a graduate program in Health Psychology. She has served as director of that program, an NIMH-sponsored postdoctoral program in "Psychology and Medicine: An Integrative Research Approach," and a new postdoctoral "Health and Society Scholars Program" funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Nancy has been awarded the UCSF Chancellor's Award for Advancement of Women and the George Sarlo Prize for excellence in Teaching, and the Outstanding Contribution to Health Psychology award from the American Psychological Association, Division of Health Psychology. She is a member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and is currently the Chair of an IOM committee on psychosocial services for cancer survivors. Nancy's earlier research examined the utility of decision models for understanding health behaviors with particular focus on reproductive health. This work identified determinants of consequences of unwanted pregnancy. Her current work examines the pathways from socioeconomic status (SES) to health. As director of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on SES and Health, she coordinates research spanning social, psychological and biological mechanisms by which SES influences health. Within the network she has focused on the role of subjective social status in health. 57:54 nancy, adler,Center for Health and Community,center,health,community,income,disparity,wellness,social,michael,lerner,commweal,philosophy,ecology,activism Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no "Speaking of Faith," with Krista Tippett, host of the radio program Speaking of Faith, October 11th, 2007. Michael Lerner conducted this interview.<br><br> Krista Tippett<br><br> A journalist and former diplomat, Krista Tippett came up with the idea for Speaking of Faith while consulting for the internationally renowned Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research at Saint John's Abbey and University in Collegeville, Minnesota. She has hosted and produced the program since the Speaking of Faith project began as an occasional feature in 2000, before taking on its current form as a national weekly program in 2003.<br><br> Tippett is a graduate of Yale Divinity School and a former Fulbright Scholar. She has reported and written for The New York Times, Newsweek, the BBC, and other international news organizations. Tippett also served as special assistant to the U.S. ambassador to West Germany. In 2007, Viking published her first book, Speaking of Faith—Why Religion Matters, and How to Talk About It. Of that book and her program, journalist and author Yossi Klein Halevi has written, "there is no more trustworthy guide to the challenges of faith in a dangerous world than Krista Tippett." http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 02890934-90F5-11DC-BDE7-000A95C69C96-1646-00000587EA83E69B-FFA Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:54:29 -0700 "Speaking of Faith," with Krista Tippett, host of the radio program Speaking of Faith, October 11th, 2007. Michael Lerner conducted this interview. Krista Tippett A journalist and former diplomat, Krista Tippett came up with the idea for Speaking of Fai "Speaking of Faith," with Krista Tippett, host of the radio program Speaking of Faith, October 11th, 2007. Michael Lerner conducted this interview. Krista Tippett A journalist and former diplomat, Krista Tippett came up with the idea for Speaking of Faith while consulting for the internationally renowned Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research at Saint John's Abbey and University in Collegeville, Minnesota. She has hosted and produced the program since the Speaking of Faith project began as an occasional feature in 2000, before taking on its current form as a national weekly program in 2003. Tippett is a graduate of Yale Divinity School and a former Fulbright Scholar. She has reported and written for The New York Times, Newsweek, the BBC, and other international news organizations. Tippett also served as special assistant to the U.S. ambassador to West Germany. In 2007, Viking published her first book, Speaking of Faith—Why Religion Matters, and How to Talk About It. Of that book and her program, journalist and author Yossi Klein Halevi has written, "there is no more trustworthy guide to the challenges of faith in a dangerous world than Krista Tippett." 58:14 krista,tippett,speaking,of,faith,commonweal,religion,philosophy,michael,lerner,rachel,naomi,remen Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Part 1: Paul Gorman, founder and Executive Director of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment since 1993, received the Heinz Award for the Environment in 1999. Mr. Gorman, a graduate of Yale and Oxford University, worked in the U.S. Congress and served as press secretary and speechwriter to Senator Eugene McCarthy in the 1968 presidential campaign. He taught at the City University of New York, Sarah Lawrence College and Adelphi University, hosted a public radio program for 29 years and co-authored How Can I Help? From 1985-91, Mr. Gorman served as the Cathedral of St. John the Divine's Vice President for Program, overseeing community-based initiatives and helping organize international conferences on religion and environment in Assisi, Oxford and Moscow. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 60201313-90EE-11DC-944E-000A95C69C96-861-00000571E76C9DCD-FFA Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:29:17 -0700 A Conversation with Paul Gorman Paul Gorman, founder and Executive Director of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment since 1993, received the Heinz Award for the Environment in 1999. Mr. Gorman, a graduate of Yale and Oxford University, worked in the U.S. Congress and served as press secretary and speechwriter to Senator Eugene McCarthy in the 1968 presidential campaign. He taught at the City University of New York, Sarah Lawrence College and Adelphi University, hosted a public radio program for 29 years and co-authored How Can I Help? From 1985-91, Mr. Gorman served as the Cathedral of St. John the Divine's Vice President for Program, overseeing community-based initiatives and helping organize international conferences on religion and environment in Assisi, Oxford and Moscow. 58:21 paul,gorman,national,religious,partnership,environment,NRPE Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Part 2: Paul Gorman, founder and Executive Director of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment since 1993, received the Heinz Award for the Environment in 1999. Mr. Gorman, a graduate of Yale and Oxford University, worked in the U.S. Congress and served as press secretary and speechwriter to Senator Eugene McCarthy in the 1968 presidential campaign. He taught at the City University of New York, Sarah Lawrence College and Adelphi University, hosted a public radio program for 29 years and co-authored How Can I Help? From 1985-91, Mr. Gorman served as the Cathedral of St. John the Divine's Vice President for Program, overseeing community-based initiatives and helping organize international conferences on religion and environment in Assisi, Oxford and Moscow. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 6C5F7C08-90F0-11DC-BDE7-000A95C69C96-1646-00000578B2CE5590-FFA Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:25:19 -0700 A Conversation with Paul Gorman Paul Gorman, founder and Executive Director of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment since 1993, received the Heinz Award for the Environment in 1999. Mr. Gorman, a graduate of Yale and Oxford University, worked in the U.S. Congress and served as press secretary and speechwriter to Senator Eugene McCarthy in the 1968 presidential campaign. He taught at the City University of New York, Sarah Lawrence College and Adelphi University, hosted a public radio program for 29 years and co-authored How Can I Help? From 1985-91, Mr. Gorman served as the Cathedral of St. John the Divine's Vice President for Program, overseeing community-based initiatives and helping organize international conferences on religion and environment in Assisi, Oxford and Moscow. 58:16 paul,gorman,national,religious,partnership,environment,NRPE Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no A New School conversation with David Bonbright, Director of Keystone Accountability, recorded September, 20th, 2007. Michael Lerner conducted this interview.<br><br> David Bonbright has been an international grantmaker with the Ford Foundation in Africa during the end of apartheid and with the Aga Khan Development Network in pre- to post-911 Pakistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Originally from Ross, California, David is based in London with his talented South African filmmaker wife, Elaine Proctor. His mission in recent years, through a project he calls Keystone Accountability, has been to create a better way for foundations, non-governmental organizations, philanthropists and other civil society actors to evaluate the actual effectiveness of third sector projects. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/ philosophy environment philanthropy 5FBC8280-699C-11DC-B127-000A95C69C96-2991-0000189BDC98099E-FFA Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:20:51 -0700 David Bonbright - Saving the World? What International Philanthropy Can and Cannot Do A New School conversation with David Bonbright, Director of Keystone Accountability, recorded September, 20th, 2007. Michael Lerner conducted this interview. David Bonbright has been an international grantmaker with the Ford Foundation in Africa during the end of apartheid and with the Aga Khan Development Network in pre- to post-911 Pakistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Originally from Ross, California, David is based in London with his talented South African filmmaker wife, Elaine Proctor. His mission in recent years, through a project he calls Keystone Accountability, has been to create a better way for foundations, non-governmental organizations, philanthropists and other civil society actors to evaluate the actual effectiveness of third sector projects. 57:07 Michael,Lerner,Commonweal,New,School,philanthropy,David,Bonbright,Africa,Central,Asia,Rwanda,Keystone,Reporting,accountability,NGO,donor,civil,society,sustainable,social,change,Andre,Proctor,assessment,evaluation Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Richard Tarnas, is a professor of philosophy and cultural history at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, where he founded the graduate program in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness. He also teaches psychology and cultural history at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. A graduate of Harvard University and Saybrook Institute, and formerly the director of programs at Esalen Institute, he is the author of The Passion of the Western Mind, a history of the Western world view from the ancient Greek to the postmodern that became both a best seller and a required text in many universities. His most recent book, Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View, received the Book of the Year Prize from the Scientific and Medical Network. It has just been released in paperback by Penguin Putnam. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html C87D26E0-047E-4456-8C68-A442203EC8B9-307-000014C095055CDD-FFA Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:13:46 -0700 Richard Tarnas, Ph.D. - Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View Richard Tarnas, is a professor of philosophy and cultural history at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, where he founded the graduate program in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness. He also teaches psychology and cultural history at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. A graduate of Harvard University and Saybrook Institute, and formerly the director of programs at Esalen Institute, he is the author of The Passion of the Western Mind, a history of the Western world view from the ancient Greek to the postmodern that became both a best seller and a required text in many universities. His most recent book, Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View, received the Book of the Year Prize from the Scientific and Medical Network. It has just been released in paperback by Penguin Putnam. 58:22 richard,tarnas,CIIS,california institute of integral studies,astrology,cosmos,psyche,eslalen,commonweal,michael,lerner,new,school Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Rachel Kyte, a British national, became Director of the Environment and Social Development Department at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in January 2004. Since joining the department she has stewarded the development and adoption of the new sustainability policy, performance standards and disclosure policy for IFC and overseen an overhaul in internal systems and procedures to support the strategic importance IFC places on environmental and social sustainability. The IFC's new Performance Standards serve as a basis for Equator Principles which have now been adopted by over 50 financial institutions.<br /><br /> Michael Lerner conducted this interview.<br /> http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 626D09C3-A6BB-42DF-91CD-EB8C4134BB2C-345-00000D190BA4D3A6-FFA Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:33:20 -0700 Rachel Kyte - Investing in Women, Equity and Sustainability—a World Bank Perspective Rachel Kyte, a British national, became Director of the Environment and Social Development Department at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in January 2004. Since joining the department she has stewarded the development and adoption of the new sustainability policy, performance standards and disclosure policy for IFC and overseen an overhaul in internal systems and procedures to support the strategic importance IFC places on environmental and social sustainability. The IFC's new Performance Standards serve as a basis for Equator Principles which have now been adopted by over 50 financial institutions. Michael Lerner conducted this interview. 58:23 commonweal, michael,lerner,philosophy,activism,world bank,rachel,kyte,women,finance,lending Michael Lerner, Host - The New School at Commonweal no Recorded July 26th, 2007. Chris Desser conducted this interview.<br /><br /> California architect Teddy Cruz's work dwells at the border between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, inspiring a practice and pedagogy that emerges out of the particularities of this bicultural territory and the integration of theoretical research and design production. He has taught and lectured in various universities in the U.S. and Latin America, and in 1994 he conceived and began the LA/LA Latin America / Los Angeles studio, an experimental summer workshop at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles. During 2000-05, he was associate professor in the school of architecture at Woodbury University in San Diego where he began Border Institute (BI) to further research the urban phenomena at the border between the US and Mexico. He has been recently appointed associate professor in Public Culture and Urbanism in the Visual Arts Department at the University of California, San Diego. His firm, Estudio Teddy Cruz, was selected among eight other firms as one of the national "Emergent Voices" in architecture by the Urban League in New York City.<br /><br /> Chris Desser is a fellow at the Tomales Bay Institute, a think tank focused on developing the concept of The Commons as an overarching analytical structure organizing across sectors and disciplines. She served on the California Coastal Commission and the San Francisco Commission for the Environment. In 2003, she co-founded Women's Voices, Women Vote, a project that successfully increased the participation of single women in the electoral process. Chris was the director of the Funder's Working Group on New Technology, an association of foundations concerned with the environmental, cultural and political implications of emerging technologies such as biotechnology and nanotechnology. She was co-editor of Living with the Genie: Technology and the Quest for Human Mastery (Island Press, 2003). http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 6B6F2B64-214B-43CE-BA5C-82D5B95C06D7-513-0000184D5B32A99D-FFA Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:26:52 -0700 Teddy Cruz - Beyond Borders: Local Architectural and Urban Planning Solutions for Global Political and Social Problems Recorded July 26th, 2007. Chris Desser conducted this interview. California architect Teddy Cruz's work dwells at the border between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, inspiring a practice and pedagogy that emerges out of the particularities of this bicultural territory and the integration of theoretical research and design production. He has taught and lectured in various universities in the U.S. and Latin America, and in 1994 he conceived and began the LA/LA Latin America / Los Angeles studio, an experimental summer workshop at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles. During 2000-05, he was associate professor in the school of architecture at Woodbury University in San Diego where he began Border Institute (BI) to further research the urban phenomena at the border between the US and Mexico. He has been recently appointed associate professor in Public Culture and Urbanism in the Visual Arts Department at the University of California, San Diego. His firm, Estudio Teddy Cruz, was selected among eight other firms as one of the national "Emergent Voices" in architecture by the Urban League in New York City. Chris Desser is a fellow at the Tomales Bay Institute, a think tank focused on developing the concept of The Commons as an overarching analytical structure organizing across sectors and disciplines. She served on the California Coastal Commission and the San Francisco Commission for the Environment. In 2003, she co-founded Women's Voices, Women Vote, a project that successfully increased the participation of single women in the electoral process. Chris was the director of the Funder's Working Group on New Technology, an association of foundations concerned with the environmental, cultural and political implications of emerging technologies such as biotechnology and nanotechnology. She was co-editor of Living with the Genie: Technology and the Quest for Human Mastery (Island Press, 2003). 58:58 Chris,Desser,Teddy,Cruz,Tomales,Bay,Institute,commons,New,School,architecture,California,San,Diego,Tijuana,Mexico,estudio,affordable,housing,community,recycle,suburban,planning,ecology,shantytown,border,postcard,prefab Chris Desser no Arisika Razak, RN, CNM (Certified Nurse Midwife), MPH, Program Director, Integrative Health Studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) and Carol Densmore, CNM, MPH, Director of the Cambridge Health Alliance Doula Program, July 20th, 2007<br /><br /> Arisika Razak's work integrates the disciplines of Women's Studies/ Women's Spirituality, and Women's Health and Spiritual Dance, through the incorporation of the teachings of earth-based spiritual traditions, women's spirituality, and women's health into the language of movement and dance.<br /><br /> She has worked as a nurse midwife, health care provider, and health care administrator for over 25 years, serving as staff nurse-midwife and director of the Nurse-Midwife Service at Highland Hospital in Oakland; director of the Alameda County Pre-term Delivery Prevention Project, and Assistant Administrator for Ancillary services at Cowell Hospital, UC Berkeley.<br /><br /><br /> Carol Densmore brings 25 years of experience in education, program development, and clinical care to her current position as the Director of the Cambridge Health Alliance Doula Program in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This unique, multicultural program offers emotional, social, and educational support for childbearing women at the Cambridge Birth Center and Cambridge Hospital. She has attended births in Boston area hospitals and homes, a Mexican border birth center and an Indian desert village. In India, she traveled extensively and researched the training of village health workers and traditional midwives. Carol is interested in the impact of culturally sensitive social support on women's access to their own healing resources and existing health services, as well as the power of support to affect the success of health promotion measures and outcomes. She holds Master's Degrees in Education and in Public Health from Boston University and is a Certified Nurse Midwife. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 3054AA9F-F298-4C1C-A6D8-7366D1EE7D33-418-000012BA88AA01E3-FFA Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:41:03 -0700 Arisika Razak and Carol Densmore - Birth and the Healing Wisdom of Earth-Based Traditions Arisika Razak, RN, CNM (Certified Nurse Midwife), MPH, Program Director, Integrative Health Studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) and Carol Densmore, CNM, MPH, Director of the Cambridge Health Alliance Doula Program, July 20th, 2007 Arisika Razak's work integrates the disciplines of Women's Studies/ Women's Spirituality, and Women's Health and Spiritual Dance, through the incorporation of the teachings of earth-based spiritual traditions, women's spirituality, and women's health into the language of movement and dance. She has worked as a nurse midwife, health care provider, and health care administrator for over 25 years, serving as staff nurse-midwife and director of the Nurse-Midwife Service at Highland Hospital in Oakland; director of the Alameda County Pre-term Delivery Prevention Project, and Assistant Administrator for Ancillary services at Cowell Hospital, UC Berkeley. Carol Densmore brings 25 years of experience in education, program development, and clinical care to her current position as the Director of the Cambridge Health Alliance Doula Program in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This unique, multicultural program offers emotional, social, and educational support for childbearing women at the Cambridge Birth Center and Cambridge Hospital. She has attended births in Boston area hospitals and homes, a Mexican border birth center and an Indian desert village. In India, she traveled extensively and researched the training of village health workers and traditional midwives. Carol is interested in the impact of culturally sensitive social support on women's access to their own healing resources and existing health services, as well as the power of support to affect the success of health promotion measures and outcomes. She holds Master's Degrees in Education and in Public Health from Boston University and is a Certified Nurse Midwife. 52:54 Michael,Lerner,Commonweal,New,School,Arisika,Razak,CIIS,midwifery,dance,integrative,health,integral,studies,institute,Carol,Densmore,doula,nurse,midwife,healing,earth-based,tradition,magic,wisdom,women,spirituality,movement Michael Lerner, Host no Mary Evelyn Tucker is a Senior Lecturer and Senior Scholar at Yale University where she has appointments in the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies as well as the Divinity School and the Department of Religious Studies. She is a co-founder and co-director with John Grim of the Forum on Religion and Ecology. Together they organized a series of ten conferences on World Religions and Ecology at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School. She is the author of Worldly Wonder: Religions Enter Their Ecological Phase (Open Court Press, 2003) and many other books. <br /><br /> As a professor of religion John Grim taught courses in Native American and Indigenous religions, religion and ecology, ritual, and mysticism in the world's religions. He is currently a visiting scholar at the Institution of Social and Policy Studies, Yale University and President of the American Teilhard Association. His published works include: The Shaman: Patterns of Religious Healing Among the Ojibway Indians (University of Oklahoma Press, 1983) and, with Mary Evelyn Tucker, a co-edited volume entitled Worldviews and Ecology (Orbis, 1994, 5th printing 2000). http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 95A45500-0D80-42BE-8E6B-F0CAE16E90B0-229-0000012B0DEDC05D-FFA Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:43:29 -0700 Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim - Living Cosmologies: Nature and Spirit Converging Mary Evelyn Tucker is a Senior Lecturer and Senior Scholar at Yale University where she has appointments in the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies as well as the Divinity School and the Department of Religious Studies. She is a co-founder and co-director with John Grim of the Forum on Religion and Ecology. Together they organized a series of ten conferences on World Religions and Ecology at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School. She is the author of Worldly Wonder: Religions Enter Their Ecological Phase (Open Court Press, 2003) and many other books. As a professor of religion John Grim taught courses in Native American and Indigenous religions, religion and ecology, ritual, and mysticism in the world's religions. He is currently a visiting scholar at the Institution of Social and Policy Studies, Yale University and President of the American Teilhard Association. His published works include: The Shaman: Patterns of Religious Healing Among the Ojibway Indians (University of Oklahoma Press, 1983) and, with Mary Evelyn Tucker, a co-edited volume entitled Worldviews and Ecology (Orbis, 1994, 5th printing 2000). 1:21:46 Mary,Evelyn,Tucker,John,Grim,forum,ecology,Worldly Wonder: Religions Enter Their Ecological Phase,Michael,Lerner,Commonweal,oneness,consciousness,origin,Western,spirituality,religion,tradition Michael Lerner, Host no Peter Kingsley is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking work on the origins of western spirituality, philosophy and culture. He is the author of the books "Ancient Philosophy Mystery and Magic": "Empedocles and Pythagorean Tradition", "In the Dark Places of Wisdom", and "Reality". http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html E54C356F-2157-11DC-8C59-000A95C69C96-499-00000006CB854EA3-FFA Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:31:04 -0700 Peter Kingsley - Finding What is Real Peter Kingsley is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking work on the origins of western spirituality, philosophy and culture. He is the author of the books "Ancient Philosophy Mystery and Magic": "Empedocles and Pythagorean Tradition", "In the Dark Places of Wisdom", and "Reality". 58:47 Peter,Kingsley,Reality,Empedocles,Parmenides,Greek,philosophy,incubation,Sufi,meditition,wisdom,Aphrodite,goddess,Michael,Lerner,Commonweal,oneness,consciousness,origin,Western,spirituality,ancient,Pythagorean,tradition Michael Lerner, Host no Jacob Needleman is a professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University and the author of many books, including The American Soul, The Wisdom of Love, Time and the Soul, The Heart of Philosophy, Lost Christianity, and Money and The Meaning of Life. In addition to his teaching and writing, he serves as a consultant in the fields of psychology, education, medical ethics, philanthropy, and business, and has been featured on Bill Moyers's acclaimed PBS series A World of Ideas. Steve Heilig conducted this interview. Steve Heilig is the Director of Public Health and Education for The San Francisco Medical Society and a Research Associate for The Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) at Commonweal. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 67E33E62-1909-11DC-A036-000A95C69C96-863-0000058567FB7C39-FFA Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:08:56 -0700 Jacob Needleman - Why Can't We Be Good?: Overcoming Obstacles To Our Higher Ideals Jacob Needleman is a professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University and the author of many books, including The American Soul, The Wisdom of Love, Time and the Soul, The Heart of Philosophy, Lost Christianity, and Money and The Meaning of Life. In addition to his teaching and writing, he serves as a consultant in the fields of psychology, education, medical ethics, philanthropy, and business, and has been featured on Bill Moyers's acclaimed PBS series A World of Ideas. Steve Heilig conducted this interview. Steve Heilig is the Director of Public Health and Education for The San Francisco Medical Society and a Research Associate for The Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) at Commonweal. 58:54 Jacob Needleman,The American Soul,The Heart of Philosophy,awareness, science, arts, new school, Michael Lerner, Rachel Remen, Commonweal, environmental health, ecosystem health, permaculture, commons, philanthropy, changemakers, spiritual Steve Heilig, Host no Parker Palmer, Founder and Senior Advisor of the Center for Courage & Renewal and author of several books including, Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation and A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life, served for fifteen years as Senior Associate of the American Association of Higher Education. He now serves as Senior Advisor to the Fetzer Institute. He founded the Center for Courage & Renewal, which oversees the "Courage to Teach" program for K-12 educators across the country and parallel programs for people in other professions, including medicine, law, ministry and philanthropy. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 8DFEBD04-1903-11DC-A036-000A95C69C96-863-00000571FE493698-FFA Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:14:31 -0700 Parker Palmer - The Politics of the Brokenhearted: On Holding the Tensions of Democracy Parker Palmer, Founder and Senior Advisor of the Center for Courage & Renewal and author of several books including, Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation and A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life, served for fifteen years as Senior Associate of the American Association of Higher Education. He now serves as Senior Advisor to the Fetzer Institute. He founded the Center for Courage & Renewal, which oversees the "Courage to Teach" program for K-12 educators across the country and parallel programs for people in other professions, including medicine, law, ministry and philanthropy. 58:40 parker palmer,politics,brokenhearted,holding,tension,democracy,awareness, science, arts, new school, Michael Lerner, Rachel Remen, Commonweal, environmental health, ecosystem health, permaculture, commons, philanthropy, changemakers, spiritual Michael Lerner, Host no Charlotte Brody, RN, is Executive Director of Commonweal, and a founder and former Executive Director of Health Care Without Harm, an international coalition of 443 organizations in 52 countries working to make health care more environmentally responsible and sustainable. She is also on the Steering Committee of the Safe Cosmetics Campaign. A registered nurse and mother of two, Charlotte has served as the Organizing Director for the Center for Health, Environment and Justice in Falls Church, Virginia, the Executive Director of a Planned Parenthood affiliate in North Carolina and the Coordinator of the Carolina Brown Lung Association, an occupational safety and health organization focused on cotton textile workers.<br><br> Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, is Founder and Director of the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness at Commonweal and Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. She is Founder and Director of The Healer's Art Curriculum, which was featured in US News & World Report in 2002 and 2005 and is presently taught in 54 medical schools here and abroad. Her intensive CME programs have enabled thousands of physicians to deepen their sense of calling and service. Dr. Remen is the author of the New York Times bestseller Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal (Riverhead Books, 1996) and the national bestseller, My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge and Belonging (Riverhead Books, 2000). http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html D4D4A824-1902-11DC-A036-000A95C69C96-863-0000056F97F2F2F3-FFA Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:18:06 -0700 Charlotte Brody, RN And Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen - Making Change as Treatment for Despair Charlotte Brody, RN, is Executive Director of Commonweal, and a founder and former Executive Director of Health Care Without Harm, an international coalition of 443 organizations in 52 countries working to make health care more environmentally responsible and sustainable. She is also on the Steering Committee of the Safe Cosmetics Campaign. A registered nurse and mother of two, Charlotte has served as the Organizing Director for the Center for Health, Environment and Justice in Falls Church, Virginia, the Executive Director of a Planned Parenthood affiliate in North Carolina and the Coordinator of the Carolina Brown Lung Association, an occupational safety and health organization focused on cotton textile workers. Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, is Founder and Director of the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness at Commonweal and Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. She is Founder and Director of The Healer's Art Curriculum, which was featured in US News & World Report in 2002 and 2005 and is presently taught in 54 medical schools here and abroad. Her intensive CME programs have enabled thousands of physicians to deepen their sense of calling and service. Dr. Remen is the author of the New York Times bestseller Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal (Riverhead Books, 1996) and the national bestseller, My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge and Belonging (Riverhead Books, 2000). 58:23 Charlotte Brody,Rachel Naomi Remen,treatment,despair,awareness, science, arts, new school, Michael Lerner, Rachel Remen, Commonweal, environmental health, ecosystem health, permaculture, commons, philanthropy, changemakers, spiritual Charlotte Brody and Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen, Co-hosts no Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., ecologist, cancer survivor, and author of Living Downstream and Having Faith, received her doctorate in biology from the University of Michigan and master's degree in English from Illinois State University. She is the author of Post-Diagnosis, a volume of poetry, and coauthor of a book on ecology and human rights in Africa, The Spoils of Famine. She has taught biology at Columbia College, Chicago, held visiting fellowships at the University of Illinois, Radcliffe/Harvard, and Northeastern University, and served on President Clinton's National Action Plan on Breast Cancer. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 93F88986-1901-11DC-A036-000A95C69C96-863-0000056B6F671B10-FFA Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:44:59 -0700 Sandra Steingraber - Healing Inside Out: A Poet's Quest, A Mother's Journey Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., ecologist, cancer survivor, and author of Living Downstream and Having Faith, received her doctorate in biology from the University of Michigan and master's degree in English from Illinois State University. She is the author of Post-Diagnosis, a volume of poetry, and coauthor of a book on ecology and human rights in Africa, The Spoils of Famine. She has taught biology at Columbia College, Chicago, held visiting fellowships at the University of Illinois, Radcliffe/Harvard, and Northeastern University, and served on President Clinton's National Action Plan on Breast Cancer. 59:00 Sandra Steingraber,Healing Inside Out,cancer,survivor,awareness, science, arts, new school, Michael Lerner, Rachel Remen, Commonweal, environmental health, ecosystem health, permaculture, commons, philanthropy, changemakers, spiritual Michael Lerner, Host no Rachael Kessler is recognized by Daniel Goleman as a "leader in a new movement for emotional literacy," and has developed a framework for nurturing the inner life of students and teachers that honors the interests of educators, parents, and policy-makers. Her groundbreaking book, The Soul of Education: Helping Students Find Connection, Compassion, and Character at School (ASCD 2000), was distributed to over 110,000 educators worldwide. Her work has been endorsed by educators across the spectrum of religious and political belief, progressive to conservative, fundamentalist to agnostic. Howard Gardner wrote that her "examination of the quest for meaning among today's adolescents is both daring and needed."<br><br> Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, is Founder and Director of the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness at Commonweal and Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. She is Founder and Director of The Healer's Art Curriculum, which was featured in US News & World Report in 2002 and 2005 and is presently taught in 54 medical schools here and abroad. Her intensive CME programs have enabled thousands of physicians to deepen their sense of calling and service. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 4649B626-1900-11DC-A036-000A95C69C96-863-000005671C4FEBF0-FFA Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:23:39 -0700 Rachel Kessler and Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen - Nurturing the Inner Life in Education Rachael Kessler is recognized by Daniel Goleman as a "leader in a new movement for emotional literacy," and has developed a framework for nurturing the inner life of students and teachers that honors the interests of educators, parents, and policy-makers. Her groundbreaking book, The Soul of Education: Helping Students Find Connection, Compassion, and Character at School (ASCD 2000), was distributed to over 110,000 educators worldwide. Her work has been endorsed by educators across the spectrum of religious and political belief, progressive to conservative, fundamentalist to agnostic. Howard Gardner wrote that her "examination of the quest for meaning among today's adolescents is both daring and needed." Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, is Founder and Director of the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness at Commonweal and Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. She is Founder and Director of The Healer's Art Curriculum, which was featured in US News & World Report in 2002 and 2005 and is presently taught in 54 medical schools here and abroad. Her intensive CME programs have enabled thousands of physicians to deepen their sense of calling and service. 58:17 Rachel Kessler, Passageways,Institute,awareness, science, arts, new school, Michael Lerner, Rachel Remen, Commonweal, environmental health, ecosystem health, permaculture, commons, philanthropy, changemakers, spiritual Michael Lerner, Host no Pete Myers, Ph.D. is founder, CEO, and chief scientist of Environmental Health Sciences in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is also coauthor of Our Stolen Future (1996), which explores the threats posed by man-made chemical contaminants to fetal development and human health, and he is Senior Advisor to the United Nations Foundation (Washington, DC). From 1990-2002 Myers was director of the W. Alton Jones Foundation, a private foundation supporting efforts to protect the global environment and to prevent nuclear war. He received his Ph.D. in zoology from the University of California, Berkeley, and lives in Virginia.<br><br> http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 700B1968-18FF-11DC-A036-000A95C69C96-863-00000564557E4200-FFA Mon, 07 May 2007 12:00:00 -0700 Pete Myers, Ph.D. - Environmental Health Science: Human and Ecosystem Health Pete Myers, Ph.D. is founder, CEO, and chief scientist of Environmental Health Sciences in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is also coauthor of Our Stolen Future (1996), which explores the threats posed by man-made chemical contaminants to fetal development and human health, and he is Senior Advisor to the United Nations Foundation (Washington, DC). From 1990-2002 Myers was director of the W. Alton Jones Foundation, a private foundation supporting efforts to protect the global environment and to prevent nuclear war. He received his Ph.D. in zoology from the University of California, Berkeley, and lives in Virginia. 1:23:15 Pete Myers,Environmental Health Sciences,Our Stolen Future,awareness, science, arts, new school, Michael Lerner, Rachel Remen, Commonweal, environmental health, ecosystem health, permaculture, commons, philanthropy, changemakers, spiritual Michael Lerner, Host no Rick Ingrasci, M.D., M.P.H., is a healer and activist who has been involved in consciousness exploration and social transformation since the mid 60s. Ingrasci has a strong background in psychiatry, holistic medicine, and community development. He co-founded Physicians for Social Responsibility, the American Holistic Medical Association, Interface, and Hollyhock, a retreat center in British Columbia. He is the co-author of "Chop Wood, Carry Water: A Guide to Finding Spiritual Fulfillment in Daily Life." http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html 4AC5D7DB-1913-11DC-A036-000A95C69C96-863-000005A634EEF304-FFA Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:00:00 -0700 Rick Ingrasci, M.D., M.P.H. - Joy, Social Intelligence & the Ethical Imagination, A New School Event Rick Ingrasci, M.D., M.P.H., is a healer and activist who has been involved in consciousness exploration and social transformation since the mid 60s. Ingrasci has a strong background in psychiatry, holistic medicine, and community development. He co-founded Physicians for Social Responsibility, the American Holistic Medical Association, Interface, and Hollyhock, a retreat center in British Columbia. He is the co-author of "Chop Wood, Carry Water: A Guide to Finding Spiritual Fulfillment in Daily Life." 1:15:41 Rick Ingrasci,awareness, science, arts, new school, Michael Lerner, Rachel Remen, Commonweal, environmental health, ecosystem health, permaculture, commons, philanthropy, changemakers, spiritual Michael Lerner, Host no Nipun Mehta, Co-founder of CharityFocus.org on the "Invisible Revolution of the Inner-net."<br><br> CharityFocus is an all volunteer run 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that endeavors to leverage technology for inspiring greater volunteerism and providing meaningful volunteer opportunities for all who want them.<br><br> In January 2005, he and his wife, Guri, anteed-up. They left everything to head on an open-ended, unscripted walking pilgrimage across India to "use our hands to do random acts of kindness, use our heads to profile inspiring people, and use our hearts to cultivate truth." http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 2FB7950E-18FE-11DC-A036-000A95C69C96-863-000005602EB7A18A-FFA Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:31:59 -0700 Nipun Mehta - Invisible Revolution of the Inner-net Nipun Mehta, Co-founder of CharityFocus.org on the "Invisible Revolution of the Inner-net," CharityFocus is an all volunteer run 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that endeavors to leverage technology for inspiring greater volunteerism and providing meaningful volunteer opportunities for all who want them. In January 2005, he and his wife, Guri, anteed-up. They left everything to head on an open-ended, unscripted walking pilgrimage across India to "use our hands to do random acts of kindness, use our heads to profile inspiring people, and use our hearts to cultivate truth." 59:01 Nipun Mehta, charity,charityfocus.org,awareness, science, arts, new school, Michael Lerner, Rachel Remen, Commonweal, environmental health, ecosystem health, permaculture, commons, philanthropy, changemakers, spiritual Michael Lerner, Host no Idelisse Malavé, Executive Director of the Tides Foundation and Gihan Perera, Executive Director of the Miami Workers Center on "Race, Justice, and the American Dream."<br><br> Responsible for the overall management of the Tides Foundation since 1996, Idelisse Malavé works with Tides staff to deliver excellent service and create opportunities for donors to increase the impact of their grantmaking. Over a twenty-five-year career dedicated to social justice, Idelisse litigated civil rights cases with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, represented women in family law matters, and co-authored a bestseller, Mother Daughter Revolution. She was a founding board member of the New York Women's Foundation and served as Vice President of the Ms. Foundation for Women for six years before coming to Tides.<br><br> Gihan Perera co-founded the Miami Workers Center together with Tony Romano in 1999. Gihan is a native of Sri Lanka and grew up in South Los Angeles. He is a strategist, published writer, and public speaker. Prior to founding the Center, Gihan was a union organizer, leading union recognition and contract agreement campaigns in Miami, South, and North Carolina. He began his activism at an early age and became a trainer and recruitment director for the AFL-CIO's Organizing Institute before completing college work. Gihan serves on the board of the local ACLU, PRE (Philanthropy for Racial Equality), and the Miami Light Project. He holds a bachelor's degree in International Development Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 3E9AB718-18FC-11DC-A036-000A95C69C96-863-00000559BD668492-FFA Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:00:20 -0700 Idelisse Malavé and Gihan Perera - Race, Justice And The American Dream Idelisse Malavé, Executive Director of the Tides Foundation and Gihan Perera, Executive Director of the Miami Workers Center on "Race, Justice, and the American Dream," April 3rd, 2007. Responsible for the overall management of the Tides Foundation since 1996, Idelisse Malavé works with Tides staff to deliver excellent service and create opportunities for donors to increase the impact of their grantmaking. Over a twenty-five-year career dedicated to social justice, Idelisse litigated civil rights cases with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, represented women in family law matters, and co-authored a bestseller, Mother Daughter Revolution. She was a founding board member of the New York Women's Foundation and served as Vice President of the Ms. Foundation for Women for six years before coming to Tides. Gihan Perera co-founded the Miami Workers Center together with Tony Romano in 1999. Gihan is a native of Sri Lanka and grew up in South Los Angeles. He is a strategist, published writer, and public speaker. Prior to founding the Center, Gihan was a union organizer, leading union recognition and contract agreement campaigns in Miami, South, and North Carolina. He began his activism at an early age and became a trainer and recruitment director for the AFL-CIO's Organizing Institute before completing college work. Gihan serves on the board of the local ACLU, PRE (Philanthropy for Racial Equality), and the Miami Light Project. He holds a bachelor's degree in International Development Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. 58:55 Idelisse Malavé,Tides Foundation,Gihan Perera,Miami Workers Center,awareness, science, arts, new school, Michael Lerner, Rachel Remen, Commonweal, environmental health, ecosystem health, permaculture, commons, philanthropy, changemakers, spiritual Michael Lerner, Host no Chris Desser is a fellow at the Tomales Bay Institute, a think tank focused on developing the concept of The Commons as an overarching analytical structure organizing across sectors and disciplines. She served on the California Coastal Commission and the San Francisco Commission for the Environment. In 2003, she co-founded Women's Voices, Women Vote, a project that successfully increased the participation of single women in the electoral process. Chris was the director of the Funder's Working Group on New Technology, an association of foundations concerned with the environmental, cultural and political implications of emerging technologies such as biotechnology, nanotechnology. She was co-editor of Living with the Genie: Technology and the Quest for Human Mastery (Island Press, 2003). http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 334AA292-18FB-11DC-A036-000A95C69C96-863-0000055646831E9B-FFA Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:00:00 -0700 Chris Desser - Commons And Consciousness Chris Desser is a fellow at the Tomales Bay Institute, a think tank focused on developing the concept of The Commons as an overarching analytical structure organizing across sectors and disciplines. She served on the California Coastal Commission and the San Francisco Commission for the Environment. In 2003, she co-founded Women's Voices, Women Vote, a project that successfully increased the participation of single women in the electoral process. Chris was the director of the Funder's Working Group on New Technology, an association of foundations concerned with the environmental, cultural and political implications of emerging technologies such as biotechnology, nanotechnology. She was co-editor of Living with the Genie: Technology and the Quest for Human Mastery (Island Press, 2003). 1:08:16 Chris Desser,Tomales Bay Institute,awareness, science, arts, new school, Michael Lerner, Rachel Remen, Commonweal, emotional literacy, environmental health, ecosystem health, permaculture, commons, philanthropy, changemakers, spiritual Michael Lerner, Host no Sushmita Ghosh, Past President and current member of Ashoka's Leadership Team talks about "Changemakers."<br><br> Born in India, Sushmita Ghosh was a journalist who rose through the ranks to become President Emeritus of Ashoka, the global network of social entrepreneurs. In this conversation she describes Ashoka and her new work with Changemakers, an Ashoka program that extends social entrepreneurship to a wider global community. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 346749CE-18F8-11DC-A036-000A95C69C96-863-0000054C562305B4-FFA Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:27:56 -0700 Sushmita Ghosh - Changemakers Sushmita Ghosh, Past President and current member of Ashoka's Leadership Team talks about "Changemakers." Born in India, Sushmita Ghosh was a journalist who rose through the ranks to become President Emeritus of Ashoka, the global network of social entrepreneurs. In this conversation she describes Ashoka and her new work with Changemakers, an Ashoka program that extends social entrepreneurship to a wider global community. 1:09:53 Sushmita Ghosh, changemakers, Ashoka,oneness, ecology, culture, consciousness, sustainability, interconnection, interdependence, conversation, convening, collaboration, wholeness Michael Lerner, Host no In this conversation, Chet describes the critical role intuition plays if you want to distribute small grants to thousands of grassroots organizations in over one hundred countries.<br><br> Chet Tchozewski is the founder and Executive Director of the Global Greengrants Fund, an international environmental foundation that makes small grants to grassroots environmental groups in developing nations around the globe. Since 1993 Greengrants has made in excess of 3000 grants, in over 100 countries, totaling about $10 million.<br><br> He was awarded the prestigious Robert W. Scrivner Award for Creative Philanthropy by the Council on Foundation, an award that honors grantmakers who "possess a combination of vision, principle and personal commitment to making a difference in a creative way through grantmaking." http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 72DA99F7-18F5-11DC-A036-000A95C69C96-863-0000054331451F13-FFA Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:00:00 -0700 Chet Tchozewski - Intuition And Grantmaking In this conversation, Chet describes the critical role intuition plays if you want to distribute small grants to thousands of grassroots organizations in over one hundred countries. Chet Tchozewski is the founder and Executive Director of the Global Greengrants Fund, an international environmental foundation that makes small grants to grassroots environmental groups in developing nations around the globe. Since 1993 Greengrants has made in excess of 3000 grants, in over 100 countries, totaling about $10 million. He was awarded the prestigious Robert W. Scrivner Award for Creative Philanthropy by the Council on Foundation, an award that honors grantmakers who "possess a combination of vision, principle and personal commitment to making a difference in a creative way through grantmaking." 1:25:20 Chet Tchozewski,grant,grantmaking,oneness, ecology, culture, consciousness, sustainability, interconnection, interdependence, conversation, convening, collaboration, wholeness Michael Lerner, Host no Thomas Yeomans' education was first in Music, Classics, and Comparative Literature, particularly poetry, and then a sharp turn, with the advent of Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology in the 60's in Education and Psychology.<br> In 1990 he founded the Concord Institute, in Concord, MA, and shifted his focus gradually from Psychosynthesis to formulating and developing Spiritual/Global Psychology. He has pursued this endeavor in the last decade and a half through teaching, training professionals, writing, and consulting to individuals and organizations. During this time he worked in various European countries as well as throughout North America, and in the 90's he helped a group of Russian doctors and psychologists from the Harmony Institute in St. Petersburg found a post-graduate training institute called the International School for Psychotherapy, Counseling, and Group Leadership. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html F955C946-18A8-11DC-84F8-000A95C69C96-618-000004457548D4E0-FFA Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:06:03 -0700 Thomas Yeomans, Ph.D. - The Embodied Soul Thomas Yeomans' education was first in Music, Classics, and Comparative Literature, particularly poetry, and then a sharp turn, with the advent of Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology in the 60's in Education and Psychology. In 1990 he founded the Concord Institute, in Concord, MA, and shifted his focus gradually from Psychosynthesis to formulating and developing Spiritual/Global Psychology. He has pursued this endeavor in the last decade and a half through teaching, training professionals, writing, and consulting to individuals and organizations. During this time he worked in various European countries as well as throughout North America, and in the 90's he helped a group of Russian doctors and psychologists from the Harmony Institute in St. Petersburg found a post-graduate training institute called the International School for Psychotherapy, Counseling, and Group Leadership. 1:23:34 Thomas Yeomans,spiritual, psychology, phenomema, entangled minds, oneness, ecology, culture, consciousness, sustainability, interconnection, interdependence, conversation, convening, collaboration, wholeness Michael Lerner, Host no
In this conversation, Radin describes the surprising reach of the substantial scientific literature on psi phenomena, and wonders whether psi phenomena are not ultimately an example of the universe talking to itself.

"The concept of things being separate doesn't exist at a deep physical level. All that remains are relationships between things."

"[Entangled Minds] reframes the notion of psychic abilities from some magical power that transcends the physical universe to something that is an expected reflection of the interconnectedness of the universe itself."

]]> http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 0D9112EC-18A7-11DC-84F8-000A95C69C96-618-0000043F15B2F8B4-FFA Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:59:43 -0700 Entangled Minds, A Conversation With Dean Radin, Ph.D. Dean Radin, Ph.D., Senior Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences discusses his book "Entangled Minds," March 5th, 2007. In this conversation, Radin describes the surprising reach of the substantial scientific literature on psi phenomena, and wonders whether psi phenomena are not ultimately an example of the universe talking to itself. "The concept of things being separate doesn't exist at a deep physical level. All that remains are relationships between things."[Entangled Minds] reframes the notion of psychic abilities from some magical power that transcends the physical universe to something that is an expected reflection of the interconnectedness of the universe itself." 58:30 Dean Radin, psychic, phenomema, entangled minds, oneness, ecology, culture, consciousness, sustainability, interconnection, interdependence, conversation, convening, collaboration, wholeness Michael Lerner, Host no Peter Warshall is the Editor-At-Large for the Whole Earth Magazine and is the founder of Peter Warshall and Associates. This gathering was about "The Spiritual Labor of Earth Healing." This event was held at Commonweal on February 27th, 2007.<br><br> Peter Warshall has worked for thirty years to improve governance and effective citizen participation within local communities, balance conservation and development (especially water resources, ranching and forestry, and biodiversity), as well as teach, guide and write on natural and cultural history and what is now called sustainability. Trained as both biologist and anthropologist, Peter has taken a broad view of the complexity of societal change. While others may work as a scientist or politician, Peter has tried to bridge these realms as scientist/essayist with years of public service. He works on all socio-economic levels and with highly diverse peoples and ecosystems, believing that important beneficial change can come from many unexpected and imaginative human sources. The diverse ecosystems of northern Mexico and southern Arizona and New Mexico presently define his bi-national sense of home. He owns and runs his own small consulting group. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/event_archives.html 5BAB581B-1916-11DC-A036-000A95C69C96-863-000005B0610E8BC3-FFA Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:37:41 -0700 Peter Warshall - The Spiritual Labor of Earth Healing, A New School Event Peter Warshall is the Editor-At-Large for the Whole Earth Magazine and is the founder of Peter Warshall and Associates. This gathering was about "The Spiritual Labor of Earth Healing." This event was held at Commonweal on February 27th, 2007. Peter Warshall has worked for thirty years to improve governance and effective citizen participation within local communities, balance conservation and development (especially water resources, ranching and forestry, and biodiversity), as well as teach, guide and write on natural and cultural history and what is now called sustainability. Trained as both biologist and anthropologist, Peter has taken a broad view of the complexity of societal change. While others may work as a scientist or politician, Peter has tried to bridge these realms as scientist/essayist with years of public service. He works on all socio-economic levels and with highly diverse peoples and ecosystems, believing that important beneficial change can come from many unexpected and imaginative human sources. The diverse ecosystems of northern Mexico and southern Arizona and New Mexico presently define his bi-national sense of home. He owns and runs his own small consulting group. 58:29 Peter Warshall, Whole Earth,magazine, Michael Lerner, Host no Dr. Fredi Kronenberg is Professor of Clinical Physiology and Director of the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons. She received her B.S. from Cornell University in neurobiology and behavior and her Ph.D. from Stanford University in physiology, where she researched thermoregulatory and reproductive physiology. Her postdoctoral research at Columbia University initiated her work in womenOs health and menopause. She is a leading expert in the endocrinology and thermoregulatory physiology of menopausal hot flashes, and alternative therapies to treat them. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 061E16D4-182B-11DC-84F8-000A95C69C96-618-000002A392FCCC48-FFA Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:33:44 -0700 Herbal Therapies and Integrative Approaches to Women's Health, Fredi Kronenberg, Ph.D Dr. Fredi Kronenberg is Professor of Clinical Physiology and Director of the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons. She received her B.S. from Cornell University in neurobiology and behavior and her Ph.D. from Stanford University in physiology, where she researched thermoregulatory and reproductive physiology. Her postdoctoral research at Columbia University initiated her work in womenOs health and menopause. She is a leading expert in the endocrinology and thermoregulatory physiology of menopausal hot flashes, and alternative therapies to treat them. 59:06 Fredi Kronenberg, herbal, therapy Michael Lerner, Host no Ram Dass is a widely admired American spiritual teacher who suffered a disabling stroke some years ago and wrote about the experience in "Fierce Grace." Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, is Founder and Director of the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness at Commonweal and Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. Now living on Maui, Ram Dass talked with Rachel Naomi Remen and Michael Lerner about what his stroke taught him, and how he now works with others around issues of healing, aging and dying. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 901C3668-1826-11DC-84F8-000A95C69C96-618-00000294C60B6BDE-FFA Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0800 "Aging & Dying" with Ram Dass and Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen, Director of The Institute for Health and Illness at Commonweal. Ram Dass is a widely admired American spiritual teacher who suffered a disabling stroke some years ago and wrote about the experience in "Fierce Grace." Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, is Founder and Director of the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness at Commonweal and Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. Now living on Maui, Ram Dass talked with Rachel Naomi Remen and Michael Lerner about what his stroke taught him, and how he now works with others around issues of healing, aging and dying. 58:29 Ram Dass, Rachel Naomi Remen Michael Lerner, Host no This talk describes how his exploration of the effects of chemical contaminants on environmental health have led him into a comprehensive perspective on the interaction of genes, gene expression, nutrition, stress, income disparities, chemicals, and many other factors in human health. http://www.commonweal.org/new-school/audio_archives.html 16AFB3F2-17E7-11DC-84F8-000A95C69C96-618-000001C22C8E30CE-FFA Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0800 This talk describes how his exploration of the effects of chemical contaminants on environmental health have led him into a comprehensive perspective on the interaction of genes, gene expression, nutrition, stress, income disparities, chemicals, and many Ted Schettler is science director of the Science and Environmental Health Network. He has a medical degree from Case Western Reserve University and a masters in public health from Harvard University. He is co-author of Generations at Risk: Reproductive Health and the Environment, which examines reproductive and developmental health effects of exposure to a variety of environmental toxicants. He is also co-author of In Harm's Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development, which discusses the impact of environmental exposures on neurological development in children. He has published a number of articles on related topics in peer-reviewed journals and has served on advisory committees of the US EPA and National Academy of Sciences. 56:14 Ted Shettler, M.D., Michael Lerner, Host no