Peak Oil -- And What Do We Do Now?
Debate on "Peak Oil" and choosing a new Global Paradigm
This group's purpose is to debate the “peak oil” phenomenon and its inevitable aftermath, and how we can help shape a post -petroleum future. This is a global phenomenon and this is a global group. Peak oil is the point in time at which the maximum global petroleum production rate is reached. After this point in time, the rate of production begins a termi ...learn more
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Albert Einstein famously said, “You cannot solve a problem with the state of mind that created the problem.” The Garrison Institute tackles problems by working to shift the prior mindset that created them, combining contemplative wisdom with evidence-based methodologies to create the conditions for positive social and environmental change.
Like all our activities, the Garrison Institute’s Program Initiatives are built on the proposition that contemplative practices are not just passive or theoretical, but active and practical, and when skillfully applied can be pivotal agents of social transformation. The more pressing, intractable or anxiety-producing the problem, the greater the need for contemplative perspectives on it to help find new, effective, and ultimately transformative solutions.
The Garrison Institute's Transformational Ecology Initiative seeks to reconnect the environmental movement, today largely policy- and science-based, with its deeper roots in the values, ethics and spirituality of caring for the earth, with the help of contemplative practices and ideas. A values-based, inclusive approach can broaden the base of the environmental movement and help create wider consensus. It can also help ground and support environmental leaders and activists in the important work they are already doing, helping them be more effective.
The Transformational Ecology Initiative includes both local and nationl/global programs.
Garrison Institute board member Betsy Taylor, former president of the Center for a New American Dream, helped organize a U.S. Leadership Retreat on Climate Change held at the Garrison Institute April 24-26, 2007. Aided by leadership coach and facilitator Robert Gass, thirty nationally and globally prominent leaders from the environmental NGO, government and business sectors gathered here to discuss frameworks to support new forms of cooperative, multi-sector action on climate change.
On the local and regional level, the Garrison Institute's Hudson River Project works with faith leaders to build a regional transformational ecology movement in the Hudson Valley. We generate values-based conversation on environmental concerns, catalyze "greening" of houses of worship and support the use of spiritual teachings and contemplative wisdom in support of needed social and behavioral changes.
In 2005-2006 we compiled a comprehensive multi-religious and environmental database listing organizations in the Hudson River Valley, and invited them to gather at twelve monthly public Conversations on the practical and spiritual dimensions of specific regional environmental issues. Designed to encourage deep listening, seek common ground and articulate shared values and ideas, these events collectively attracted thousands of participants, including hundreds of key area environmental leaders, faith leaders and congregations. A sign-on declaration of shared values and action, drawn from participant input during the twelve Conversations, was drafted and put into circulation.
In 2006-2007 we focused on gathering Hudson Valley congregation leaders and supporting their working on greening initiatives. We held quarterly by-invitation consultations attracting hundreds of leaders of diverse faiths from throughout the region. They explored practical and spiritual dimensions of environmental work with faith groups, from theology to NYSERDA grants, from switching to compact fluorescent bulbs to fighting sprawl and lobbying for sustainable town planning, from updates on climate change to the sharing the hopes, fears, and sense of empowerment and commitment people of faith feel in the face of the current crisis.
On Earth Day 2007, we launched a final version of the declaration of shared values as a web-based sign-on statement, Our Shared Nature: A Transformational Ecology Compact for the Hudson, with display ads in area newspapers on Earth Day and distribution to congregations. At present writing it is signed by over 150 congregations, civic groups, businesses and even some municipal governments -- tangible evidence of the emergence and growth of a regional transformational ecology movement. To view and sign the statement, go to www.garrisoninstitute.org
Many area congregations have announced greening initiatives as a result of their involvement with the Project. Further evidence of replication includes the Maryknoll Sisters "Land Ethic" and the Ridgefield (CT) Clergy Association's published statement, "On the Preservation of God's Creation." We continue to nurture the growth of this transformational ecology movement in the Hudson Valley.
Like all our activities, the Garrison Institute’s Program Initiatives are built on the proposition that contemplative practices are not just passive or theoretical, but active and practical, and when skillfully applied can be pivotal agents of social transformation. The more pressing, intractable or anxiety-producing the problem, the greater the need for contemplative perspectives on it to help find new, effective, and ultimately transformative solutions.
The Garrison Institute's Transformational Ecology Initiative seeks to reconnect the environmental movement, today largely policy- and science-based, with its deeper roots in the values, ethics and spirituality of caring for the earth, with the help of contemplative practices and ideas. A values-based, inclusive approach can broaden the base of the environmental movement and help create wider consensus. It can also help ground and support environmental leaders and activists in the important work they are already doing, helping them be more effective.
The Transformational Ecology Initiative includes both local and nationl/global programs.
Garrison Institute board member Betsy Taylor, former president of the Center for a New American Dream, helped organize a U.S. Leadership Retreat on Climate Change held at the Garrison Institute April 24-26, 2007. Aided by leadership coach and facilitator Robert Gass, thirty nationally and globally prominent leaders from the environmental NGO, government and business sectors gathered here to discuss frameworks to support new forms of cooperative, multi-sector action on climate change.
On the local and regional level, the Garrison Institute's Hudson River Project works with faith leaders to build a regional transformational ecology movement in the Hudson Valley. We generate values-based conversation on environmental concerns, catalyze "greening" of houses of worship and support the use of spiritual teachings and contemplative wisdom in support of needed social and behavioral changes.
In 2005-2006 we compiled a comprehensive multi-religious and environmental database listing organizations in the Hudson River Valley, and invited them to gather at twelve monthly public Conversations on the practical and spiritual dimensions of specific regional environmental issues. Designed to encourage deep listening, seek common ground and articulate shared values and ideas, these events collectively attracted thousands of participants, including hundreds of key area environmental leaders, faith leaders and congregations. A sign-on declaration of shared values and action, drawn from participant input during the twelve Conversations, was drafted and put into circulation.
In 2006-2007 we focused on gathering Hudson Valley congregation leaders and supporting their working on greening initiatives. We held quarterly by-invitation consultations attracting hundreds of leaders of diverse faiths from throughout the region. They explored practical and spiritual dimensions of environmental work with faith groups, from theology to NYSERDA grants, from switching to compact fluorescent bulbs to fighting sprawl and lobbying for sustainable town planning, from updates on climate change to the sharing the hopes, fears, and sense of empowerment and commitment people of faith feel in the face of the current crisis.
On Earth Day 2007, we launched a final version of the declaration of shared values as a web-based sign-on statement, Our Shared Nature: A Transformational Ecology Compact for the Hudson, with display ads in area newspapers on Earth Day and distribution to congregations. At present writing it is signed by over 150 congregations, civic groups, businesses and even some municipal governments -- tangible evidence of the emergence and growth of a regional transformational ecology movement. To view and sign the statement, go to www.garrisoninstitute.org
Many area congregations have announced greening initiatives as a result of their involvement with the Project. Further evidence of replication includes the Maryknoll Sisters "Land Ethic" and the Ridgefield (CT) Clergy Association's published statement, "On the Preservation of God's Creation." We continue to nurture the growth of this transformational ecology movement in the Hudson Valley.
