Ecological Civilization
Cedars UU Worship Service and Talking Circle
The Island School 8553 NE Day Rd, Bainbridge Island, WADavid will deliver the sermon and join Rev. Thomas Perchlik for a Talking Circle, following the service, to discuss Ecological Civilization and the Role of the Faith Community.
Transition City Seoul
City Hall - Grand Conference Room Seoul, Korea, Republic ofThe world has suffered from various problems including low growth, long recession, population aging, demographic cliff, climate change, environmental crisis, and collapsing community. The purpose of this conference, focused on the theme, "Transition of Civilization and the Role of Cities", is to review attempts and experiments of the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the world, to discuss where the world [...]
2018 International Conference for Ecozoic Culture
Hotel Jijihyang Paju Book City, Korea, Republic ofUnder the theme, "Ecological Transformation on the Korean Peninsula and East Asia", the conference, hosted by People for Earth Forum, has two main goals: To examine the efforts of various areas such as global environmental protection, social economy and sustainable cities as parts of the big forest that is ecological civilization, and to create various [...]
International Forum on Ecological Urban Regeneration
Dubong Forest Village Seoul, Korea, Democratic People's Republic ofThe 2018 Seoul International Forum on the Northeast Four Boroughs, based on a commitment to increase ecological sustainability of the region at large, while also improving the residents’ economic conditions, offers an opportunity to propose and discuss visions for the direction and strategy for urban regeneration. The first half of the forum, “Ecological Urban Regeneration,” [...]
2018 Parliament of World Religions
Metro Toronto Convention Centre Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDavid will co-present with Jeremy Lent, Matthew Fox, and John B. Cobb, each in one of three sessions on the theme, "Toward an Ecological Civilization: A Path to Justice, Peace, and Care for Earth". A fourth session will bring together all four of these big picture, systemic thinkers to explore actions to move us forward. Monday, [...]
Golden Rule Day 2019
OnlineDavid will join Matthew Fox and Thea La Grou during this 24-hour global virtual celebration of the Golden Rule for a conversation about our connection with and need to care for our living Earth. This universal Golden Rule principle is shared by nearly all cultural, spiritual, religious, and secular traditions on Earth. The webcast will feature [...]
First Friday Forum – Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church
Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church 308 4th Avenue South, Kirkland, WA"Transitioning to an Ecological Civilization" David will talk about how our collective cultural stories are shifting to make way for the transition to an Ecological Civilization. Through systems of governance, economics, culture and religion, we can bring people and planet into balance, nurture innovation and creative expression. "Ecological civilization" is the final goal of social [...]
Eco’-nomics for an Ecological Civilization: A Possible Future We Can Create Together
Online via ZoomGeorgia Kelly, founder and director of the Praxis Peace Institute, will host David for a conversation about eco'-nomics as part of transitioning to an ecological civilization and in relation to Georgia's experience with the Mondragon federation of worker cooperatives in the Basque region of Spain. ($15 for members; $20 for non-members)
World Localization Day
Online via ZoomDavid will join Pat Mooney (ETC Group), Ronnie Cummins (Organic Consumers Association) and Helena Norberg-Hodge (Local Futures / Economics of Happiness) for a lively conversation - "From Corporate Control to Local Regeneration." These four system change veterans – including two Right Livelihood Award (Alternative Nobel Prize) recipients – are all sharp critics of globalization as [...]
Cedars Unitarian Universalist Church – Our Time to Choose
Online via ZoomJoin David Korten and Worship Associate Mike Cox to examine how science is validating ancient wisdom; the significance of UU principle #7; and the enormous implications for humans, a species with a distinctive capacity to choose. As science warned that continuing business as usual will bring devastating and irreversible environmental consequences, a global pandemic disrupted every [...]