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On April 3, Orion Magazine held a launch event for its spring issue featuring Sumana Roy, who was a contributor, and Mary Evelyn Tucker, who guest edited this issue. They explored the interplay of ritual and nature and how we can enhance that sacred intimacy. They were also joined for a portion of the event by Amy Brady, Executive Director of Orion. The event was sponsored by the Religion, Ecology & Expressive Culture Initiative at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Orion Magazine, and the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology.
They opened by...
In north-central Vermont, this past week has been one of the most exciting times of the natural year. The frogs are awake! Wood frogs, bullfrogs, spring peepers, and more have been emerging from their lengthy slumber to greet the universe with clicks and croaks and cacophonous song. The eggs have already begin to appear–masses of translucent globes with a tiny dark tadpole taking shape at the center, before our eyes. ...
As we reported last week, several members of the Forum team were in Vermont to experience the totality of the solar eclipse this past Monday. Many flooded into the state from all around to see the big event, but we were lucky to attend a smaller gathering, populated largely by locals (of which I am one!). The day was brilliant, the energy light and hopeful.
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The full solar eclipse will occur this Monday, April 8, and up here in Vermont where my family and I have made our home, we will be basking in the path of full totality. Several members of the Forum team will be gathering to experience this exciting event together, and it will indeed be my first-ever full eclipse.
As most of us are aware, eclipses have often throughout history been interpreted as harbingers of doom, being seen to predict the death of kings, the failure of crops, the end of the world, and much...
From April 12-14, Earth Charter International will be holding a major conference at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida titled “Reimagining Education for Ecological Civilizations.” Some of the approximately 60 speakers and panelists may be familiar to Forum readers, such as Mirian Vilela, Rick Clugston, Jeremy Lent, Zhihe Wang, Peter Blaze Corcoran. Our own Mary Evelyn Tucker will be giving a talk on “Ecological Civilization and Transformative Education.”
In addition, at this event, Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim will be presenting...
As we shared back in October, for our 25th anniversary year, the Forum is releasing a collection of rare audio recordings of Thomas Berry in conversation with Brian Thomas Swimme.
Thus far, we've brought you:
The project Introduction by Mary Evelyn Tucker Part 1: Where are We and How did We Get Here?, with an introduction by John Grim Part 2: The Millennial Vision, with an introduction by Sam King Part 3: Where Do We Go From Here?, with an introduction by Sam King Part 4: Psychic Energy for the Great Work...
On March 22 & 23, St. Paul University in Ottawa will be holding a launch event for the new School of Leadership, Ecology, and Equity titled “Leading Into the Future: Green and Hopeful.” The event will begin Friday evening with a celebration, followed by panels and discussion on Saturday and remarks by our own Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim. It will not be available to stream online, but for those in the Ottawa area, more information and a link to register can be found here.
From the St. Paul's site:
The School of Leadership...
Everyone here at the Forum was deeply saddened to hear last week about the unexpected passing of Rabbi Ellen Bernstein. Ellen was part of the Forum Advisory Group, and has been a friend and partner in our work for decades. The creative energy and enthusiasm she brought to her work and collaborations energized all whom came in contact with her. See this lovely and moving tribute to Ellen from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, by her friend Shira Dicker.
Ellen began her work in the 1980s by creating a Tu B'Shavat seder for...
Last Wednesday, Orion Magazine, the Yale Forest Forum, and the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology held the next in a series of online tree-related events to celebrate Orion's volume Old Growth. Our own Mary Evelyn Tucker was in conversation with poet Ellen Bass about “The Poetics of Forests.”
Ellen kicked off the discussion with a reading of her poem River about salmon mating in the Mackenzie River in Oregon that was rich with the energy and passion of the rushing, living water. Later, Mary Evelyn read Ellen's piece, Fungus...
In this Black History Month feature, we'll be highlighting the work of Clifton Granby, Associate Professor of
Ethics, Philosophy, and Africana Studies at Yale Divinity School. His research interests include African-American religious and political thought, ethics, and...