SUSTAINABILITY DISCUSSION COURSES

7 – 9 pm 

at Stillwaters Environmental Center (26059 Barber Cut Off Road; Kingston)

$40/one, $50/household

Classes are held on various evenings, from 7 – 9 pm,

at Stillwaters. Each class is limited to 12 participants.

For more information on the next class: Contact Joleen Palmer, Stillwaters

Program Director at 360-297-1226 or Joleen@stillwatersenvironmentalcenter.org

Future Courses -- get on the waiting list . . .

HUNGRY FOR CHANGE:

Food, Ethics & Sustainability

Thursdays, Sept. 29 through Nov. 10 -- 7:00 pm

at Stillwaters (26059 Barber Cut Off Road)

This is the NEWEST  Northwest Earth Institute Sustainability Discussion Course. Food is a global industry with huge impacts on our environment. This course describes the complexities of producing our food and the relationship to the sustainability of the planet. It is more global in approach than the "Menu for the Future" class. The cost includes your discussion book

Pre-register at 360-297-1226 by Sept. 26.

COST: $40/one person or $50/household if you share a book

           (2011 members get a discount)

CHOICES FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Purpose:

• To explore the meaning of sustainability.
• To consider the ties between lifestyle choices and their impact on the earth.
• To learn about steps that can be taken to move toward ecologically sustainable organizations, lifestyles, and communities.

A nine-session course covering these topics: * A Call to Sustainability * Ecological Principles * Sustainable Communities * Sustainable Business and Economy * Sustainable Food * Sustainable Buying * Sustainable Living * Visions of Sustainability

DISCOVERING A SENSE OF PLACE
Purpose:

• To understand the meaning of a bioregional perspective, and what it would mean to develop one.
• To consider the benefits of consciously developing an intimate relationship with your place.
• To explore what it might mean to protect the place we live.

An eight-session course covering these topics: * A Sense of Place * Responsibility to Place * Knowing Your Bioregion * Living in Place * Mapping Your Bioregion * Community * Empowerment

VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY
Purpose:

• To understand the meaning of voluntary simplicity.
• To explore the material and psychological distractions that prevent us from caring for the earth.
• To consider how life might be enriched through the practice of simplicity.

An five-session course covering these topics: * The Meaning of Simplicity * Living More with Less * Your Money or Your Life * Do You Have the Time? * How Much is Enough * Swimming Against the Tide * The Practice of Simplicity

DEEP ECOLOGY& RELATED TOPICS
Purpose:

• To understand the meaning of deep ecology.
• To explore an approach for individuals to integrate that looks deeply at our relationship with the earth and responsibility for it.

• To learn how personal values affect the way we view and treat the earth.

An eight-session course covering these topics: * Deep Ecology * The Gaia Hypothesis
* Spirituality and the Earth * Native American Wisdom * Simplicity * Ecopsychology
* Bioregionalism * Ritual

HEALTHY CHILDREN – HEALTHY PLANET
Purpose:

• To understand the pervasive effects of advertising, media, and our consumer culture can influence a child’s view of the world.
• To discover ways to create meaningful family times and healthful environments for children.
• To explore ways to develop a child’s connection to nature and to foster creativity.

An eight-session course covering these topics: *Cultural Pressures *Family Rituals and Celebrations *Advertising *Food and Health *Time and Creativity *Technology and the Media *Exploring Nature

Classes are held on various evenings, from 7 – 9 pm, at Stillwaters. Each class is limited to 12 participants.

For more information on the next class: Contact Joleen Palmer, Stillwaters

Program Director at 360-297-1226 or Joleen@stillwatersenvironmentalcenter.org