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ECOPSYCHOLOGY

EarthLight Library

A seedbed and greenhouse of eco-spiritual writing, artwork and video brought to you by the EarthLight Community in Oakland, California, featuring original work and links to the evolving world of earth-inclusive spirituality.  

 

International Community for Ecopsychology (ICE)

is an informal, international, interdisciplinary virtual community devoted to reflecting on the questions which arise from an ecopsychological viewpoint.  

 

Overview of Ecopsychology

by John Davis, Ph.D. for a course he teaches on Environmental Psychology       

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ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT (OD) & SOCIOMETRY

Associated Consultants International        

ACI is a cross-disciplinary association of organization development practitioners, that provides mutual support, education, development, and certification.

 

OD Network

The Organization Development Network is an international professional association of organization development practitioners.

 

People in Charge       

Participative Planning, Design, and Learning - Helping workplaces and communities become more effective through the participation of their people. Nancy Cebula & Robert Rehm. 

 

Peakinsight, LLC

Fosters the creative evolution of sustainable organizations.  We'll help your organization appreciate system dynamics and take authentic action that inspires others, engage the heart, mind, spirit, and will of everyone in the enterprise, expand creative capabilities and generate ideas that benefit a variety of stakeholders, and rethink the sourcing productivity, and responsibility for shepherding all resources to eliminate waste and maximize ROI.

 

Classroom Sociometrics

User-friendly software for classroom applications.  Produces sociometric surveys, sociograms, bar charts, and scatter plots.  Identifies rejected, isolated, popular, and controversial students. Useful for tracking the social climate of a classroom and the progress of behavioral intervention plans. 

 

The Organization Development Company

The Organization Development Company helps individuals and groups have better interpersonal relationships using sociometry and group work to explore, display, strengthen and develop informal networks of relationships increasing individual and group vitality enabling people enjoy their work more and achieve better business results.

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POETRY & WISDOM TRADITIONS

Boulder Institute for Nature and the Human Spirit 

The programs of the Boulder Institute promote just and sacred relationships among people and between people and the land.  To this end the institute sponsors a variety of educational events, leadership and professional trainings, pilgrimages, spiritual retreats and wilderness journeys.

 

Orion magazine

Great poetry and essays on nature and culture.              

 

Heron Dance

Poetry, essays, stories, & visual art "celebrating the seeker's journey, and the beauty of all that is wild." 

 

Kwan Um School of Zen 

 

Stephen Mitchell

Author, translator of spiritual classics such as the Tao Te Ching.

    

Poet: Pattiann Rogers

 

Poet: Robert Bly

 

Poet: Mary Oliver

 

Poet: Ted Kooser

"Poetry's purpose is to reach other people and to touch their hearts."

 

Poetry Daily

 

Theosophical Society

Encourages open-minded inquiry into world religions, philosophy, science, and the arts in order to understand the wisdom of the ages, respect the unity of all life, and help people explore spiritual self-transformationThe Quest magazine.

 

The Tree of the Great Peace       

 

World Prayers -  A collection of the great prayer classics from spiritual traditions around the world for the purpose of inspiration, study and cross cultural appreciation.      

 

Zen, Kwan Um School of 

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PSYCHOLOGY & COUNSELING

Association for Humanistic Psychology   

 

AHP, begun in 1962 as a new force in psychology to counteract reductionism and psychoanalysis, emphasizes holistic, person-centered therapy, exploration and realization of individual potential, and conscious and community efforts to expand human knowledge and build a more humane world.  Members practice humanistically in many healthcare, educational, business, and creative professions.            

 

Right Use of Power

Right Use of Power training is a dynamic way to explore issues of ethics and power, empower and heal ourselves, and form the educational foundation to teach, empower, and heal others.                   

 

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SUSTAINABLITY

1Sky

Communicating a positive vision and a coherent set of national policies that rise to the scale of the climate challenge we are confronting.

 

Earth Policy Institute

Dedicated to a sustainable future...and a plan of how to get there.  Publisher of Brown, Lester R. (2006).  Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a planet under stress and a civilization in trouble.

 

Eco Earth  

"The Environmental Sustainability Source".   A web portal to lots of information. 

 

Environmental Footprint - Calculate Yours

How many planet Earth’s does it take to support your lifestyle?

 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Consumer's Guide

 

 

Global Restoration Network 

Opportunities to volunteer in ecological restoration.

 

An Inconvenient Truth

Educational DVD about the climate crisis, with resources for taking action.

 

Negative Population Growth 

Solutions to the population driver.

 

Pachamama Alliance 

Two-fold mission:  To preserve the Earth's tropical rainforests by empowering indigenous people who are its natural custodians.  To contribute to the creation of a new global vision of equity and sustainability for all.  

 

The Peace Company

A business that fosters the peace economy and supports everyone in becoming a peacebuilder.  Source for The Peace Book.

 

Wiser Earth 

Links to other resources, neighborhood and world-wide.

 

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