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Here's a list of some upcoming online and Rogue Valley in-person eco-spiritual activities that may interest you. Check back, as this post will be updated during May 2026 as we get additional information, and a new calendar listing will come out in late May. Don't be intimidated by the scope of this list; choose to participate in just what calls to you. May 4, 2026, from 4-5:30 p.m. PDT - The Center for Christogenesis is having a free online event: the screening of the film Seer. followed by live Q&A with Thomas Jay Oord—photographer, filmmaker, and theologian. "In the film Seer, renowned theologian Thomas Jay Oord uses videos and photographs of nature to address key issues of love, God, and spirituality. Seer is provocative and emotional, centering on the ways and power of love." Register here. May 6, 2026, from 6:30-8:00 p.m. PST - Rogue Climate and Sierra Club of Oregon Political Committee are having a Forum on Zoom to hear from candidates in the Democratic primary for Oregon State Senate in District 3 - representing the Rogue Valley. Election day is May 19th. Find more voter information here. Register for the Zoom event here. May 6, 2026, from 5-6 p.m. PDT - Process and Faith is having a Pop-Up: A Systematic Theology of Love with Thomas Jay Oord, who has written a book with that title. "Oord not only puts love at the center of this thinking about God and creation, but this central emphasis also changes the way he considers core themes about God and creation. In this pop-up, Oord talks about what love makes to a consistent theology. Register here. May 7, 2026, at 7 a.m. PDT - Presencing Institute's U-School for Transformation with Regerative Labs, as part of their Presencing Series 2026, is offering Connecting to Source: Accessing Deeper Knowing with Co-Hosts: Antoinette Klatzky, Otto Scharmer | Social Artists: Arawana Hayashi, Manish Srivastava, Kelvy Bird. This session offers a planetary moment to pause, connect to heart and Source, and be in presence with the whole of our reality—the challenges we face and the future we sense is possible. In times of uncertainty, how do we access the deeper layers of knowing and awareness available to each of us? Through embodiment, stillness, and shared presence, we'll explore the immense resource that lives within. This is an invitation to feel ourselves as part of a global community carrying a rooted intention to bring the future we long for into being—connected to source, to each other, and to the earth that holds us all. May 8, 2026, from 11 a.m. to Noon, PDT - The Scientific and Medical Network and the Institute of Noetic Sciences is presenting Gregg Braden in conversation with SMN Programme Director David Lorimer for a timely and thought-provoking dialogue inspired by Gregg’s 2025 book, Pure Human: The Hidden Truth of Our Divinity, Power, and Destiny. "As advances in AI and biotechnology accelerate, the discussion invites reflection on what defines our humanity – highlighting the role of empathy, connection, and inner awareness. Drawing on both scientific insight and spiritual inquiry, Gregg will also share his perspective on the ‘pure human’ capacities he believes support resilience, coherence, and healing at both individual and collective levels." More information and registration here. May 13, 2026, from 4-5:30 p.m. PDT - Steve McIntosh of the Institute for Developmental Philosophy meets on Zoom every second Wednesday of the month. They also connect and discuss the developmental perspective in their Facebook group, Developmental Philosophy, and on their X page @Culturedevelops. Sign up for the Zoom link here. May 19, 2026. from 10-11:30 a.m. PDT - The Center for Christogenesis welcomes Robert Nicastro for a live webinar: The Future Belongs to Hope: Scripture, Science, and the Direction of the Universe. "Bringing ancient scripture into conversation with contemporary science, Robert will explore the remarkable possibility (or reality!): that the universe is not wandering, but converging through ever-deepening complexity and consciousness toward a greater wholeness still ahead." Register here. May 21, 2026, at 7 a.m. PDT - Presencing Institute's U-School for Transformation with Regenerative Labs, as part of their Presencing Series 2026, is offering Regenerative Futures Lab II: Prototyping Workshop: Moving Ideas into Action. How do we move from inspiration to action? This lab creates space to surface, share, and workshop an initiative or prototype idea you're carrying. Using processes refined through years of practice and experience at the Presencing Institute, you'll receive practical feedback from colleagues in small groups while offering your own insights and resonances to nurture their emerging ideas in return. Whether you're refining work you've been developing for seasons or exploring a new inspiration born during this series, we'll collectively tend to these seeds of the emerging future—identifying next actionable steps and supporting each other as ideas begin to sprout. It takes a village. May 26, 2026, from 6:00 p.m.- 7:30 p.m. PDT - SOCAN is having its General Meeting: Rusted Gate – Agriculture. SOCAN’s General Meeting is a free, public gathering focused on building climate understanding, resilience, and action in Southern Oregon. Held on the last Tuesday of each month at the Medford Public Library. May 28-31, 2026 - The Integral Conference of North America (ICON) 2026: Closer to Coherence — Integral’s Role in Building a Post-Tragic Future is being held in Denver, Colorado, bringing together many of the most important voices in the broader integral world. Presenters include: Ken Wilber, Roger Walsh, Steve McIntosh, John Churchill, Adam Leonard, Kieran Fox, Bence Ganti, Said Dawlabani, Layman Pascal, John Kesler, Kim Barta, Bett Bollhoefer, Tucker Walsh, Tom Habib, Thomas Murray, Alexander Love, Geoff Fitch, Abigail Lynam, Keith Witt, Jordan Allen, Don Dulchinos, Daniella Bomatter, Holly Wood, and many more. Online registration is $250. here. May 29-31, 2026 - The American Teilhard Association is having its Annual Event and Retreat at Daylesford Abbey in Paoli, PA. This year's featured speaker is Dr. Don Viney, a former Professor of Philosophy and Religion at PSU (Kansas) for three decades. His topic, "Teilhard’s Creative Transformation: From Science to Metaphysics," will help us view our ecological crisis through the lenses of Teilhard's Process Thoughts. Registration is open. Check details here. June 18, 2026, at 7 a.m. PDT - Presencing Institute's U-School for Transformation with Regenerative Labs, as part of their Presencing Series 2026, is offering Regenerative Futures Lab III: A Festival of Prototypes: Transforming Local and Global Systems. This culminating session of the Series will showcase a wide range of prototypes from around the world being developed for systems change. Prototypes developed through the U-process will be invited to present, receive feedback, and potentially connect with collaborators and resources. Whether you're presenting a prototype idea or simply wanting to explore what others have been cultivating, you're invited to join us in this garden of emerging possibilities and celebrate the seeds and shoots of the regenerative future that are already taking root. Applications to present will open on May 21st. IntegralWorlview.com aggregates and curates information from many third-party sources and does not necessarily endorse all aspects of others' work. Still, we find their viewpoint provocative and interesting enough to encourage the reader to engage with and come to their understanding and actions, as they deem appropriate.

Research-driven scenarios demonstrate how foresight tools can help communities imagine and design a more equitable and sustainable future—one that works for both people and the environment.~ Rachel Hatch, Chief Operating Officer, IFTF On December 11, 2024, the Institute for the Future (IFTF) published a study: Oregon 2035: Four Alternative Scenarios on climate change. This alternative futures project was a collaborative effort involving policy advocates, community members, and partners from 1000 Friends of Oregon with futurists and creatives at IFTF. Each of these four alternative scenarios touches on the economy, technology, transportation, environment, society, and politics. IFTF summarized their scenarios in four brief but spectacular YouTube videos. They are neither forecasts nor predictions of the future, but provocations for engaged discussion. Click on the underlined hyperlinks below to view these thought-provoking videos: A Growth Future: INSATIABLE (A future driven by the desire for continued economic growth, even at the expense of equality and sustainability.) A Collapse Future: SCRATCH (A future ravaged by climate, economic disparities, and breakdown of core systems.) A Constraint Future: PRUNING (A future driven by difficult choices and the acceptance of fewer individual freedoms for the benefit of all.) A Transformation Future: LIMINAL (A future accelerated by technological breakthroughs and a re-definition of reality.) Download the IFTF document, Oregon 2035: Four Alternative Scenarios Prepared by Institute for the Future for 1000 Friends of Oregon here. Also, be sure to download HORIZON SCAN FOR 1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON. What future do you think is most likely? How can we best prepare? What future would you like to see happen in Oregon? What can we do about it? 1000 Friends of Oregon is now over 50 years old. It was founded by Henry Richmond and Governor Tom McCall in 1974. The previous year, Governor McCall had signed Senate Bill 100 into law, creating Oregon’s iconic land use planning system. He and a young attorney named Henry Richmond realized that the fledgling legislation would need a champion – or rather, 1000 champions.1000 Friends of Oregon works with Oregonians to enhance our shared quality of life by building livable urban and rural communities, protecting family farms and forests, and conserving natural areas. Since 1974, 1000 Friends has worked to protect and improve Oregon’s unique, statewide land use planning program through education, policy advocacy, coalition building, and strategic litigation. 1000 Friends of Oregon is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Portland, Oregon. The non-profit organization's current Executive Director is Sam Diaz. Our mission is to promote healthy working lands, great communities, shared prosperity, and a strong democracy with and for all Oregonians. I am not a scientist, so I asked Google Gemini: "What are the specific impacts of climate change in Oregon, and what is the forecast for the next 10 years?" Gemini replied: "Oregon is already experiencing significant climate impacts, which are projected to intensify in the next decade, primarily characterized by increased heat, severe wildfires, and altered water resources. Specific Impacts of Climate Change in Oregon Extreme Heat: The frequency, duration, and intensity of heat waves are increasing significantly. The 2021 heat dome event, which caused numerous deaths, is projected to increase in frequency to as often as once every six years by the end of the century. Wildfires: Warmer temperatures, reduced snowpack, and drier summers are leading to more frequent, larger, and more damaging wildfires. The area burned by wildfire each year has increased over the past 35 years, threatening communities, infrastructure, and air quality with smoke pollution. Water Resources: Reduced Snowpack: Warmer winters mean more precipitation falls as rain instead of snow, leading to significantly reduced snowpack in the Cascades. This is expected to decline by as much as 40% by 2040 in early spring. Drought and Flooding: The state is facing longer, more severe summer droughts interspersed with more intense winter precipitation events (atmospheric rivers), increasing the risk of both water scarcity and major flooding/landslides. Coastal and Ocean Impacts: Sea levels are rising, increasing the risk of coastal erosion, storm surges, and saltwater intrusion into freshwater supplies. The ocean is also becoming warmer and more acidic, impacting commercial fisheries like Dungeness crab and salmon. Ecosystem and Health Impacts: Climate changes disrupt natural systems, leading to shifts in plant and animal distributions, increased pests and diseases in forests, and public health issues such as heat-related illnesses and respiratory problems from wildfire smoke. Forecast for the Next 10 Years (through~2035) In the immediate future, these trends are expected to accelerate. Temperature: Average annual temperatures are expected to continue rising, with summers warming more than other seasons. The number of days above 90°F will increase in many inland areas. Precipitation: Winters are likely to be slightly wetter, while summers will continue to be drier. Extreme precipitation events in autumn and winter are projected to increase in intensity. Wildfire Activity: From 2035 onward, projections for the western Cascades suggest wildfire activity could be at least twice as intense as in recent decades. Water Management Challenges: Reduced snowpack will continue to challenge water supply management for irrigation, municipal use, and maintaining streamflows for aquatic species. State agencies and researchers are increasingly confident in these projections, emphasizing the need for robust adaptation strategies across various sectors, from energy systems to public health infrastructure. "

Conceptual image is AI-generated. I recently quickly read the 2024 book by Rev Karla Kamstra: Deconstructing: Leaving Church, Finding Faith. I say quickly because the writing style is nurturing and conversational, but seems directed more toward a young, female audience who are "spiritual, but no longer religious" and have found the courage to leave their conservative, patriarchal Christian church. The book provides a helpful antidote to the scourge of white Christian (sic) nationalism that has infected some churches and our government. Although I, too, have deconstructed, in a different way, and am drawn to spirituality beyond religion, I am not quite her audience.* I am also used to reading scholarly writers with footnotes and was looking for insights into what's next. I was initially curious because, as a futurist, I am always looking for current signals of change, and the book touts "TikTok's Beloved Rev Karla." Indeed, RevKarla has 790.7K followers and has an impressive social media presence on SubStack, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. Karla ministers to a large "digital congregation" without walls or dogma. "Rev Karla Kamstra is an ordained interfaith and interspiritual minister, author, and spiritual teacher helping those healing from religious trauma toward a more authentic, liberated spirituality." She was ordained in 2017 following 5 years of study with the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary** based in New York City. "Once rooted in evangelical Christianity, "Karla now walks a non-religious, deeply sacred path—one of curiosity, compassion, and personal truth. Through her work, she helps others unlearn patriarchal conditioning, reclaim their spiritual autonomy, and rediscover the sacred in everyday life." Find Rev Karla on: Her website Substack TickTok Instagram Facebook YouTube Q&A Live Streams with Rev Karla 2017 article on Karla in Bloom Magazine Deconstructing is often a painful, but necessary step in the path of creativity towards something new and better. As Ilia Delio says in her Easter Week 2026 essay: Truly Human in a Partially Human World: "Creativity thrives on entropy; only when things break down does life find a way to break through. Evolution is a via dolorosa, suffering through the tragedies of existence into something higher and more wondrous. And we, by taking up this path, become part of that cosmic unfolding — the third incarnation of a love that will not stop until it fills all things." * Harm caused by churches is not restricted to patriarchy toward females, minorities, and LGBTQ+. I am an elderly, white, straight man who several years ago abandoned a progressive denomination because of a controlling female pastor. I have been reconstructing an optimistic, evolutionary worldview that is spiritual, but not religious in an institutional way, led by many guides with a new, emerging story, compatible with science. One week before I received Karla's book in the mail, I selected the word "Beloved" after listening to a video by Cynthia Bourgeault on centering prayer; when I received the book, the inscription was to "Beloved." Was this just a coincidence or the Mystery of the Universe calling me toward being more loving? ** Rev. Diane Berke is the founder & teacher of the One Spirit Learning Alliance. Their Interspiritual Foundations first-year seminary program is supported by many skilled teachers and workshop facilitators. Returning luminaries include interspiritual giants such as Dr. Kurt Johnson, Rev. David Wallace, Rev. Mark Fowler, Rev. DeShannon Barnes-Bowens, Rev. Eileen Fisher, Mirabai Starr, Rev. Dr. Ed O’Malley, Deborah Egerton, Dr. Robert Holden, Rev. Barbara Becker, and more. Their second year Seminary is now the Interspiritual Seminary Ordination Pathway IMPORTANT NOTE: Even though many, including me, are "done" with institutional Christianity, it does not mean that we have any less love for Jesus of Nazareth and his teaching (as we now understand them). It's just that in the 21st century, we now have a broader perspective of both religion and science - the old dogmas, doctrines, rituals, and hymns no longer speak as clearly to our understanding of reality. Many of our best friends remain members of Christian churches, and I have no intention to question or change their faith.

Steve McIntosh is a developmental philosopher, cofounder and president of the Institute for Developmental Philosophy, a 501c3 nonprofit organization that "seeks to advance humanity’s understanding of noosphere evolution—the evolution of human history". In his presentation on YouTube, Steve examines "evolution's structure of emergence—the sequence of integrated levels that connects each of us to the beginning of the universe." Steve starts by examining humanity's various attempts to chart this evolutionary structure, including Ken Wilber's ambitious 4-Quadrant model. After critiquing Wilber's model, Steve then considers how improving our understanding of evolution’s overall structure-process can help us meet the challenges of our time in history. Steve McIntosh is a philosopher of noosphere evolution. "Influenced by the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, his work focuses on understanding intrinsic value and furthering the development of human culture." Writing in the emerging field of developmental philosophy, McIntosh has authored several books: Developmental Politics: How America Can Grow Into a Better Version of Itself (2020) Conscious Leadership: Elevating Humanity Through Business (with John Mackey and Carter Phipps - 2020) The Presence of the Infinite: The Spiritual Experience of Beauty, Truth, and Goodness (2015) Evolution's Purpose: An Integral Interpretation of the Scientific Story of Our Origins (2012) Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution (2007). Truth Emerging: A Developmental Philosophy of Purpose and Progress will be published by Orbis Books on September 30, 2026. Subscribe to The Developmentalist online magazine of developmental philosophy. Transform your political practices with Steve's free 9-part video course, “Becoming Part of the Solution: A Course In Developmental Politics,” taught by Institute President Steve McIntosh. Find more videos on Developmental Philosophy's YouTube channel. Join Steve McIntosh’s Monthly Zoom Group every second Wednesday of each month.

Here's a list of some upcoming online and Rogue Valley in-person eco-spiritual activities that may interest you. Check back, as this post will be updated during April 2026 as we get additional information, and a new calendar listing will come out in late April. Don't be intimidated by the scope of this list; choose to participate in just what calls to you. April 1, 2026 - The Elder Leadership Incubator is having an Orientation on Zoom. "You’ll collaborate with fellow elders over five weekly sessions under the tutelage of Clint Wilkins, an elder changemaker and former associate with the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford. You’ll learn to “make a map and mind the gaps” of an issue you’d like to tackle, say climate change, food waste, or childhood poverty. Then you will lay the foundation for your project’s strategic plan, establishing the foundation for the journey ahead, supported by this community of fellow elder changemakers." Register here. "Elder Action Network (EAN) including its projects, Elders Climate Action (ECA) and Elders for Sound Democracy (ESD) are nonprofit and nonpartisan, elder-centered and volunteer driven working to engage older generations to advocate for policies and practices that protect our air and water, our democracy, our economy, our communities and our health—now and for generations to come. . April 1-30, 2026 - Earth Month EcoChallenge 2026 is "a 30-day program focused on environmental and social engagement. During this month, you're invited to select actions that resonate with your values, committing to them for 30 days to foster and reinforce positive habits. Each action you complete earns points and generates real-world impact. Your efforts, combined with those of your team, contribute to a significant collective difference... EcoChallenge is a non-profit digital platform based in Portland, OR, that gamifies behavior change. Fun challenges encourage new habits. Small steps lead to big change. Together, we build a more sustainable world." More information here. April 8, 15, and 22, 2026, at 4 p.m. PDT - Join Matthew Fox in a three-part live series Science and Spirituality, exploring the intersection of science and spirituality with Nancy Abrams, Brian Thomas Swimme, and Robert Nicastro. More information here. April 7, 2026, from 5-6 p.m. PDT - Process & Faith is offering: Meaning-Full Expression: An Interfaith Exploration through the Arts with Dr. Jay McDaniel and Sarah Hyndman, on six Tuesdays, Apr 7 - May 12, 2026, This six-week course emphasizes engaging the heart as well as the mind, inviting participants to encounter art as a way of discovering meaning and interfaith understanding. More information here. April 9, 2026, from 7-8 p.m. PDT - Elders Climate Action-Oregon’s monthly meeting takes place via Zoom with a discussion of chapter initiatives: Adventures in video production - Mike Activities with EOC3 (Eastern Oregon Climate Change Coalition) - Charles Recap from PIELC (Public Interest Environmental Law Conference) - Tom Update on the Coastal Resilience Toolkit publicity tour - Renée To attend the meeting, access Zoom via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81214128702?pwd=N4QWs87QhUweGbVbKbiSmkQ1hbd3SS.1 April 9, 2026 - May 7, 2026, at 4 p.m. PDT - Creation Spiritual Communities is offering a five-week course taught by Theodore Richards on Thursday afternoons: Reimagine: Self and Worldview, "This course seeks to first understand our world through the lens of cosmology; then looks at how our world is unraveling (the polycrisis); and, finally, works collaboratively to reimagine our work, and our world, by applying a new world-vision... This is an invitation to explore our worldviews—the narratives and symbols that give us our sense of who we are and our place in the world. This course provides the foundational concepts from our spiritual, philosophical, and scientific traditions by exploring the concept of cosmology/ecology." Register here. $125 fee. April 13, 2026, from 4-5 p.m. PDT - Columbia Climate School is offering a livestream, The Global Impact of Sea Level Change. Changes to the world’s ice sheets and sea levels are reshaping the places we call home. From flooding and intensifying storm surge risks in New York City to dramatic shifts along the coasts of Greenland and the Nordic region, rising and falling seas deeply affect our infrastructure and cherished landscapes. Register here. April 15-17, 2026 - The Center for Process Studies will host the first online gathering of the Mind-at-Large Project: A New Dawn, which inaugurates their unfolding inquiry into consciousness and its role in the nature of reality "Designed to be globally accessible, the conference will convene leading thinkers and emerging scholars from around the world for two and a half days of shared inquiry into the deeper nature of mind—from the subatomic to the ecological, from the human to the cosmic." Learn more and register here. April 16, 2026, from 4-5:30 p.m. PDT - The Center for Christogenesis welcomes Andrew Del Rossi for a live webinar: Explicitly Embodied: Exploring the Sacred Synergy of Spirit and Psyche. He will present "an integrative perspective on spiritual growth as conscious evolution, grounded in a clear insight: spiritual awakening is a process of embodiment, and psyche and spirit mature together through lived, relational, incarnational experience. Register here. April 18, 2026 - Southern Oregon’s annual Earth Day event at ScienceWorks Museum in Ashland, OR, promises to be a day of fun and learning about the science behind our planet's systems. The Saturday, April 18th event will also include outreach from local businesses and nonprofits working to build a better environmental future. Tickets and additional details are on the ScienceWorks website. April 21, 2026, at 7 p.m. PDT - The Climate Reality Project, Portland Chapter is having their April meeting on Zoom Bridging Divides with guest speaker Bill Howe— founder of the SAGE Citizen Project who will give a 20 minute presentation about the cause and degree of the current state of political polarization and how it creates policy gridlock, undermines democratic institutions, and sabotages personal relationships, followed by outlining the social science research that suggests what individuals and organizations can do to work across differences so communities can move forward productively and solve problems. More on Bill Howe and the presentation on their meeting registration page. April 22, 2026, from 1-4 pm. PDT - Rogue Valley Manor is celebrating Earth Day with RVM residents and local organizations with nine display tables with information from food composting to solar energy to recycling updates. Learn from Dave Keaton, RVM Executive Director; Drew Gilliland, Facilities Services Director; and Paula Luz, Grounds Manager. Refreshments and door prizes. 1200 Mira Mar Ave., Medford, OR 97504 April 22, 2026, from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. PST - One Spirit in Action (OSIA) is offering An Evening of Breath: Revolutionary Love for All. This free Activating Oneness event continues in a series. Join for a space to breathe together and move through the revolutionary love compass from the work of Valeria Kaur. Register here. April 22, 2026, at 5 p.m. PDT - UU Ministry for Earth's annual Earth Day Worship Service - Sentience Surrounds Us. Featured speakers include members of our UU Ministry for Earth community as well as special guests from UU Animal Ministry. The service will weave music, meditation, poetry, storytelling, and theological reflection on this year’s theme, “Sentience Surrounds Us.” More information and registration here. April 24, 2026, at 5 p.m. PDT - The Presbyterian Association on Science, Technology, and the Christian Faith is hosting an Ecumenical Roundtable Public Lecture: “Waking up to Wholeness: God, Matter and Evolution” with Ilia Delio, PhD. Ilia’s lecture will be available via Zoom. All attendees must be registered to have access to the Zoom connection information. Register here. April 27, 2026, from 8:30-10:30 a.m. PDT - The Forum at Columbia University is presenting as part of their Signature Speaker Series: Ginger Zee, ABC News Chief Meteorologist and Chief Climate Correspondent, speaking on Current Climate: Reporting on Climate Change on Network TV. Registration is required here. CANCELLED April 28, 2026, at 9 a.m. PDT - The Institute for the Future is offering a Zoom webinar for a discussion with Bianca Drotleff, Advocacy Programme Assistant at the Association for Liberty and Equality of Gender (ALEG), an NGO that addresses gender inequality in Romania. Bianca is a 2024 IFTF Foresight Essentials alumna who drew on her course knowledge to lead ALEG’s 20th Gender Equality Festival, focusing on the futures of gender equality. Attendees employed futures thinking methods to move past restrictive assumptions, including the sense that gender equality progress is under threat or that the current political climate limits possibilities, and build six scenarios of equitable futures. April 28, 2026 - Human Energy is having a Salon in Paris, France - AI and the Future of Learning; How on Earth do we Learn to Live Together? Featured Panelists include François Taddei, Stefan Leijnen, and Michaela Horvathova. The salon will be publicly accessible via livestream so viewers around the world can join the conversation. Livestream signup here. April 28, 2026, from 6 to 7:30 p,m, PDT - SOCAN's monthly meeting features Lydia Doleman, Earth Dragon Natural Building LLC, speaking on Building for a Resilient Future: How to Build Carbon Negative Housing. The meeting will be held in the Medford Library Big Room. April 29, 2026, at 10 a.m. PDT - Project Drawdown is having a very special Drawdown Ignite webinar, Finding Clarity, Courage, and Community in Climate Action: A Conversation with Dr. Katherine Wilkinson. Project Drawdown Director of Storytelling & Engagement Matt Scott will sit down with renowned climate leader and author Katharine Wilkinson, Ph.D., to explore the ideas behind her upcoming book, Climate Wayfinding: Healing Ourselves and the Planet We Call Home. More information and registration here. IntegralWorldview.com aggregates and curates information from many third-party sources and does not necessarily endorse all aspects of others' work. Still, we find their viewpoint provocative and interesting enough to encourage the reader to engage with and come to their understanding and actions, as they deem appropriate.

I have been impressed with the wisdom and theological depth of Philip Clayton every time I have heard him speak, but I have not yet read many of his books. Philip has been a prolific author for over 40 years; here's a list that is more complete than Amazon's . It is hard to know where to start to learn more. Luckily, Tripp Fuller's Substack post April 1, 2026: The Guy Who Convinced Me Doubt Isn’t a Bug offers a field guide to Philip Clayton’s work. The post also provides a complete transcript of the interview with Philip Clayton Here's a list of several more books currently in preparation: Now What? Rebuilding the Sacred from the Rubble of God , co-authored with Claudia Pearce Hope in an Age of Unbelief , with Steven Knapp The New Socialism: Sacred and Secular Roots of a Transformative Politics, co-authored with J ustin Heinzekehr

Where are all the young people looking for a spiritual home in a post-evangelical Christian world? They probably aren’t interested in organized religion, and they aren’t in churches that offer a tired liturgy from a bygone Christendom era or a faith that doesn’t embrace science! Some in the younger generation may listen to The Liturgists Podcast because it encourages lively, irreverent conversations exploring that awkward transition space between abandoning old understandings and traditions while looking for new, more meaningful expressions. The Liturgists Podcast is a Christian program that is dedicated to serving the “spiritually homeless and frustrated.”   “The Liturgists are creating a global conversation, blending science, art, and faith to explore the most vital issues of our time. In an age where the Church is mainly known for culture wars, we send a different message: there is room at the table for all who are hungry.” They offe r Advice For Anyone Who Has Ever Doubted Their Religion . The Liturgists are Mike McHargue (Science Mike) and Michael Gungor. Mike McHargue describes himself as a “Christian turned atheist turned Jesus follower, spiritual & skeptical.” His book Finding God in the Waves   tells the story of how his evangelical faith dissolved into atheism as he studied the Bible and science (the latest research in neuroscience, cosmology, and physics). A mystical experience led him back to faith with a new understanding of God. His Vimeo channel is best known for What Color is this Dress? Science Knows, which went viral on the internet a few years ago . Michael Gungor is a musician and co-founder. I like this hour-long YouTube video interview (above) of Richard Rohr by The Liturgists. “Art opens us up to mystical, non-dual knowledge and experiences.” Closing the door of one era is often not seen as the opening of another door of opportunity. There is a painfully awkward “hallway between the two doors” – a lack of understanding between two generational points of view. Those drawn into change experiment with new ideas and expressions of our common humanity, before something new emerges. It’s sort of like the gap in understanding and compassion, artfully portrayed in the Netflix movie Kodachrome , where broken relationships can be healed as new doors are opened. There is room at the table for everyone ~ Carrie Newcomer #postchristendom #Enneagram #Generations #Spirituality #meditation

If you have been following RogueValleyVoice.com you will have noticed that on April 10, 2026, the name changed to IntegralWorldview.com . This happened to coincide with NASA's Artemis II successful flight around the moon. Their view from space is similar to the "Blue Marble" photo of December 1972 that changed our perspective on Spaceship Earth , our home. But a lot has changed in our world in the last 54 years, and we now have a better cosmic perspective due to the James Webb Space Telescope. The complexity of our interdependence was evident in the COVID-19 world crisis and now in the war in Iran and the choke point of the Strait of Hormuz. Study of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin led me to a deep time, evolutionary worldview where there has been a movement toward both greater complexity and unity over the past 13.8 billion years; that consciousness is intrinsic to matter; that there is a direction toward Omega; and that because of technology, we have entered a new phase of a global mind - the noosphere. Science has advanced due to specialization and analysis of the parts, but quantum physics has revealed the interrelationship of everything, and an interdisciplinary approach will help bring our understanding together. I believe a new, integral, holistic worldview is necessary if we are to survive and thrive as a human species. The integral framework and spiral dynamics help us understand how we have advanced from tribal, warrior, traditional, modern, post-modern consciousness and beyond. We are transforming from boundary-defined forms to second-tier formlessness. We are transitioning from first axial to second axial spirituality. Indeed, artificial intelligence is pushing the boundary of what it means to be human. I had WordPress blogs previously, as ReddingVoice and SaratogaVoice, when we lived in California. In February 2022,   I started writing the blog RogueValleyVoice.com  with the purpose to "f ocus on education about the climate emergency, positive actions that are being taken now toward sustainability, and building supportive relationships." As I write this blog largely for myself, with many underlined hyperlinks as my research expands, I am now exploring an integral worldview, which I believe is necessary to achieve those original goals.

Image from Light on Light publication of the e-book Awakening of Humanity and its use of VENN diagrams. In January 2024, Light on Light Press published a free, downloadable e-book, Awakening of Humanity: the Dawning of a New Earth and Unitive Age , written by Doug King, Kurt Johnson, PhD, and Jude Currivan, PhD, with a Spotlight by Robert Atkinson, PhD. An overview of the concepts presented in the book can be found in the Awakening Humanity   January 17, 2024 interview with Doug King and Jude Currivan   The book is a short 57-pages that proposes a " Universal Holomevement as the Unitative Narative." The Preface says: " This book offers a unitive reframing of the foundational elements, worldviews, and deeper ontological aspects of reality for understanding the universe as a true superorganism . Integrating theological, cosmological, philosophical, universal wisdom traditions, and interspiritual perspectives, the authors arrive at a universal identity of humanity consistent with our individual and collective roles within the wholeness-in-motion of the entire creation as an invitation that this will lead to further dialogue and exploration in our re-membering who we really are and who we can evolve to become ." The book starts with an Introduction by each of the authors and then uses 8 VENN diagrams to illustrate the key points: The Holomevement is an innately relation narrative. The Explicate order focuses on the diversity role and functions. The Implicate order includes identity, source, and is unified/integrated. The Holomovement as narrative is unfolding and informing. Our Universe began and continues with a universal informing process. Forms or things evolved into greater complexity, and the inherent fine-tuning of the holomovement organized into what we know as our Universe, our planetary home Gaia, and eventually our human ancestors and ourselves. The Holomovent as narrative is enfolding and transforming. The evolution of human consciousness relates to an enfolding process. The evolution of consciousness has been moving through history from earlier separation paradigms toward more and more integrated and interconnected paradigms. This enfolding movement is directionally oriented toward the Implicate order. The Holomovement as a narrative uses spiral dynamics to inform and transform. The spiral model traces the evolution of worldviews, which we can refer to as internal forms. These worldviews begin in the First Tier as separated and distinct identities among diverse cultures. The movement of consciousness into the Second Tier reveals these worldviews as part of one narrative, meaning they each become a necessary part of the whole. This wholistic approach to human identity models an enfolding process, as we now discuss in more detail. The concept of 'becoming" identifies the explicate order with form and the implicate order as formless. Steven J. Gould saw science and religion as two separate and non-related fields. The Science/Religion discussion, as outlined by Gould. evolved into a discussion of Science and Spirituality. This paradigm opens the door for discussion of universal values common to both fields of study, as well as a common desire for a Pro-Social approach to activism. The Holomovement blueprint addresses the role and function of narratives, whether scientific, like the Holomovement, or related to wisdom narratives, Indigenous narratives, etc. This trans-narrative approach detaches from identification with specific narratives or religious forms and points to our universal and interconnected identity as it relates to the Implicate order of our common source. The book concludes that: " the convergence of scientific breakthroughs with universal wisdom teachings and traditions as outlined herein is offering increasingly compelling evidence, supporting an emergent cosmological framework and a unitive narrative to inform and potentially underpin the ongoing conversations and explorations." I recommend that you add this short book to your reading list. I was initially somewhat confused when reading Doug King's website, Presence: A Global Conversation for a New Earth . as it lists books written by Max R. King (Doug's father) that don't seem compatible with Integral theology. It was helpful for me to listen to Tripp Fuller's podcast interview of Doug King . By way of background, Doug King's father, Max R. King   (1930-2923), was an author, scholar, and Bible teacher. Max was the founder of the school of thought known as "transmillennialism." He pioneered a field of theology  that he termed "covenant eschatology," which most call full preterism . In 1971, Max King published The Spirit of Prophec y , creating a stir in his conservative Church of Christ denomination and bringing the field of covenant eschatology to the forefront of biblical theology. He was also the author of The Cross and the Parousia of Christ: The Two Dimensions of One Age-Changing Eschaton   (1987) and Irrevocable: Paul's Radical Vision in Romans 9-11, and Why Christianity Can't Handle It   (2019). In 1989, Max expanded this work by founding a series of annual Presence conferences   and publishing the Presence Journal , leading to the formation of Presence as a 501 (c) nonprofit organization that "contributes to the developmental evolution of individual and collective spiritual consciousness." Since 2010, Doug King has been the President of Presence , leading this growing network to engage emergent, integral, and interspiritual organizations and idea leaders in shared goals for the common good. Links to some earlier Rogue Valley Voice blog posts: Holomovement https://www.integralworldview.com/post/the-holomovement Kurt Johnson https://www.integralworldview.com/post/interspirituality-the-future Kurt Johnson https://www.integralworldview.com/post/spiralling-up Jude Currivanhttps:// www.integralworldview.com/post/wholeworld-view

"The EcoCiv Institute (EcoCiv) first emerged as a vision of the scholar and activist John B. Cobb, Jr.  A professor at the Claremont Graduate University and Claremont School of Theology and a leader in ecological thinking. Prof. Cobb wrote the founding work in eco-theology in 1971, Over the decades that followed, Cobb published over 50 books, inspired two generations of scholars and activists, founded multiple organizations, and organized scores of conferences, most notably through the Claremont Center for Process Studies (CPS). - a nonprofit think-and-action tank, now based in Portland, Oregon, that conducts interdisciplinary research and education to cultivate holistic understanding for human and planetary flourishing." The non-profit Institute for Ecological Civilization was initially incubated within the Center for Process Studies. Founded by Philip Clayton and Wm. Andrew Schwart z, the Institute for Ecological Civilization, was created to be a catalyst for advancing the vision of ecological civilization worldwide. Its first event, “Ecology and Community,” was held in Fall 2015. Many of the signature features of the organization were seeded and developed during this first event: carrying out preparatory research, convening experts, facilitating visioning and back-casting, and producing a roadmap for action." Visionary thinker, President   Philip Clayton l ed EcoCiv   to expand and deepen its mission at the intersections of environment and humanity. With several decades of experience in university-based research, teaching, and lecturing, Philip conceptualized all EcoCiv’s projects and ensures their mission. In particular, he helped project leaders think about relevant intersectional societal changes for their projects. Clayton holds a PhD from Yale University; has held guest professorships at Harvard, University of Cambridge, and University of Munich; and is the author or editor of several dozen books and some 300 articles on science, ethics, and religion. In 2025 the non-profit changed its name to the Ecocivilization Coalition with a new website and visionary author Jeremy Lent as new Acting President. "Their new name marks a deeper commitment to global transformation:  Supporting grassroots movements  Amplifying system-wide change  Building a life-affirming future, together "Jeremy Lent is an author and speaker whose work investigates the underlying causes of our civilization’s existential crisis and explores pathways toward a life-affirming future. His 2922 award-winning book, The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning , examines the way humans have made meaning from the cosmos from hunter-gatherer times to the present day. His 2021 award-winning The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe, offers a solid foundation for an integrative worldview that could lead humanity to a sustainable, flourishing future. He has written extensively about the vision and specifics of an ecological civilization, and is the founder of the Deep Transformation Network , a global community exploring pathways toward a life-affirming future on a regenerated Earth. Follow him on his author website." Jeremy Lent has a new book, Ecocivilization:​Making a World that Works for All , coming May 26, 2026 "Our economies must change with our changing climate to ensure a sustainable future for all. What could it look like to design an economy that simultaneously serves people and planet? This was the question addressed in April 2024 at the inaugural California Just Economy Summit that EcoCiv co-hosted with the California Wellbeing Economies Coalition in Sacramento, California. #Ecocivilization   #SystemsChange   #ClimateJustice   #GlobalCoalition   #JeremyLent   #EcoCiv

While the current U. S. Administration is calling climate change a hoax, Columbia Climate School in New York City offers   7 Climate Experts on What We Can Still Do to Fight Climate Change : "We need more grassroots initiatives. Meet people old school–style in cafes or at local businesses or nonprofit organizations, spend time getting to know them, and come up with collective plans for sustainable living,” ~ Radhika Iyengar "The most important thing you can do about climate change is to talk about it." Join a climate group to magnify their impact... urge local news outlets to report on climate. ~ Katharine Hayhoe “Support local food systems and farmers,” ~ Cynthia Rosenzweig Work for clean energy locally - "Actively support wind or solar energy projects that are being proposed in your communities." Encourage local officials to pass pro-climate laws or consider running for office themselves. ~ Michael Gerrard "Attend the meetings of little-known state agencies or commissions that hold power over the energy transition." ~ Bill McKibben "Petition your legislators, your representatives in state assemblies, and your members of Congress and Senators. Write letters and emails,” ~ Bill Nye “We all have voices, and we must use them now. Speak up and speak out.” ~ Michael Mann Launched in 2020, the Columbia Climate School is taking bold action on climate change and related sustainability challenges. The Climate School’s vision is a healthy planet that enables just and prosperous societies to thrive. Center for Climate Systems Research , Center for Sustainable Development , cs highlights , Cynthia Rosenzweig , Michael Gerrard , Radhika Iyengar , Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

Wikipedia defines " ecological civilization " as "the hypothetical concept that describes the alleged final goal of social and environmental reform within a given society. It implies that the changes required in response to global climate disruption and social injustices are so extensive as to require another form of human civilization, one based on ecological principles." Deep Trans f ormation for Ecological Civilization was a forum held May 25-27, 2023. It was the 16th  I nternational Forum on Ecological Civilization ( an annual conference series in Claremont, CA, established in 2006) and the 5th International Youth Forum on Ecological Civilization.   "The largest international conference held on the theme 'ecological civilization” ( Seizing an Alternative: Toward an Ecological Civilization ) took place at Pomona College in June 2015, bringing together roughly 2,000 participants from around the world and featuring such leaders in the environmental movement as Bill McKibben , Vandana Shiva , John B. Cobb , Jr. , Wes Jackson , and Sheri Liao . This was held in conjunction with the Ninth International Conference on Ecological Civilization . ( part of the Claremont ECO Forum ) Out of the Seizing an Alternative conference, Philip Clayton and Wm. Andrew Schwartz co-founded the Institute for Ecological Civilization (EcoCiv) and co-authored the 2019 book What is Ecological Civilization: Crisis, Hope, and the Future of the Planet , The Ecospiritual Hub   is an online resource for "Those Who Take Nature to Heart" organized by Jack M Greene  as part of the Deep Transformation Network . The tagline of the DTNetwork reads: "A global community to explore pathways to an ecological civilization." For an explanation of " What is an Ecological Civilization?" see Jeremy Lent 's article published in the February 2021 edition of YES! Magazine . Lent is also the author of the 2023 book, The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe . The Ecospiritual Hub   is an online resource for "Those Who Take Nature to Heart" organized by Jack M Greene   as part of the Deep Transformation Network . I associate the term "ecological civilization" with David Korten' s October 7, 2022, article We the People Are All in This Together in Yes! Magazine that references his 2021 Club of Rome paper, Ecological Civilization: From Emergency to Emergence . David Korten co-founder of YES! Media and president of the   Living Economies Forum , He is the author of influential books, including When Corporations Rule the World and “ Change the Story, Change the Future: A Living Economy for a Living Earth . For a different view on ecological civilization from a Chinese perspective see Alexander Ayertey Odonkor's August 20, 2022 article "Ecological civilization: All-embracing Vision For the Global Futur e" from China Global Television Network ( CGTN)

On March 26, 2024, from 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. PDT - Graduate Theological Union offered a virtual information opportunity "to enhance your professional skillset while charting a course toward personal healing and global sustainable practices." This online information session delved into GTU's  Certificate of Completion in Ecospirituality: Environmental Pathways to Healing , "offering insights into the intersection of spirituality and environmental consciousness." As a bonus, attendees enjoyed an exclusive discount on the program." Register here. In this GTUx program, Dr. Rita Sherma offered insights from her research and invites guest speakers to discuss how we might newly define the relationship between the Earth and spirituality."

Human Energy and the Institute for Advanced Studies are presenting the N2 2024 conference: The Noosphere & the Global South on December 16-18, 2024, l ivestreamed online and in-person in Morocco. "In light of this and our current global challenges, we pose three grand questions: What is our larger purpose on our shared planet? In the face of a widespread climate of negativity, where the dominant mood is to shout what we are against, what is it that we joyfully affirm? To what do we give our enthusiastic assent and our human energy?" "N 2 is an international, interdisciplinary conference fostering creative collaboration for intentionally and ethically steering the future evolution of global consciousness." “N 2 ” signals the exponential pace of the evolution of the noosphere and the reality that the next century will far exceed the last in rapid and radical change to the global mind." “N 2 ” also suggests how the noosphere amplifies our access to human understanding - beyond the individual “n of 1.” In an era of unprecedented global challenges and rapid technological advancement, understanding and guiding the evolution of the noosphere - our collective consciousness - has never been more crucial. The N 2 Conference aims to address critical questions about our shared future, fostering innovative solutions and collaborative thinking, particularly from the perspective of the Global South. Here are some Abstracts and the link to the YouTube for Day 2, December 17, 2024 : Terrence Deacon - The Noosphere: Symbolically Extended Cognition Ilia Delio - Teilhard’s Noosphere: Why Evolution and Religion Belong Together. Abstract: " The Noosphere is our present reality of complexified matter and global consciousness. Scientists mapping the Noosphere show grids of interconnections that reveal a formative pattern of a higher-ordered collective. Teilhard de Chardin envisioned this pattern almost a century ago, but he saw that emerging complexified wholeness cannot be adequately sustained without religion. He did not conceive religion as a confessional set of doctrines but the depth dimension of all reality, the search for ultimate meaning, and the state of being grasped by ultimate concerns. “Religion and evolution,” he said, “are destined to form one single continuous organism, in which their respective lives prolong, are dependent on, and complete one another.” Religion is the biological response to the emergence of spiritual energy. His sense of religion, therefore, is experiential and supports faith in the future. The true function of religion is to sustain and spur on the progress of life. In his view, no one religion can satisfy the religious spirit of the earth and its evolution towards Omega. If religion is a biological phenomenon, what is religion on the level of the emerging Noosphere? Science has significantly advanced the Noosphere, but without a rebirth of religion, the future is fragile." Gregory Stock and Sadie Stock : Swimming in the Noosphere Abstract: " The nature of human existence is shifting abruptly. Our recognition of digital natives, which was so widely touted in the early 2000’s, has turned out to be but a prelude to the growing realization that we are now wading into an unfathomable noospheric pool of AI-centered information flows. Not only are we entering a Post Truth World in which it will be increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to independently establish verifiable truth, but the supposed gulf between digital immigrants who were adults when digital technologies exploded, and digital natives who’ve never known anything else, is seeming ever less significant. It is nothing compared to the chasm between digital natives and Generation AI — those growing up in an AI-infused noosphere permeated by invisible technology, AI , and soon enough AGI (artificial general intelligence) and ASI (artificial superintelligence)." Abre Fournier and Brian Swimme In Dialogue : From the Noosphere to the Metamind — Charting a New Era of Global Consciousness Clément Vidal : The Noosphere Narrative: Bridging the Anthropocene, Gaia and the Technological Singularity for Planetary Progress Abstract: " Narratives for our global future are dominated by the Anthropocene, the Gaia hypothesis, or the technological singularity. However, these narratives paint a biased picture and fail to offer a consistent and hopeful vision for our future. We argue that the noosphere can offer a synthesis of these narratives and introduce new concepts to this end. A key idea of the Anthropocene is the great acceleration, creating destructive and out-of-control dynamics, that we propose to counter with a great regulation to stabilize Earth systems. A central insight of the Gaia hypothesis is the discovery of feedback loops between the geosphere and the biosphere. We argue that feedback from humans and the noosphere should be included into this picture, forming a broader “Anthropogaia”. The technological singularity advocates often have a blind faith in the salvatory potential of technology. We argue that this potential should serve more a planetary vision, and less transhumanist themes and hopes. The noosphere can also be framed as the first planetary major evolutionary transition, and usefully described with living systems theory to identify and tackle global challenges. In sum, we argue that the noosphere is a unique vision and narrative that invites systemic action to tackle global challenges, while providing a positive and consistent evolutionary outlook into the future." Boris Cyrulnik : Phenomenon and Thought (in French) Abstract: " When we compare brains in the living world, we see the development of a capacity to escape reality. A bird can migrate by processing only contextual information. A monkey can solve geometric problems and make tools. A human child also lives in an immediate context, but when language bursts forth around the age of three, the child can refer to things and events that are distant in time and space. It is only around the 6th-8th year, when the prefrontal neurons involved in anticipation connect with the limbic neurons involved in memory, that the child becomes capable of telling a story—the representation of an entity that is impossible to perceive, such as God, life after death, or the First Crusade. Thanks to its linguistic capacity for dual articulation, the child can tell other people what he thinks, and these others may think differently. Thus, a world of representations is created, detached from perceptible phenomena. This verbal world acts on the brain and creates a noetic world that we inhabit for our greatest happiness (art) or for our greatest misfortune (fanaticism)." Panelists: Raphaël Liogier, Saâd Tazi, Frédéric Baitinger, Shima Beigi: The Noospheric Journey of Robinson Crusoe: A Rite of Passage into the Peaceful Warrior Archetype within the Noosphere Join us live on our YouTube channel and don’t miss any of today’s insightful discussions. 👉 WATCH HERE   📖 Explore the Agenda Make the most of your experience by planning your day. 👉 ilia

Earth - " The Blue Marble " i s a famous photograph of the Earth taken on December 7, 1972, by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft en route to the Moon at a distance of about 18,300 mi. "In the second Axial Age, if the shift in consciousness does occur, it will apparently not happen this time through the return of a Jesus or a Buddha or a Mohammed but rather through the commitment of their followers to bring about the return of their presence by reflecting the mind, consciousness, and actions of the founders of their religions. Those of us who grasp the reality of our situation are faced with a stark choice: transform or die!" ~ Harvey Honig Harvey H. Honig's 2022 book,   A People's Guide to An Interfaith Christian Theology in a Time of Transformation ,  uses the metaphor of Spaceship Earth careening toward destruction. Honig tells an evolutionary story, [very abridged] below: "Over billions of years, one cluster of matter formed, the third planet from the sun, and as it orbited the sun, an atmosphere was created that allowed the development of life, originally as particles that coalesced into atoms, then into primitive single-celled life forms... Over long periods of time, through evolutionary shifts involving the processes of complexification and emergence, this Spaceship Earth developed an amazing proliferation of plant and animal life forms... Eventually, these early life forms developed the ability to use a form of adaptive intelligence to begin to shape and influence the nature of their experience on this spaceship and thereby increase their chances of survival...." Adaptive intelligence "fostered the evolution of an interactive dynamic of cooperative synthesis in which systems of plant and animal life fed on each other and supported each other. One chain of animal species eventually evolved into a species that utilized a relatively large and complex brain to improve its capacity for survival through toolmaking and cooperation. This species eventually developed an offshoot that we know as the hominoid branch. Over millions of years, descendants of this branch developed a brain that was capable of consciousness, curiosity, self-reflection, emotional intelligence, and altruism..." "For most of its journey, the beings in this spaceship depended on nature as they found it. The more complex life forms developed the ability to move around to increase their access to food and other resources, and the hominoid species developed a symbiotic relationship of domestication with several animal species. The humans fed and took care of the animals, and the animals fed the humans. Most of these animals also fed on plant life. [Pre-Axial] life in the spaceship was not yet seen as something to be controlled and managed, but rather as an evolving, interactive synthesis of mutual survival...." [During the first Axial Age (800-200 BCE), human consciousness shifted to a new level due to a complexity of factors, including technology, socialization, urbanization, politicization, and economics. This reflected a new sense of self in relation to the cosmos. Settlements and city-states formed.] The cost of this development of individuality and culture/technology was the loss of the primal connection with nature and with the collective. It was a loss of connection with the Metákuye Oyás'in, as the Lakota describe that connection, in which all beings are interrelated within a cosmic order. Instead of living off the land, people began to stake out territory they called “their” land, and the concept of individual ownership developed. This development eventuated in increasing conflicts over land, property, and power. Eventually, city-states became nations, and the wars and conflicts over property continued. Initially, these conflicts were skirmishes, but as they intensified and became wars, the collateral impact and loss of life among noncombatants increased... Written language accentuated the development of the left brain (the rational/logical/individual control aspect of the brain) at the expense of the right brain (holistic control of the brain) view of the spaceship journey. It also accelerated the development of a view of the relationship of masculine/feminine into one of dominance and control rather than a partnership of equality and division of labor. These developments paralleled the shift in the view of nature from knowing it as our source, the milieu in which we all live, to a view of nature that required humans to be dominating and controlling it for our own use..." A Faustian bargain evolved whereby "written language facilitated the expansion and storage of information and technology, as well as food and other resources, that furthered our mastery and control of nature. These developments also led to the ability to exercise mastery and control over others through the accumulation of power, wealth, and resources. Unfortunately, this process of mastery and accumulation required ever greater growth and expansion. A cycle developed in which people acquired more and more, but were never satisfied. Individuals amassed great wealth, and empires were built out of this insatiable drive for possession and control. Indigenous people who lived in harmony with the land were often exterminated as a threat and obstacle to this development..." "By the time of these developments, the spaceship had been orbiting for billions of years, but the evolution of life and individual consciousness was a relatively recent development. It led to the result that some groups within the spaceship attained the ability to significantly alter conditions for others and to destroy each other on a larger scale. Also, for these groups, religion was increasingly in service of the nation/empire, and the religious caste supported control and domination over other people rather than connection with the divine and with others. "Eventually, after a relatively short period of the total voyage, these empires had developed the need for domination to the point where wars became constant, and the insatiable ambition of the rulers led them to eliminate any threat to their power, including from members of their own families. In this culture, fathers raised their sons to be tough warriors and discouraged compassion or nurturing qualities. Boys were taught to subdue any natural compassion for the feminine or for nature. This harsh training led to great suffering, but it was thought that this suffering made them into tougher and stronger men, more prepared to fight. In this culture, life often became a survival of the fittest, which came to mean the strongest and most ruthless, leading to such an imbalance that this dominance imperative threatened constant war and destruction for the “civilized” part of the spaceship..." "In a parallel development during this period, the political powers became adept at using both religion and science to further their attempts to control and dominate more and more of the spaceship. Consequently, the period of the journey experienced by the inhabitants as the nineteenth and twentieth centuries was marked by endless wars and empire building among the major powers. Neither religion nor science was very successful in containing these destructive wars and, in fact, often became tools in support of their own nation and its political ambitions. Once again, the unchecked ambition of the powerful elites was threatening to destroy the viability of the life forms aboard the spaceship." Neither religion nor science was very effective in slowing or preventing this imminent approaching destruction. Much of religion was involved in total denial that the threat was even happening. These elements became more and more allied with the zealous elements of religion. According to their belief, only the ritually and religiously pure, who acted and believed in the way their interpretation of this divine being required, would be saved. Within the dominant empire of that time, the United States, this “true believer” faction united with the dominant political and economic powers to further their own control and power, even while they were themselves being used by these ruling powers to further their own interests. This “true believer” religious faction supported the economic megaliths in helping to create distrust of the scientists and engineers on the spaceship who were demonstrating that the ship’s atmosphere was rapidly moving out of control. Unfortunately, science was no more effective because it was just as corrupted by the dominant powers." There is an emerging awareness of the need for a second Axial Age. "It began to be clear to the more conscious members of both the scientific and religious communities that unless we transitioned from our narrow survival of the fittest/domination strategy, advanced life within the spaceship was doomed. Even though the spaceship itself would survive with primitive life forms, another long period of evolution would be required to re-create advanced life systems." "We stand at an important divide in our history. On one level, this crisis is manifested in the physical, material world as the inevitable result of our wars and our plundering of nature. It is a proven reality that our world and our quality of life is rapidly deteriorating. To people who look at the larger picture, it makes no sense to fight over who is in control of the spaceship Titanic, or who is right or wrong. Our instruments clearly demonstrate that unless we immediately begin to shift our course, we will face a wholesale loss of life and quality of life. Ultimately, however, the crisis is one of consciousness, which is manifested in our relationship to outer reality. It is our consciousness that needs to change if we are to survive." ~ Harvey Honig There is a lot more to recommend this book than this story. Honig's book is another important voice calling out the urgency of cultural transformation toward higher consciousness, a new religious understanding consistent with what we know from science, and appropriate actions. I remain hopeful that we will transition from the new "Dark Ages" and once again into greater light. It may take generations and many decades, but there is a positive, forward trajectory of evolution toward greater complexity and unity. Honig writes that Ilia Delio's 2013 book " The Unbearable Wholeness of Being is an excellent synthesis of the work of Teilhard de Chardin. Delio applies Chardin’s insights to our current scientific understanding of the worldm, as well as integrating many other scholars and visionaries of the Church. Her whole book is a beautiful, well-articulated vision of where the Holy Spirit is moving us today. Her work in helping explicate and disseminate the insights of Chardin is, to me, the equivalent of the work of Thomas Huxley in popularizing and disseminating the work of Darwin." Book release note from the C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago: Teil " Harvey H. Honig began his life’s work as a Lutheran minister but soon recognized his need for a more spacious and inclusive approach through which to heal and understand his inner self. This led him to spend many years exploring and experiencing other paths of religion and spirituality. In recent years, though, he found that the message, mission, and being of Jesus still played a powerful and transformative role in his life. Since common understandings of the life of Jesus are embedded within a biblical and historical framework, Honig wanted to explore the meaning of Christianity within the framework of our current world.   An Interfaith Christian Theology  is for fellow seekers who are drawn to the being and message of Jesus but can no longer relate to the dissonance between reality and belief that so many churches require. Honig’s approach differs from traditional Christian theology in two ways: first, it does not stem from the framework of a specific denomination, and second, it presents itself as a way of thinking about Christianity rather than the only way. After several years as a minister, Honig began Jungian analytic training and earned a PhD in psychology at Loyola University Chicago. Jung gave Honig the tools he needed to continue his personal search for a life-affirming view of Christianity and to assist others in their search for inner truth and healing." #HarveyHonig #CarlJung #IliaDelio #TeilharddeChardin

The BTS Center is offering an eight-week online course EcoSpiritual Leaders: Encounters with Wholeness, on Thursdays, 10:00 - 11:30 p.m. PT from April 20, 2023 - June 15, 2023 . This course will consist of five live sessions, asynchronous learning activities, and an optional half-day online retreat. The course is divided into four sections, each consisting of two weeks. Gratitude & Grief - exploring The Work That Reconnects by Joanna Macy Forest Bathing - introduction to Forest Bathing/Nature Therapy EcoSpiritual Practices - thresholds & thin places; creating contemplative and creative spiritual practices Creation Care - synthesizing our learning and serving Creation Every two weeks, participants will engage in reading to pique their curiosity; watch a video to expand their understanding, experience embodied practice to connect us with nature; craft a prayer to nourish our spirits, complete an invitation; and participate in a conversation to collaborate in our interdependent growth. The anticipated time commitment outside of the live sessions is 2-3 hours per week. The Course fee is $125. Click to Learn More or Enroll

On Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at 11 a.m. PDT - Climate Cafe Multifaith is hosting a conversation about Food Justice and the Faith Community featuring Kelly Moltzen, co-founder and convener of the Interfaith Public Health Network . Register . Interfaith Public Health Network (IPHN) was part of the inaugural planning team for the Faith + Food Coalition Food Systems Dialogues alongside the Center for Earth Ethics . Upcoming in July from Climate Cafe Multifaith: July 5, 2022 - Green Teams in Faith Communities: Building youth & BIPOC leadership & partnerships . Led by William H. Morris, now a Faith Organizer with GreenFaith, working with the #PeopleVsFossilFuels Campaign. Tuesday, July 5th, 11 a.m. PDT Register . July 19, 2022 - Social Transformation & the Climate Crisis: A Bahá’í View . Led by Gary Reusche--living currently in Kyiv, Ukraine--we will dive into truth-telling about a world experiencing multiple crises. Reusche brings his experience at the center of agriculture, finance, climate change, and now the war in Ukraine, to talk about what social transformation could look like. July 19th at 11 a.m PDT. Register . The Climate Cafe movement started in 2015 in rural Scotland and is community-led. Now sister Cafés are emerging around the world. Here you can learn about Climate Cafés, connect with others, find out how they work, as well as find support and guidance to start your own. Climate Cafe Multifaith is organized by Rev. Richenda Fairhurst, former minister at First United Methodist Church in Ashland, OR, who blogs about climate activism at Faiths4Future . This Multifaith community "began as an effort of faith leaders, clergy, lay people, leaders of different faith traditions, who recognized the urgency that we face, the impact that urgency will have or our communities, and the necessity of taking action at all levels. Many of who are part of Faiths4Future were trained by the Climate Reality Project Leadership Corps , and the Minister’s Trainings led by the Center for Earth Ethics . " Climate Cafe MultiFaith is held on zoom every 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Tuesday of the month, at 11 a.m. PDT. "It is an opportunity for faith leaders and clergy to get together to share experiences, and engage a discussion, with a short presentation & Q&A, around the subject of climate change, climate effects and climate solutions—hope!" Resources Richenda Fairhurst's Faith4Future offers good resources, timely boosts of important information and you may sign up for Richenda's newsletter here . Richenda is Chair of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon 's Creation Justice Committee and is affiliated with Interfaith Power and Light . Richenda also founded Creation Faith Future , a non-profit operating in Oregon and Washington states. “People of faith have a vital role to play as truth-tellers and hope bringers in addressing the climate crisis.” ~ Rev. Richenda Fairhurst

Have you been looking for a way to reduce your food waste? Now you can drop them off at the Ashland Farmers Market on Tuesdays at the Armory 1420 E Main St., Ashland, OR 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The market opens this Tuesday (March 1, 2022) so start saving those carrot peelings. This is a project of the Ashland Rotary Club, funded by an Ashland Food Coop grant (thanks!) Rogue Produce will pick up the scraps and take them to a local farmer for composting. This is a great way to enrich our soils and foods, to increase water retention in fields, and reduce methane created when food scraps go into the landfill. A list of Do's and Don'ts can be found on Rogue Produce's website, but basically, no meat, bones, or seafood, no paper plates or cutlery even if it says compostable. no coconuts. Tea bags, egg shells, and coffee grinds are OK. #composting #farmersmarket #Ashland

Here's a list of some upcoming online and Rogue Valley in-person eco-spiritual activities that may interest you. Check back, as this post will be updated during March 2026 as we get additional information, and a new calendar listing will come out in late March. Don't be intimidated by the scope of this list; choose to participate in just what calls to you. March 3 - May 19, 2026 , Tuesdays from 12:00 Noon - 2:00 PM - Programs in Earth Literacies are offering 12 (or 6) Sessions on Tuesdays, Art Sparks' 2026 Cosmic Creativity & Well-Being Program with Imogene Drummond. Module 1 begins Mar. 3, 2026; Module 2 begins Apr. 14, 2026. Replays of Sessions will be available 48 hours after recording. Cost: $360 CDN (12 classes) or $180 for 6 classes. More information and registration here. For more information about Imogene’s art, visit her website ." March 5, 2026 , at 1 p.m. PST - Creation Spirituality Communitie s (CSC) is offering Engaged Contemplation with special guest Sister Kathleen Deignan, founder of the Deignan Institute for Earth and Spirit at Iona University . She is a contemplative teacher and spiritual companion, a composer of sacred song and Earth guardian. She is the editor of the Books of Hours for Thomas Merton , Teilhard de Chardin , and Thomas Berry . Register here for First Thursdays on Zoom. In rotating months, the time slot will include Global Kinship, Kosmic Vespers, and something entirely new: Global Dreaming hosted by Robyn Hubbard. " Creation Spirituality is about reawakening mysticism & protecting our planet. CSC is a network of individuals and communities who experience our own spiritual paths in connection to the evolving paradigms of the universe." March 5, 2026 - June 18, 2026 - Presencing Institute's u-school for Transformation is offering a six-session global journey: From Sensing to Actualizing Regenerative Futures. - " 90-minute live sessions offer a pathway from inspiration to action, weaving together inspiring stories, embodied practices, collective sense-making, and hands-on prototyping support." March 5, 2026 - Soil Health, Human Health, & Planetary Well-Being: Pathways for Regenerative Economies April 2, 2026 - Reclaiming Human Agency: Navigating AI, Social Fracture, and Polarization April 23, 2026 - Regenerative Futures Lab I - Cultivating Shared Awareness: Open Space Dialogue for Co-sensing Emerging Futures May 7, 2026 - Connecting to Source: Accessing Deeper Knowing May 21, 2026 - Regenerative Futures Lab II: Prototyping Workshop: Moving Ideas into Action June 18, 2026 - Regenerative Futures Lab III: A Festival of Prototypes: Transforming Local and Global Systems More information and registration here. March 5, 2026 , from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. PST - Seattle University's Albers School of Business and Economics  is presenting Karen Hao, speaking on Empire of AI: How to Reclaim Democracy and Build a Fairer Future.  This is a free, in-person event at the Pigott Auditorium, 901 12th Ave., Seattle, WA. "AI is upending the planet in real time, and its path of unchecked development threatens to erode democracy and return us to an age of empire, where a small group of companies dictates our future. It doesn’t have to be this way. ~   Karen Hao ,  a Silicon Valley engineer-turned-award-winning-journalist.  March 7, 2026, from 10 a.m. to noon, PST – The Work that Reconnects Network is presenting a webinar: The Unfixing: Loss as an Invitation to Map a Future of Resilience and Belonging. Participants will be guided through the Spiral of the Work That Reconnects with a series of practices inspired by the film The Unfixing , an award-winning feature documentary film, and led by Director Nicole Betancourt and WTR Facilitator and Weaver Frieda Nixdorf. Clips from the film will be shared, and participants will engage in writing and sharing in small groups.  More information and registration here . March 11, 2026 , from 4-5:30 p.m. PDT - The Institute for Developmental Philosophy is hosting a Zoom presentation by theologian and Teilhard scholar Robert Nicastro, Executive Director of the   Center for Christogenesis . In his talk, To Become More by Becoming One: Hyperphysics, Creative Union, and the Differentiated Self , Robert will explore Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s concept of hyperphysics—an effort to extend science beyond matter to include consciousness as a fundamental dimension of the cosmos. Here is the Zoom link for next week’s meeting:  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88627736779?pwd=Tm03cG1vaSs2ZGtPRkIvNGk0TnA3Zz09 March 10, 2026 , at 4 p.m. PDT - Third Act presents Rebecca Solnit Discusses "The Beginning Comes After the End" with Bill McKibben. ' In this sequel to her enduring bestseller Hope in the Dark , Rebecca Solnit surveys a world that has changed dramatically since the year 1960. Join this session, as she discusses, The Beginning Comes After the End , a thrilling account of the sheer breadth and scale of social, political, scientific, and cultural change over the past three quarters of a century. RSVP here. March 11, 18, and 25, 2026 - The Sophia Institute is presenting Darkness, Love, and the Advancing Consciousness of These Times with Matthew Fox and Caroline Myss. " Many recognize that the times we are living in are dark and dangerous. Humanity and the Earth as we know it seem to be on the brink, with wars raging and the Earth being threatened, with democracy being challenged by authoritarianism and fear, and cynicism and despair in the air. The mystics talk about the “dark night” of the soul, but there is also the dark night of society and of the Earth and of democracy. What can we learn from the mystics and from science about navigating this dark night and turning it into an opportunity for a new birth of consciousness and possibility for our challenged species? More information and registration here. March 13, 2026 - Discover a contemplative response to uncertainty, loss, and change with CAC Dean of Faculty Carmen Acevedo Butcher and guests Cole Arthur Riley and Jon Batiste at “How Do We Find Hope in Hard Times?” Register here. March 16, 2026,  at 11 a.m. PDT -   IFTF   is presenting   Fast Futures: Foresight for Beginners   - a fast-paced, 90-minute, online learning experience taught live by Jane McGonigal about signals and drivers of change. $99 March 17, 2026 , from 4-5:30 p.m. PDT - The Center for Christogenesis will host a live webinar with the Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining: Trauma, Transformation, and Christ-wholeness, exploring “the intersection of faith, tradition, and intergenerational trauma, with special emphasis on the Indigenous connection to evolutionary spirituality." They will also consider the Christian mystical tradition (purgation, illumination, and union) as a spiritual and integral framework for healing and transformation. More information and registration here. March 17, 2026 - April 7, 2026 , from 4-6 p.m. PDT - Convergence is hosting Visions for the Common Good , a four-session conversation series exploring how we might re-imagine the shared life of humanity when old moral, political, and religious frameworks no longer hold. Hosted by theologian and teacher Rev. Dr. Matthew Fox, and including influential voices David Abram, Lynne Twist, Randy Woodley, and Cameron Trimble, will convene every Tuesday for 4 weeks, live on Zoom. More information and registration here . March 24–27, 2026 - Garrison Institute is having a three-day Conscious Change Forum gathering for practice, connection, and wisdom-sharing—designed as an opportunity to deepen relationships, help our movement come into focus, and to explore our common purpose. If you feel part of this field, you belong here. This is an in-person event in Garrison, NY. More information here. March 28, 2026 , from 10 a.m. to noon PDT - Work That Reconnects Network is having a webinar: Tending to Collective Trauma with Stephanie Pizarro and Laura Calderón de la Barca. Register here. March 28, 2026 , at Noon - No Kings; No Thrones; No Crowns. Find details about events in Medford, Ashland, and Jacksonville, Oregon here. March 30, 2026 , at 4 p.m. PDT - " Th!rd Act is having their first All-In Call of the year. Erica Chenoweth will share insights on nonviolent resistance and how people-powered movements can shape what comes next. Together, we’ll dig into the path ahead—from protecting democracy to building local power in the face of rapid change." RSVP here . March 31, 2026 , at 5 p.m. PST - Indivisible and ACLU are having a Mass Call, in follow-up to No Kings Day on Saturday, March 28th. You'll hear from leaders and fellow local activists to celebrate this historic mobilization and dig into what comes next. Register here. 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