Category: John Seed
Content from the archive of work by John Seed
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25th-27th Nov: Deep Ecology Workshop – With John Seed: Yarra Junction
Fri 25th Nov 2022, – Sun 27th Nov 2022, AEDT The Rainforest Information Centre presents an in-person, immersive DEEP ECOLOGY workshop with John Seed The Rainforest Information Centre presents DEEP ECOLOGY with John Seed Tickets are sliding scale from $150-$450 25% of the proceeds will be donated to protect Ecuador’s rainforests. Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/deep-ecology-with-john-seed-melbourne Location: Camp Eureka, […]
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21st-23rd Oct: Deep Ecology Workshop – With John Seed: Nimbin
Fri 21st Oct 2022 – Sun 23rd Oct 2022 AEDT The Rainforest Information Centre presents an in-person, immersive DEEP ECOLOGY workshop with John Seed Tickets are sliding scale from $150-$450 . 25% of the proceeds will be donated to protect Ecuador’s rainforests. Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/deep-ecology-with-john-seed-nimbin Location Black Sheep Farm Guesthouse, 449A Gungas Rd, Nimbin NSW 2480, Australia […]
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7th-9th Oct: Deep Ecology Workshop – With John Seed: Lower Mangrove
Fri 7th Oct – Sun 9th Oct 2022 The Rainforest Information Centre presents an in-person, immersive DEEP ECOLOGY workshop with John Seed Tickets are sliding scale from $150-$450 If the workshop is cancelled, a full refund will be offered 25% of the proceeds will be donated to protect Ecuador’s rainforests. Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/spring-deep-ecology-with-john-seed-at-lower-mangrove-central-coast Location Lower Mangrove, NSW […]
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Essay: The Ecological Self by John Seed
The Trumpeter ISSN: 0832-6193 Volume 22, Number 2 (2006) The Ecological Self John Seed In this article John explores some of the key issues in deep Ecology, his own experience as an activist and facilitator of the work. In the 1970s, when Jerry Brown was Governor of California, the eco-poet Gary Snyder was working in […]
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Book: “Thinking Like A Mountain”, By John Seed, Joanna Macy, Arnes Naess and Pat Fleming
Published in 1988, this seminal text by John Seed, Joanna Macy, Arne Naess and Pat Fleming outlines their collective vision for Deep Ecology process. Originally referred to as a “Council of All Beings” these group therapeutic processes aimed at healing humanities’ illusion of separation from the natural world, as a response to the multifaceted challenges […]
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Vimala Thakar
https://vimalathakar.com/ Vimala Thakar (1921-2009) a philosopher, social activist and mystic, and woman before her time who overturned the norms of Indian Spiritual and Political life in the mid-20th century, treading a path of profound reflection and awakening, combined with tireless activism for social justice. In his essay, “Buddha Touched the Earth“, John Seed writes: One […]
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Philosophy in the Mountains: ABC radio show about Arne Naess and interview John Seed.
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/philosophy-in-the-mountains—arne-naess/3176186 “Arne Næss, who died in January just a couple of weeks short of his ninety-seventh birthday, was a great mountaineer and part of the history of twentieth-century philosophy. He started out as a member of the great philosophical school the Vienna Circle but was better known as the founder of the movement known as […]
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Transcript 3: Johns Seed’s Intro to the Council (finding an ally)
One of the things that people more grounded in the Earth than ourselves have always known, and continue to know, is that it is not difficult for us to be the voices of nature, or to allow other beings to speak through us, that we can become a medium for their truth. This is the […]
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Transcript 1: John Seed’s Introduction to THE COUNCIL OF ALL BEINGS
Transcripts by Chris Lehman from the Council of All Beings workshop at Northern Pines Lodge (Maine, USA) on 24/25 October 1992. There are as many ways to conduct Councils of All Beings as thereare people facilitating this form. Having introduced hundreds ofthese workshops, lots of people have asked me for a transcript ofmy typical intro […]
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Essay: RAINFOREST and PSYCHE
by John Seed In the fourth World Rainforest Report, Queensland zoologist Peter Dwyer noted that the New Guinea highlanders find the rainforest wildlife not only good to eat, but also “good to think”. He goes on to say that “Whilst we don’t eat our rainforests, we do become enmeshed in our perceptions and thinking about […]