An Introduction to Deep Ecology

John Seed has been professing and facilitating deep ecology for over 40 years. He will be in Coffs facilitating a weekend deep ecology immersion from Friday evening 11th of September.

The evening before this workshop, Thursday September 10, John will be at the Harry Bailey Memorial Library offering an Introduction to Deep Ecology from 5.30 to 8PM. Story Space in the childrens library on the ground floor.

Deep Ecology is a philosophy of nature which describes the psychological or spiritual disease that allows modern  humans to attack the biological fabric out of which our own lives too are woven. This disease stems from anthropocentrism, or human-centeredness,  and the ensuing illusion of separation from nature.

The term was coined by Norwegian philosophy professor Arne Naess who claimed that “ecological ideas are not enough to save us – we need ecological identity, ecological self”. He proposed that “community therapies” were needed to heal our relations with the non-human world and John Seed has  been working with Joanna Macy and others for over 40 years designing and facilitating these. These experiential processes are synchronous with the ceremonies conducted by all indigenous communities to allow a deepening of our felt sense of connection to the living Earth and all our relations.

The evening will include experiential processes, music and poetry followed by a conversation and Q&A.