The 23rd in the series of Mind and Life conferences will be held in Dharamshala, India at the exile residence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama from October 17 – 21, 2011.
Presenters at Mind and Life XXIII: Ecology, Ethics, Interdependence will include Diana Liverman, Ph.D., co-director of the University of Arizona’s Institute of the Environment, Dekila Chungyalpa, the U.S. director for the World Wildlife Fund’s new Sacred Earth program, and climate change expert Jonathan Patz, M.D., M.P.H., director of Global Environmental Health at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
TOPIC ONE - THE SCIENCE
Moderator: Daniel Goleman
Session 1, October 17th, 9:00-11:30 a.m.: Human Impact on Global Systems for Sustaining Life. Presenter: Diana Liverman.
Session 2, October 17th, 1:00-3:00 p.m.: Interdependence Between the Environment and Our Health: Risk and Opportunities. Presenter: Jonathan Patz.
Session 3, October 18th, 9:00-11:30 a.m.: Industrial Ecology - Connecting Everyday Activity to Planetary Crisis. Presenters: Gregory Norris, Matthieu Ricard.
TOPIC TWO - ETHICS, PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY
Moderator: John Dunne
Session 4, October 18th, 1:00-3:00 p.m.: Environmental Ethics - What is at Stake? Presenter: Clare Palmer.
Session 5, October 19th, 9:00-11:30 a.m.: A Role for Theology - Models of God, the World, and the Self. Presenter: Sallie McFague.
Session 6, October 19th, 1:00-3:00 p.m.: A Buddhist Perspective and Open Discussion.
TOPIC THREE - ETHICS AND ACTION
Moderator: Roshi Joan Halifax
Session 7, October 20th, 9:00-11:30 a.m.: The Psychology of Action and Behavior Change. Presenter: Elke Weber.
Session 8, October 20th, 1:00-3:00 p.m.: A Buddhist Perspective on the Psychology of Action and Behavior Change. Presenter: Thupten Jinpa.
TOPIC FOUR: CONCLUSION
Session 9, October 21st, 9:00-11:30 a.m.: The Skillful Means of Activism. Presenter: Dekila Chungyalpa.
Session 10, October 21st, 1:00-3:00 p.m.: Topic to be determined.
Presenters at Mind and Life XXIII: Ecology, Ethics, Interdependence will include Diana Liverman, Ph.D., co-director of the University of Arizona’s Institute of the Environment, Dekila Chungyalpa, the U.S. director for the World Wildlife Fund’s new Sacred Earth program, and climate change expert Jonathan Patz, M.D., M.P.H., director of Global Environmental Health at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
TOPIC ONE - THE SCIENCE
Moderator: Daniel Goleman
Session 1, October 17th, 9:00-11:30 a.m.: Human Impact on Global Systems for Sustaining Life. Presenter: Diana Liverman.
Session 2, October 17th, 1:00-3:00 p.m.: Interdependence Between the Environment and Our Health: Risk and Opportunities. Presenter: Jonathan Patz.
Session 3, October 18th, 9:00-11:30 a.m.: Industrial Ecology - Connecting Everyday Activity to Planetary Crisis. Presenters: Gregory Norris, Matthieu Ricard.
TOPIC TWO - ETHICS, PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY
Moderator: John Dunne
Session 4, October 18th, 1:00-3:00 p.m.: Environmental Ethics - What is at Stake? Presenter: Clare Palmer.
Session 5, October 19th, 9:00-11:30 a.m.: A Role for Theology - Models of God, the World, and the Self. Presenter: Sallie McFague.
Session 6, October 19th, 1:00-3:00 p.m.: A Buddhist Perspective and Open Discussion.
TOPIC THREE - ETHICS AND ACTION
Moderator: Roshi Joan Halifax
Session 7, October 20th, 9:00-11:30 a.m.: The Psychology of Action and Behavior Change. Presenter: Elke Weber.
Session 8, October 20th, 1:00-3:00 p.m.: A Buddhist Perspective on the Psychology of Action and Behavior Change. Presenter: Thupten Jinpa.
TOPIC FOUR: CONCLUSION
Session 9, October 21st, 9:00-11:30 a.m.: The Skillful Means of Activism. Presenter: Dekila Chungyalpa.
Session 10, October 21st, 1:00-3:00 p.m.: Topic to be determined.
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