Courses

"The scarcest resource is not oil, metals, clean air, capital, labor, or technology. It is our willingness to listen to each other and learn from each other and to seek the truth rather than seek to be right."

Garden State Earth Institute Course Offerings

The courses are suitable for workplace, schools, nonprofit and government organization, faith centers, community/neighborhood groups and in private homes. More than 2500 have been given in 46 states.

Discussion Group format: Classes of six to twelve participants meet for an hour to an hour and a half at a location of their choice. The only cost is $20.00 for the course book.

Course book contains background material, articles from the contemporary literature, stimulating questions for discussion, a guide to facilitation, references, and resources.

Process: Participants read the articles before each session. A Garden State Earth Institute volunteer facilitates the first session only. Facilitation then rotates among the participants making for an egalitarian group.

The goal is to stimulate discussion wherein everyone's opinion is heard and respected,
and to encourage personal choice of actions.

Courses:

Menu for the Future � Morris County Library Library, 60 Whippany Road, Morristown. Starts Thursday, April 9, 7:00PM. Six monthly sessions 4/9, 5/14, 6/18, 7/16, 8/13 and 9/17. To register of for more information contact Tom McGuinness, 973-335-7660 tomamor@optonline.net or Claire Mayer 973-984-5371 clairemayer@optonline.net

We offer the following courses:

Courses:

Voluntary Simplicity
Choices for Sustainable Living
Discovering a Sense of Place
Exploring Deep Ecology
Globalization and its Critics
Healthy Children - Healthy Planet
Global Warming: Changing CO₂urse
Menu for the Future

Voluntary Simplicity The voluntary simplicity course allows participants to explore the potential benefits of simplicity.
Topics covered in the eight sessions include:
The Meaning of Simplicity Your Money or Your Life? How Much is Enough The Practice of Simplicity	Living More with Less Do You Have the Time? Swimming Against the Tide
Learn more about the Voluntary Simplicity Course

Choices for Sustainable Living Each of us makes choices that have an impact on the earth, and we can choose options that are more sustainable than others. Participants will consider choices that may result in ecologically sustainable lifestyles, communities, and organizations.
Topics covered in the nine sessions include:
A Call to Sustainability Sustainable Communities Food Lifestyles	Ecological Principles Business and Economy Buying Visions of Sustainability
Learn more about the Choices for Sustainable Living Course

Discovering a Sense of Place What is a bioregional perspective? What are the benefits of developing an intimate relationship with your place and what it means to protect the place you live? This course addresses these issues.
Topics covered in the eight sessions include:
A Sense of Place Knowing Your Bioregion Mapping Your Place Empowerment	Responsibility to Place Living in Place Community
Learn more about the Discovering a Sense of Place Course

Exploring Deep Ecology To clarify earth-related values through discussion about deep ecology and related topics; to discover how personal values affect the way we view and treat the earth; to explore what it means to take personal responsibility for the earth.
Topics covered in the nine sessions include:
Deep Ecology Wild Nature Native American Wisdom The Gaia Hypothesis	The Universe Story Ecopsychology Simplicity Bioregionalism
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Globalization and its Critics To understand the institutions, processes and effects of globalization; to examine how personal choices affect globalization; to explore a variety of possible future visions and how they can be cultivated.
Topics covered in the nine sessions include:
Globalization Overview Questioning Free Trade Transnational Corporations Food and the Global Marketplace	Globalization and the Environment Social Equity Shaping Opinion Homogenizagtion of Cultures
Learn more about the Globalization and its Critics Course