Contemplative Teaching and Learning promotes awareness of self, others and the world by infusing classroom life and teaching with experiential practices such as mindfulness, yoga, tai chi and reflective journaling. On August 10-15, Garrison Institute's Fifth Annual CARE for Teachers Summer Retreat (Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education) provides professional development training for teachers, promoting mindfulness through contemplative practices, helping teachers better manage students' and their own emotions. Also note: CARE for Teachers has a new website!

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The Climate Mind and Behavior (CMB) program connects new insights from social and behavioral sciences about the drivers of human behavior with new thinking on solutions to climate change and other environmental issues. Its annual symposia brings leading neuro-, climate, behavioral and social scientists together with public, nonprofit, and business leaders to advance behavior-based climate and biodiversity solutions. See videos from the Feb. 2012 Climate, Mind and Behavior (CMB) symposium. The 2012 Climate, Buildings and Behavior (CBB) symposium will be held in May.

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The Initiative on Transforming Trauma has shown the potential of contemplative practices to enhance the well-being of patients, trauma survivors and caregivers alike. On November 8-11, 2012, the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care and the Garrison Institute's Wellness Project will present the Buddhist Contemplative Care Symposium, at which leading experts in palliative, hospice and contemplative care join together to explore how contemplative care techniques can improve healing and reduce suffering, while sharing best practices and developing common standards of care.

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