On April 11-13, 2008 Garrison Institute's Initiative on Transformational Ecology kicked off its Satyagraha Project, an exploration of Mahatma Gandhi's concept of nonviolent struggle, satyagraha or "truth force," part of lineage of thought which also included of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Martin Luther King, Jr., in the new context of climate change and the deep social and environmental changes we must make in our time.
Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-founder and co-director of the Forum on Religion and Ecology.
Cecil D. Corbin-Mark, Program Director for West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc. (WE ACT).
Philip Glass introduces the Opera Satyagraha, performs "Mad Rush" and "The Newcastle March."
Rajmohan Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi's grandson and author of the biography "Mohandas: A True Story of A Man, His People, And An Empire".
Billy Parish, founder of the Climate Campaign, and Co-Founder of the Energy Action Coalition.
John Francis, United Nations Environment Program Ambassador and Co-Founder of Planet Walk.
Director:
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Climate, Mind and Behavior Leadership Council:
Dina Biscotti, UC Davis
Uwe Brandes, Urban Land Institute
Marilyn Cornelius, Stanford University
Jeff Domanski, Princeton University
Becky Ford, University of Otago, New Zealand
Ruth Greenspan-Bell, Woodrow Wilson Intl Center for Scholars
Lauren Kubiak, Natural Resources Defense Council
Skip Laitner, ACEEE
John McIlwain, Urban Land Institute
Nils Moe, Urban Sustainability Directors Network
Phil Payne, Gingko Residential
Roger Platt, USGBC
Jonathan Rose, Garrison Institute Board Member
Kurth Roth, Fraunhofer Institute
Jonathan Rowson, RSA
Rachael Shwom, Rutgers University
Jennifer Tabanico, Action Research
Jason Twill, Vulcan Inc.
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