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SUMMARY:Spiritual Cultivation: Inner Practices for Outer Change\, A Pathways Global Speaker Forum Series
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by the Pathways to Planetary Health initiative at the Garrison Institute and the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology \nSpiritual Cultivation: Inner Practices for Outer Change\n  \nIn this session\, we will explore cultivation traditions in China and what they can teach us about resilience and mind-body / inner-outer integration. These practices contribute to the historical\, cultural\, and spiritual roots of Ecological Civilization and provide a foundation for what it looks like today. We will also discuss institutions as a bridge from personal cultivation to societal impact – with connections to what’s happening in schools\, how businesses work\, and the role of governments at different scales. \nKey questions: \n\nWhat are the limitations of technological solutions alone in addressing complex ecological crises?\nHow can science and contemplative traditions be integrated to foster a more holistic understanding of planetary health?\nHow are the cultural and spiritual dimensions of Ecological Civilization unfolding today? What motivates and supports the revival of historical traditions? Where are the applications of these traditions coherent\, and where are they messy and complex?\nWhat does it mean to view humans as part of an interconnected\, living Earth community rather than separate from nature?\nWhat lessons can other nations learn from China’s efforts to embed cultural values in environmental governance?\n\n\n  \nTIMING\nWe will conduct this live Forum on Zoom 7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. ET on Monday October 6\, 2025. After registering\, you will receive a Zoom link to join the session. \n  \n  \nSPEAKERS\n \nMary Evelyn Tucker\, PhD\, co-directs the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology\, which examines cultural and religious values for broadened environmental ethics. This arose from a series of 10 conferences at Harvard on world religions and ecology that she organized with John Grim. She has published several books on Confucianism including The Philosophy of Qi. She co-edited Confucianism and Ecology (Harvard) and two volumes with Tu Weiming on Confucian Spirituality. She is the co-author of Journey of the Universe with Brian Thomas Swimme and the executive producer of the Emmy Award winning Journey film. This was inspired by Thomas Berry whose books she edited and whose biography she wrote with John Grim. They have been traveling in China since 1985 studying Ecological Civilization. \n  \n \nPeter Senge\, PhD\, is Co-Founder of the Center for Systems Awareness and Senior Lecturer in Leadership & Sustainability at MIT. Peter has been at the forefront of organizational learning since publishing his classic text\, The Fifth Discipline\, which provided theories and methods to foster aspiration\, develop reflective conversation\, and understand complexity in service of shaping learning-oriented organization cultures. Throughout his career\, Peter asks “how do we create the conditions for people to work together at their best\, cultivating the innate systems intelligence that is our birthright but is all but lost in modern culture?”  \n  \n \nStephen Posner\, PhD\, is Director of the Pathways to Planetary Health initiative at the Garrison Institute. He has published over 50 technical and non-technical articles on sustainability science\, leverage points for change\, and methods for assessment of social and ecological systems. Stephen applies science integrated with contemplative practices to help align human systems with nature. He builds understanding across cultures and sectors and serves as a trusted advisor. Stephen was given a copy of the I Ching in his mid 20s and has practiced Qigong and Tai Chi for only 5 years.  \n  \n \nYao Xinzhong\, PhD\, is Professor of Ethics\, and formerly Dean of the School of Philosophy at Renmin University of China. He was also formerly Professor and Director of the King’s China Institute at King’s College London. Prior to this appointment\, Professor Yao was Professor of Religion and Ethics at the University of Wales\, Lampeter\, and a senior research fellow at the Ian Ramsey Centre\, University of Oxford. In 1998\, in recognition of his work promoting Confucianism in the UK\, he was made Honorary President of the Confucian Academy in Hong Kong. Yao has published books and articles on the subject of Confucianism\, including comparative studies with Christianity. He is the author and editor of the 2 volume Encyclopedia of Confucianism and co-edited with Weiming Tu the 4 volume Confucian Studies—Critical Concepts in Asian Philosophy.   \n  \nCultivating Ecological Civilization: Wisdom\, Practice\, and Systems Change\nA Global Speaker Series\n  \nJoin us for our global speaker series that seeks to explore and activate the concept of Ecological Civilization – a guiding philosophy and policy framework for how a nation can balance human development\, social development\, and environmental stewardship. \nThese online dialogues with thought leaders in the field will focus on China’s model as a case study of integrating cultural\, spiritual\, political\, economic\, and ecological dimensions when technological solutions alone are proving insufficient for addressing the deeper roots of our planetary predicaments. \nWe will reflect on how insights from China’s aspirations\, experiments\, and serious efforts to address their own internal challenges might inspire grounded and integrative approaches to Ecological Civilization in Western contexts. \nHosted by Stephen Posner\, PhD\, Director of our Pathways to Planetary Health initiative; Mary Evelyn Tucker\, Co-Director of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology; Peter Senge\, Co-Founder of the Center for Systems Awareness and Senior Lecturer in Leadership & Sustainability at MIT; and esteemed guests Zhu Yan\, Yao Xinhong\, Binbin Wang\, and Hazim Xie. \nThis series builds from an initial conversation among Mary Evelyn\, Peter\, and Stephen in spring 2025 focused on The Ecological Turn: Bridging Wisdom from Contemplative Traditions with Ecological Ways of Life. \nWe will conduct these LIVE forums on Zoom from 7:00 – 8:15 p.m. ET on  \nMarch 28 \nAugust 28 \n October 6 \n November 5  \n  \n  \n  \nPlease contact us for questions and inquiries at events@garrisoninstitute.org. \n\n  \n\n\n\n\n \n\n  \nIf you are experiencing issues with our check-out cart loading\, please click here to complete your transaction. 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SUMMARY:Virtual Forum: Inner Work\, Outer Change
DESCRIPTION:Mapping the Field of Spiritually Informed Social Change\nA Garrison Institute Webinar with Steve Varley and Gretchen Steidle\n  \nJoin the Garrison Institute’s Managing Director Steve Varley and Gretchen Steidle\, Director of our Spirituality & Social Change Initiative\, for a dynamic conversation exploring the powerful relationship between contemplative inner work and meaningful outer transformation. This webinar offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Garrison Institute’s bold new initiative to map\, connect and learn from the diverse\, inspiring organizations across the United States and world that are integrating spiritual practice for social and environmental change. \nTogether\, Steve and Gretchen will reflect on what the Garrison Institute is learning from this expansive research and convening — how inner transformation illuminates social change\, where the boundaries of the “field” are growing\, and how the shared language of spirit and service is being reimagined by communities at the forefront. The session will include a live demonstration of the Spirituality & Social Change Map\, an interactive tool open to the public that invites users to explore this evolving field and discover opportunities for connection\, collaboration\, and collective insight\, along with an opportunity for participant Q&A. \nPractitioners of all levels who are curious about the intersection of contemplative practice and social change will find in this webinar an opportunity to participate in the weaving of this emerging narrative rooted in wholeness\, relationality\, and purpose. \n  \nZoom links will be emailed within 24 hours of registration. Please contact us at events@garrisoninstitute.org with questions. \n\n  \n  \nSPEAKERS\n  \nRadha Ruparell\, Head of Global Leadership Accelerator\, Teach for All: Radha Ruparell is a global cross-sector expert in personal transformation and collective leadership\, having worked with CEOs\, Fortune 500 executives\, social entrepreneurs\, and grassroots leaders around the world. She heads the Global Leadership Accelerator at Teach For All\, a growing movement spanning 60+ countries and tens of thousands of locally rooted\, globally informed leaders committed to ensuring all children can fulfill their potential.  Radha also serves as a Chief Learning Officer for the Global Institute for Shaping a Better Future where she focuses on inner leadership and system-wide change. Previously\, Radha was a consultant at McKinsey & Company\, advising CEOs and senior executives on growth strategy\, organizational transformation\, and innovation. Her work in global health included pioneering public-private partnerships that expanded access to essential medicines for millions of children across Asia and Africa. She is also the co-founder of Y2Y (Youth to Youth)\, the largest movement of young leaders bringing innovative ideas to the World Bank. Radha holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School.  She sits on the Board of Directors of the Open Future Institute and has served on the Nationswell Council\, a nationwide network of changemakers and thought leaders. Radha also hosts a monthly talk series with global leaders the People First Community\, a cross-sector coalition advocating for a new paradigm of leadership to advance sustainable development.  Radha is the author of Brave Now and co-editor of What Leadership We Need Now?  Her ideas have been featured in publications such as Forbes\, CEO World\, OECD Forum\, & Greater Good Science Center. She speaks frequently on topics of personal transformation\, system change\, collective leadership\, healing & leading for a new future. \n  \nGretchen Ki Steidle is the Founder and President of Circles for Conscious Change\, a transformative education firm working with social entrepreneurs\, nonprofits\, and corporations on the use of mindfulness as a design tool for social innovation. Gretchen is also the founder and President of Global Grassroots\, an international organization that operated a social venture incubator and mindful-leadership program for women and girls in East Africa. She has an MBA from the Tuck School at Dartmouth and a BA in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia.\nGretchen is author of Leading from Within: Conscious Social Change and Mindfulness for Social Innovation (MIT Press\, 2017) and lectures and teaches on mindfulness and social change worldwide. A certified Integrative Breathworker\, Gretchen has been delivering breath-based therapeutic practices\, resilience training\, and trauma healing since 2002 to a range of individuals globally\, including survivors of and first responders to war and mass disaster. Her workshops have been offered at institutions including the Skoll World Forum\, Omega Institute\, Kripalu Institute\, Wellbeing Project\, AshokaU Exchange\, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and University of Virginia\, among others.\nIn 2007\, Gretchen was honored by World Business Magazine and Shell as one of the top International 35 Women Under 35. She was recognized in 2010 as a CNN Hero volunteering in Haiti after the earthquake. She was chosen in 2011 as one of seven Remarkable Women of the World by New Hampshire Magazine. In 2018\, Gretchen was named one of Inc.’s Top 100 Leadership Speakers. \n  \nSteve Varley serves as the Managing Director at the Garrison Institute. In this role\, Steve is responsible for the comprehensive strategy and support of the Garrison Institute’s efforts to apply the wisdom developed from contemplative practice to modern problems\, with a special interest on the translation of individual practice to community\, organizational\, and systems-level problems. Steve’s previous experience includes leadership roles at prominent organizations such as National Public Radio (NPR) and the University of North Carolina. His leadership at UNC Pembroke resulted in record-breaking fundraising years and was defined by his orientation of service and partnership toward the local community and the Lumbee Tribe. Steve also served as President of the UNC Pembroke Foundation\, an independent organization with endowment management and fundraising responsibility\, where he oversaw millions of dollars in annual grantmaking for students with financial need. Previously\, Steve served as associate dean of advancement at Yale University\, completing a long term of service in health-related fundraising and global health initiatives. Prior to Yale\, he was the vice president of development at Gardner-Webb University\, where he spearheaded the Higher Ground capital campaign\, the university’s most successful fundraising effort in its history. \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Why Ecological Civilization & Why Now? A Pathways Global Speaker Forum Series
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by the Pathways to Planetary Health initiative at the Garrison Institute and the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology \nWhy Ecological Civilization\, and Why Now?\n  \nIn this session\, we will outline the 4-part Global Speaker Series by focusing on: What is Ecological Civilization and why is it important now? How can economic growth be reconciled with ecological limits? How do modern expressions of very old ideas contribute to Ecological Civilization? \nWe will explore these questions through the lens of China’s Ecological Civilization vision – including human development\, sustainable development\, and practical implications such as reforestation\, regeneration\, and the Great Green Wall. We will also explore communitarian models of service\, social harmony\, ethics\, and education at the heart of Confucianism\, and what this means for society and cultural resilience. \nKey aims: \n\nLearn how the concept of Ecological Civilization is being understood in China and  implemented in Chinese environmental policy today.\nExplore opportunities that an Ecological Civilization vision creates along with challenges that it faces.\nConsider the key roles that cultural and ethical frameworks can play in shaping environmental policy and action.\nAppreciate how traditional spiritual and ethical systems—like Confucianism\, Daoism\, and Buddhism—can reshape our understanding of environmental responsibility.\n\n\n\nTIMING\nWe will conduct this live Forum on Zoom at 7:00 p.m. ET on Thursday August 28\, 2025. After registering\, you will receive a Zoom link to join the session. \n  \n  \nSPEAKERS\n \nMary Evelyn Tucker\, PhD\, co-directs the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology\, which examines cultural and religious values for broadened environmental ethics. This arose from a series of 10 conferences at Harvard on world religions and ecology that she organized with John Grim. She has published several books on Confucianism including The Philosophy of Qi. She co-edited Confucianism and Ecology (Harvard) and two volumes with Tu Weiming on Confucian Spirituality. She is the co-author of Journey of the Universe with Brian Thomas Swimme and the executive producer of the Emmy Award winning Journey film. This was inspired by Thomas Berry whose books she edited and whose biography she wrote with John Grim.They have been traveling in China since 1985 studying Ecological Civilization. \n  \n \nPeter Senge\, PhD\, is Co-Founder of the Center for Systems Awareness and Senior Lecturer in Leadership & Sustainability at MIT. Peter has been at the forefront of organizational learning since publishing his classic text\, The Fifth Discipline\, which provided theories and methods to foster aspiration\, develop reflective conversation\, and understand complexity in service of shaping learning-oriented organization cultures. Throughout his career\, Peter asks “how do we create the conditions for people to work together at their best\, cultivating the innate systems intelligence that is our birthright but is all but lost in modern culture?”  \n  \n \nStephen Posner\, PhD\, is Director of the Pathways to Planetary Health initiative at the Garrison Institute. He has published over 50 technical and non-technical articles on sustainability science\, leverage points for change\, and methods for assessment of social and ecological systems. Stephen applies science integrated with contemplative practices to help align human systems with nature. He builds understanding across cultures and sectors and serves as a trusted advisor. Stephen was given a copy of the I Ching in his mid 20s and has practiced Qigong and Tai Chi for only 5 years.  \n  \n \nYan Zhu\, PhD\, is an ecologist at Yale University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She is widely published in scientific journals on the environment. Her research focuses on mechanisms of species coexistence of biodiversity and forest ecosystem services. Originally from China\, she seeks to bridge local ecological wisdom\, such as the harmony between heaven and humans (Tian-Ren He-Yi ) and community-based practices\, with global scientific dialogue. She is dedicated to building cross-cultural understanding\, advancing research\, and sharing knowledge together with ecological environments. She believes that culture- and nature-based solutions can reinforce one another for a more sustainable future of the mutual flourishing of all beings (Wan-Wu Gong-Sheng ). This is part of China’s aspiration for building Ecological Civilization. \n  \nCultivating Ecological Civilization: Wisdom\, Practice\, and Systems Change\nA Global Speaker Series\n  \nJoin us for our global speaker series that seeks to explore and activate the concept of Ecological Civilization – a guiding philosophy and policy framework for how a nation can balance human development\, social development\, and environmental stewardship. \nThese online dialogues with thought leaders in the field will focus on China’s model as a case study of integrating cultural\, spiritual\, political\, economic\, and ecological dimensions when technological solutions alone are proving insufficient for addressing the deeper roots of our planetary predicaments. \nWe will reflect on how insights from China’s aspirations\, experiments\, and serious efforts to address their own internal challenges might inspire grounded and integrative approaches to Ecological Civilization in Western contexts. \nHosted by Stephen Posner\, PhD\, Director of our Pathways to Planetary Health initiative; Mary Evelyn Tucker\, Co-Director of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology; Peter Senge\, Co-Founder of the Center for Systems Awareness and Senior Lecturer in Leadership & Sustainability at MIT; and esteemed guests Zhu Yan\, Yao Xinhong\, Binbin Wang\, and Hazim Xie. \nThis series builds from an initial conversation among Mary Evelyn\, Peter\, and Stephen in spring 2025 focused on The Ecological Turn: Bridging Wisdom from Contemplative Traditions with Ecological Ways of Life. \nWe will conduct these LIVE forums on Zoom from 7:00 – 8:15pm ET on  \nAugust 28 \n October 6 \n November 5  \n  \n  \n  \nPlease contact us for questions and inquiries at events@garrisoninstitute.org.
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