During times of conflict, humanitarian aid workers aim to save lives, alleviate suffering and maintain human dignity. Aid work is compassionate in nature, but can take an emotional toll on the providers. Working in difficult circumstances and constantly witnessing the suffering of others places humanitarians in environments of chronic stress. Programs that pro-actively address the stress of this work on…
We are pleased to announce that the Garrison Institute Board of Trustees has elected Peter J. Miscovich as its Chair. Peter Miscovich has served on the Board of the Garrison Institute since 2011 and he has been involved with the Garrison Institute since 2005 as a contemplative practitioner. As a Managing Director of Jones Lang LaSalle, Peter leads the strategic…
Our dependence on burning fossil fuels is a seemingly intractable social problem. It’s hard to even fathom the vast timescales of impacts the greenhouse gasses we emit today will have far into the future, let alone act now to alter them later. Yet in far-flung communities across the country and around the world, people are acting. Neither the actions nor…
It’s long been known that teachers are stressed, and that in the US, half of all new teachers burn out within the first five years. But there’s new evidence the problem may be getting worse amid stepped up battles over teacher testing, budget cuts and implementation of Common Core standards for reading, writing and math. Recent surveys reveal that teacher…
Join us in celebration of our 10th anniversary with a community picnic open to all, including delicious food and fun activities for the whole family, on Sunday, July 28 from 4 – 7 pm, rain or shine. Bring a blanket and enjoy our gorgeous grounds with views of the Hudson River and food available from Fresh Company including slow-cooked pork…
Fostering the development of ‘we’-oriented social resilience… peer pressure as a force for positive behavior change… unmitigated disaster among disenfranchised communities… making a moral call to action on climate disruption… a tool kit for city bicycling adoption… collaborative governance…. In March, the Garrison Institute hosted the second annual Climate, Cities and Behavior symposium, on the theme The Human Dimensions of Resilient…
The Garrison Institute is proud to be a partner of The City Resilient, a PopTech forum June 24 and 25 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City. In a time of increasing volatility, cities serve as both the epicenters of vulnerability and the crucibles of resilience. This raises important questions: How do we empower communities to improve…
An exhibition of artworks by Greg Dunn is currently on display in the Garrison Institute ambulatory. Dunn, a neuroscience PhD (Penn), is a great fan of minimalist scroll and screen painting from the Edo period in Japan. His realization that the elegant forms of neurons (the cells that comprise your brain) can be painted expressively in the Asian sumi-e style…