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…
The Garrison Institute was founded in 2003, and we are enjoying our tenth anniversary year with special events, a commemorative video, and a journal, Essays from the Garrison Institute: 10 Years of Impact, 2003-2013 (PDF, 7.5 MB). In April, we held our 10th Anniversary Gala at The Pierre hotel in Manhattan. Our keynote speakers were our board members Paul Hawken, Dan…
On Thursday, April 18, 7-10pm, join us for a talk and a convivial dinner prepared by Fresh Company. Our menu will highlight Hudson Valley ingredients and some from the city itself, with hors d’oeuvres, dinner, beer and wine served in the Garrison Institute dining room. Our menu is filled with classic NYC dishes, made with ingredients from the city, and…
Videos from our symposium The Art and Science of Contemplative Teaching and Learning: Exploring Ways of Knowing, held last November, are now available. Dr. Dan Siegel, Linda Lantieri, Tobin Hart, Mark Greenberg and Laura Rendon expound on subjects such as Reflection, Relationships and Resilience at the Heart of Internal Education; Growing the Integrative Mind; and Cultivating Different Ways of Knowing.…
Tricycle Magazine’s current issue features an illuminating look at the Buddhist Contemplative Care Symposium held at the Garrison Institute in November, 2012. Here’s an excerpt from So the Darkness Shall Be the Light: Contemplative Care Comes of Age at a Symposium in Garrison, New York, by Joe Loizzo: “Once the gong of the opening meditation had sounded in the stained…
A series of eight paintings recently created by Robert Spellman, featuring enigmatic beetles on glowing, textured surfaces, is on exhibit now in the Garrison Institute’s ambulatory. Visitors are welcome weekdays, 9-5. Spellman says of these works: “I did the present series at the invitation of the Garrison Institute. It was an opportunity to produce a set of paintings on a…
