by Garrison Institute | Feb 12, 2020 | Climate, Mind and Behavior, Insights, Social Change, Symposium, Systems Thinking
We live in a time of great uncertainty, with the triple threat of increasingly volatile climate change, political polarization, and income inequality. It feels like the political, economic, and governance systems of our civilization are not only unequal to these...
by Garrison Institute | Sep 20, 2019 | Insights, Science, Social Change, Social Justice
Think about your local walk to the park. You head down that shady street, turn left at the corner store, cut up that little alleyway, and – voila! – you are surrounded by bounding dogs, trees, and giggling children. Or maybe not. Maybe you have to navigate...
by Garrison Institute | Oct 25, 2018 | Climate, Mind and Behavior
During this illuminating talk and slideshow at ABC Home in New York City, Paul Hawken circles back with us 18 months after the launch of Project Drawdown, a living research effort to reduce and sequester carbon as outlined in his book, Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive...
by Garrison Institute | Oct 16, 2018 | Arts
Meredith Monk opened the 2015 Artist and Buddhist Contemplatives gathering with a group vocalization of “AH.” This first sound of the gathering arose out of the silence and moved through all the participants together in a circle in the main hall at...