Making Peace with the Earth
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Making Peace with the Earth

Dig deep on the great issue of our time as you embrace this science-based contemplative journey by Chris Sunderland

By Chris Sunderland

Location

St James Church

Saint James Street Mangotsfield BS16 9EW United Kingdom

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event.

Agenda

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Sept 8th Living in the Flow

The great story of the universe and our own short-sightedness. Reconfiguring our priorities in the light of what we now know.

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Sept 15th Feeling the Earth

We have been taught about the Earth and its life but somehow don't quite feel part of it all. How can we come to feel our relationship with the natural world?

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Sept 22nd Creating Shared Imagination

Few people recognise that human beings have built their civilisations using shared imagination. This is a vital insight in learning how to address today's predicament.

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Sept 29th Believing in Science

Science has revealed to us the truth about our current situation and it suggests a way forward that few have yet noticed?

About this event

  • Free venue parking

Sept 8th Living in the Flow

Sept 15th Feeling for the Earth

Sept 22nd Creating Shared Imagination

Sept 29th Believing in science

In these sessions you will encounter essential mysteries of our existence, falsehoods of Western Culture and practical avenues to address our relationship with the planet.Each session begins at 7.30pm and will include a multimedia presentation with breaks for conversation. Participants are encouraged to attend all four sessions if possible, because they add together, embracing climate, nature and our own culture to create a unique, integrated picture of our current human predicament and its potential solution.

Let art and science join hands
let music fill the skies
as our hearts are joined
in imagination
of the Earth
and all that lives

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Organized by

Chris Sunderland

Chris is known locally for his involvement in local environmental initiatives like Friends of Emersons Green Park, the community nature reserve and Emersons and Lyde Community Energy. In his latest course, Making Peace with the Earth, he draws from an extensive and varied career, not only as an environmental entrepreneur, launching initiatives such as the Bristol Pound, but also a research scientist and thinker who has published four books, the latest of which is entitled 'Imagination is the key to unlocking the environmental crisis'.

£10