Earth Literacy Program Overview

The staff of Genesis Farm and program participants form a learning community to explore the Story of the Universe and an emerging cosmology that can restore our human embeddedness in the greater web of life.

Our introductory programs, Introduction to a New Cosmology, Exploring a New Cosmology, and Immersion in the New Cosmology draw on the insights of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Thomas Berry, Brian Swimme, and other scientists, philosophers, poets and mystics.

Changing our world view and transforming ourselves personally and culturally is what Thomas Berry describes as the Great Work of our time. Please join us in exploring a new cosmology that lays the foundation for an ecological future

2010 Programs:

Introduction to a New Cosmology
May 21 - 23, 2010; or,
Sept. 24 - 26, 2010
Begins at 4 pm on Friday and ends after dinner on Sunday.
Stay for an additional day on Monday to integrate your learning.
Cost: $255 for the weekend program; includes lodging and all meals.

Each weekend overview explores the enormous shift in understanding evoked by the story of an evolutionary universe and our embeddedness in Earth’s web of life. It will offer new expansive understandings of the human capacity to shape an ecologically viable future for the good of the total planet.

Exploring a New Cosmology
July 15 - 20, 2010
or
August 19 - 24, 2010
Programs begin at 6 pm with dinner on Thursday evening and
end after lunch on Tuesday.
Cost: $575 for each program; includes lodging and all meals.

Highlights of the 16-day Immersion in a New Cosmology program in a 5-day session. Live and learn in the context of a mutually-enhancing relationship with Earth, as we examine the full scope of the 13.7 billion-year Universe story, as well as its implications for our lives and creative work.

Immersion in the New Cosmology
July 26 - August 11, 2010
Begins on Monday evening at 6 pm with dinner and ends after lunch on Wednesday.
Cost: $1,680; includes lodging and all meals.

We immerse ourselves in an intensive 16-day experience that empowers us to re-think the meaning of our lives within the context of Earth and Cosmos. Practical personal, professional, and societal changes that can help re-invent our human activities are explored. There is time for field trips and hands-on experiences in the garden and kitchen, with space also for journaling, reflection, and time in the natural world.