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, Deepening the Great Work, 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

2008 Programs:

Introduction to a New Cosmology
May 23 - 25, 2008
October 31 - November 2, 2008
Begins at 6 pm with dinner on Friday and ends after dinner on Sunday.
Stay for an additional day on Monday to integrate your learning.
Cost: $245 for the weekend program; includes lodging and all meals. Monday: $60; includes breakfast and lunch.

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 10 - 15, 2008
and
Deepening the Great Work
July 17 - 22, 2008
Programs begin at 6 pm with dinner on Thursday evening and
end after lunch on Tuesday.
Cost: $550 for each program; includes lodging and all meals.
Come for the first week; stay on for the second or come another time.

Highlights of the 16-day Immersion in a New Cosmology program in two 5-day sessions. 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. Register for both, or take the first and return for the second at another time.

Immersion in the New Cosmology
August 4 - 20, 2008
Begins on Monday evening at 6 pm with dinner and ends after lunch on Wednesday.
Cost: $1,600; 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.