Theme for 2008
Imaginative Use of Spiritual, Mental and Material Resources

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

The life of man is a self-evolving circle, which, from a ring imperceptibly small, rushes on all sides outwards to new and larger circles, and that without end.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Program Plan for 2008
   
January 19 What is True Wealth?
January 25 Excursion to the Asia Pacific and Norton Simon Museums
February 2 Remembering Mahatma Gandhi
February 16 Othello: Film Forum and Discussion
February 23 Traditional Chinese Medicine
March 1 Othello: Excursion to a Live Performance
March 1 Promoting Democracy & Social Justice around the World
March 15 The Vision of Sustainable Urbanism and the Future of Santa Barbara
March 29 The Sand Castle: Building a City in the Desert of Ras al-Khaimah
April 5 Can Civil Society Prevail? Reports from Europe, Kosovo, Iran and Other Nations
April 25 Vandana Shiva: Recreating the Commons in a Globalized World
April 26 Vandana Shiva: Peace, Justice and Sustainability
May 16-19 Hawaiian Spirituality, Ecology and Dance
May 31 Nuclear Weapons and the Human Future
  Further Topics under Consideration
June Learning through Myth, Symbol and Metaphor
July Environmentalism Plus: The Influence of Rachel Carson
August Plato versus Al Qaida: A Natural Law Perspective on Political Conflict
September Santa Barbara Architecture: Historic Precedent versus Sustainable Vision
October Topic pending
November Liberation Theology in Latin America
December Safeguarding Art Treasures in Cirebon, Indonesia