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Relate to the practice of meditation: tower m otto

A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe," a part limited in time and space.  He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.  This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.  Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.  Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security.

Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)  Mathematical Circles

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Pay attention, then you will know there are other options. It will actually be within your power to experience a crowded, hot, slow, consumer-hell type situation as not only meaningful, but  sacred, on fire with the same force that made the stars: love, fellowship, the mystical oneness of all things deep down.

David Foster Wallace, Commencement Speech

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Love alone can unite living beings so as to complete and fulfill them... for it alone joins them by what is deepest in themselves. All we need is to imagine our ability to love developing until it embraces the totality of men and the earth." 
~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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THE MYSTERY

"LOVE AND DO WHAT YOU WILL"  St. Augustine

  • TWO Quizzes in class."Best and Worst" FOR ELEPHANT, DEER, JAGUAR, HEDGEHOG, HAWK

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  • 462-71 Jerome Bump, "Emotive Ethics and the food animal-human boundary"

     paper delivered at "The Human Animal Boundary" conference,  University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, 11 April 2015. Excerpts cited in paper delivered at "The World in 2050" Conference, UC Santa Barbata, October, 2016. 

    472-4        Papal Encyclical;

    475-81        Making Progress in the Forests

    482-3       Business Leaders and the Climate Crisis

    484-9      Climate Denial in the Senate

    490-1       Climate Denial in the White House

  • Beluga Whale (Sidney Primm)

    February 8, 2018

    Carnism and Climate Change

     

    Presentation Schedule:

     

    Introduction to Topic (0:00 - 5:00)

    1. carnism and climate change - what is it?

    2. introduce experiential learning activity

      1. breathing through straws to simulate reduced air availability due to climate change

      2. during each video segment, we are only allowed to breathe through the straw until we cannot any longer

    Video (5:00 - 15:00)

    1. https://youtu.be/lLhEmGx8YQE

      1. Fight Climate Change, Eat Less Meat

      2. describes the negative effects meat production has on the environment

    2. https://youtu.be/lLhEmGx8YQE

      1. The diet that helps fight climate change

      2. this video talks more about individual choices that can help us reduce our carbon footprint and contribute to an overall lower level of global warming

    Discussion of Carnism and Sustainability Blogs (around 15:00 - 30:00)

    1. Start with a short discussion about our thoughts on the experiential learning activity

      1. was it hard to breathe for the entire video?

      2. would you want to live in a world where this was the reality?

      3. how can we prevent that reality from coming true?

    2. Cultural Proclivity for Meat

      1. Bear Cub

      2. Elephant

      3. Orca

    3. Harmful Effects of Meat on Climate Change

      1. Peacock

      2. Hedgehog

      3. Sea Turtle

      4. Grizzly Bear

    4. Morality of Eating Meat with Climate Change

      1. Peacock

      2. Okapi

     

 CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: Your Head and Your Heart

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