Robert Thurman spoke at UBC's Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on Sunday, April 27. His talk was entitled Buddhism as a Civilization Matrix and the Current Global Crisis. See www.cfis.ubc.ca/page 473.htm for more.
UBC professor William Rees argues that an interdisciplinary education is necessary in order to address the complex issues like climate change that we face today, and our education system needs to adapt to this reality.
Robert Thurman spoke at UBC's Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on Sunday, April 27. His talk was entitled Buddhism as a Civilization Matrix and the Current Global Crisis. See www.cfis.ubc.ca/page 473.htm for more.
Robert Thurman spoke at UBC's Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on Sunday, April 27. His talk was entitled Buddhism as a Civilization Matrix and the Current Global Crisis. See www.cfis.ubc.ca/page 473.htm for more.
Robert Thurman spoke at UBC's Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on Sunday, April 27. His talk was entitled Buddhism as a Civilization Matrix and the Current Global Crisis. See www.cfis.ubc.ca/page 473.htm for more.
UBC Assistant Professor Erin Baines tells the deeply disturbing story of Alice as she tries to reconcile her role in her's sister's death because of the Lord's Resistance Army.
UBC Assistant Professor Erin Baines describes how the research done on the Justice and Reconciliation project is helping the overall peace process in Northern Uganda.
UBC Professor William Rees argues that humans are now exceeding the rate at which nature is producing resources - a fundamental imbalance between the human enterprise and nature - and we're literally consuming the ecosphere from the inside out.
Erin Baines, Research Director of the Justice and Reconciliation Project at UBC's Liu Institute for Global Issues, describes the impact of the 60,000 war children that have been abducted to date in Northern Uganda.
UBC Professor William Rees argues that many solutions to climate change are actually just helping us grow more efficiently. The science shows that an absolute reduction in energy usage is required.
UBC Professor William Rees argues that climate change is a symptom of a deeper dysfunctional relationship between the human enterprise and the ecosphere.