Bill Plotkin speaks on EcoPsychology February 28, 2009

The Center for Integrative Psychology at Alliant International University presents
Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Visionary Leadership in a Time of Global Change
Workshop Presentation and Discussion:
This presentation and workshop responds to a pervasive hunger for meaning, for belonging to place, and for service in our time of global crisis. With an evening introduction and a daylong intensive, Dr. Plotkin introduces a new ecopsychology of human development that reveals how fully and creatively we can mature when wild nature guides us. Bill’s book, Nature and the Human Soul, provides a visionary model for the human life span, one that is rooted in the cycles and qualities of the natural world. His blueprint for individual development ultimately yields a strategy for genuine cultural transformation. During this weekend, we’ll explore eight stages of human life, each defined by a way of joining the human to nature, with the challenges and benefits of each stage. We’ll explore how we can progress from our current egocentric, aggressively competitive, consumer society to an ecocentric one that is sustainable, cooperative, just, and deeply imaginative.

Bill Plotkin, PhD, is a depth psychologist, wilderness rites guide, ecotherapist, and author. As the founder and president of Colorado’s Animas Valley Institute, since 1981 he has guided thousands of people through nature-based initiatory passages, including a contemporary Western adaptation of the pan-cultural vision quest. Previously, he has been a research psychologist, professor of psychology, psychotherapist, rock musician, professional river runner, and mountain-bike racer. He is the author of Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche and Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World.

Saturday, Feb 28, 2009
6:30pm - 9:00pm (Zable Hall)
~ Wine & Cheese Reception at 6:00pm ~
Sunday, Mar 1, 2009
Full-day Intensive (Ramona, CA)
~ Registration begins at 8:00am (Green Hall) ~

CSPP at Alliant Intl University
Scripps Ranch Campus
10455 Pomerado Road
Scripps Ranch, 92131

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