Dancing with Thoreau by Chris Korrow DVD (#019)

Langley Filmmaker, Chris Korrow’s feature film explores how and why we, as a Western society, can and should reconnect with our environment as part of our work to mitigate and adapt to climate change. How does a connection with our natural environment strengthen our spiritual, physical, creative, economic, and intellectual pursuits? How can the cultivation of a spiritual practice support a healthy and balanced natural environment? Dancing With Thoreau weaves film and photography together with commentary from leading edge teachers, naturalists, farmers, scientists and spiritual leaders as Chris explores these questions.

View the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbN9msrh3P0

Who appears in the film: Special appearance by His Holiness The Dalai Lama Jon Young (Author of What the Robin Knows, Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature, and founder of the Wilderness Awareness School.) Richard Louv (Author, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder.) David Suzuki (Author, activist and host of Canadian public television’s The Nature of Things.) Stephan Schwartz (Senior Samueli Fellow for Brain, Mind, and Healing of the Samueli Institute, and a research associate of the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory of the Laboratories for Fundamental Research and a columnist for the journal Explore.) April Blair & Matthew Bibeau (Founders and teachers of Mother Earth School, a Waldorf-inspired all-outdoor preschool and kindergarten in Portland, Oregon.) Denis Hayes (National coordinator of the first Earth Day when he was 25, one of Time magazine’s “Heroes of the Planet,” and president of the Bullitt Foundation, founders of the Bullitt Center—the world’s greenest commercial building.) Jeffrey Cramer (Notable Thoreau scholar and author of many books, including, The Portable Thoreau, Viking/Penguin, 2012.) Jacqueline Freeman (Biodynamic beekeeper, farmer and teacher, Friendly Haven Rise Farm.) Richard Ryan, PhD (Professor of psychology, psychiatry, and education, University of Rochester. Lead author of “Vitalizing effects of being outdoors and in nature,” Journal of Environmental Psychology.) Elizabeth K. Nisbet, PhD (Psychology Department, Trent University, Ontario. Researcher on individual differences in subjective connectedness with nature--nature relatedness--and the links with health, well-being/happiness, and environmentally sustainable behavior.) Dennis Klocek (Founder of the Coros Institute, dedicated to dialogue between individuals in the sciences, the arts, and business with a commitment to spiritual values arising from the contemplative life; director, Consciousness Studies at Rudolf Steiner College, CA; international lecturer; author of many books including, Climate, The Soul of the Earth; The Seer's Handbook; Drawing from the Book of Nature and his most recent book, Sacred Agriculture.) The Rev. Canon Sally G. Bingham (Rev. Bingham has brought widespread attention to the link between religious faith and the environment through her work on The Regeneration Project and the Interfaith Power & Light campaign. As one of the first faith leaders to fully recognize global warming as a core moral issue, she has mobilized thousands of religious people to put their faith into action through energy stewardship. She serves as Canon for the Environment in the Episcopal Diocese of California and is the lead author of Love God Heal Earth. In 2012, Rev. Bingham was awarded the Audubon Society’s Rachel Carson Award for her environmental leadership.)

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