The Northwest Earth Institute
The Northwest Earth Institute has produced six discussion
courses:
- Choices for Sustainable Living
- Voluntary Simplicity
- Discovering a Sense of Place
- Exploring Deep Ecology
- Globalization and its Critics
- Global Warming: Changing CO2urse
NWEI programs encourage participants to explore their values, attitudes, and actions through discussion with other people. These programs are organized around three key principles:
- An earth-centered ethic promoting individual responsibility for the earth.
- The practice of engaged simplicity to enrich life and reduce personal impact on the earth.
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A dedication to living fully in place and protecting the
unique bioregion in which you live.
Founded in 1993 by long-time activists Jeanne and Dick Roy, NWEI initially brought a single course, Exploring Deep Ecology, into mainstream workplaces to engage people in earth-centered conversation. Today, NWEI volunteers offer a variety of programs in workplaces at noon, and in homes, centers of faith, neighborhoods, and other places where groups of 8 to 12 can meet.
To underscore the powerful effect of personal change, NWEI took the following mission:
"Motivating individuals to
examine and transform personal values and habits, to accept
responsibility for the earth, and to act on that
commitment."
Read Earth Matters, the NWEI spring
newsletter.
For more information on our discussion courses, click
here.
To get involved in our
programs, visit us here.
Help support our initiatives by becoming a member at here.
