Peak Oil, Peak Water, Peak Education

Abstract

America' s colleges and universities, for years the envy of the world and still a comfort to citizens concerned with the performance of the country' s public elementary and secondary schools, are beginning to lose their relative luster. Surveys of the American public and of more than 1,000 college and university presidents, conducted this past spring by the Pew Research Center in association with the Chronicle of Higher Education, revealed signifi cant concerns not only about the costs of such education but also about its direction and goals. (Christensen and Horn 2011, 40)

Bodily Contraction Arises with Dukkha: Embodied Learning to Foster Racial Healing

“…The change in perception that is needed according to Macy is understanding our intimate connection with the world as expressed in non-dualistic understanding of self and other, an understanding of the intimate connections between humans and the non-human world. Many contemplative studies educators are on the same page when it comes to advancing education in more holistic directions (e.g., Coburn 2013). These alternative relationships and perspectives are elaborated in Macy's (2021) World as Lover, World as Self.…”