Ecopsychology: Experiencing the Ecological Self

Ecopsychology: Experiencing the Ecological Self

Sunday, May 27 – June 1, 2012

David Key & Mary-Jayne Rust

This course is open for bookings.

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The concept of the ecological Self is central to Ecopsychology. This term originates from the Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess, who argues that through transcending the individual ego we can reach a sense of identification with all other life and systems of life. In the industrial north we are largely brought up in a culture of individualism, which promotes the idea that humans are separate from, and superior to, the rest of nature. As a result of this cultural conditioning it can be hard to know how to participate consciously in the web of life, how to live and work systemically – how to act from an ecological sense of Self.

Through a series of carefully facilitated outdoor experiences and small group work, this course will help participants experience the ecological Self and ask what it really means to “reconnect with nature”.

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About the teachers

David Key is an internationally qualified outdoor leader with over 15 years experience working with groups in wild places to facilitate change. He is a fellow of the Centre for Human Ecology and co-led the postgraduate Ecopsychology module at the University of Strathclyde for seven years. He was a founding director of Footprint Consulting Limited where he worked extensively with organisational change. He now facilitates the WWF Natural Change Project with Margaret Kerr, while training as a psychotherapist.

Mary-Jayne Rust is a Jungian analyst and an art therapist. Her many years of working in the area of eating problems has informed a wider interest in the cultural roots of consumerism and the links between gender and culture, soul and the land. Alongside private practice, she lectures and teaches in a variety of settings, as well as contributing to books and journals on the subject of ecopsychology. She is co-editor of Vital Signs: Psychological Responses to Ecological Crisis Karnac 2011. She has worked for two green NGOs. She grew up by the sea, and now lives beside a large area of ancient woodland in North London. Visit www.mjrust.net

Visit the course webpage: http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/ecopsychology-experiencing-the-ecological-self-2

Course Fees

£800
All course fees include 5 nights accommodation, food, field trips and all teaching sessions.

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