The planetary network of light, love and service is transforming the mental climate of the planet, reorientating humanity to spiritual attitudes and values. The groups and activities reported in the Bulletin reflect different aspects of the network.

The Institute of Reverential Ecology

The Institute’s vision is based upon five principles:

• Self-conscious intelligence is a special gift of creation to humans. It is to be used wisely and nonviolently.
• The coexistence of freedom and necessity, choice and inevitability is part of the deep structure of the universe.
• All that nature has evolved is completely interconnected and interdependent.
• A sense of wonder at the mystery and sanctity of nature is at the root of Reverential Ecology.
• Continually recognizing and respecting the reciprocity and mutuality between generations is a key element in sustaining the harmonious turning of the universal “wheel of life.”

Each year the Institute holds a conference focusing on some aspect of reverential ecology. And the Institute proposes to hold a series of regular gatherings throughout the world “to bring together representatives of many cultures, races and ages to discuss and explore the most significant ideas that advance our evolving awareness of the interdependence of life.”

The Institute of Reverential Ecology
133 East de la Guerra St. #PMB 328, Santa Barbara,
California, 93101, USA

Tel: +1 805.201-2810
web: http://reverentialecology.org

The Eco-Philosophy Center

The idea of eco-philosophy was developed in 1974 by Dr. Henryk Skolimowski, then Professor of Humanities at the University of Michigan. The Eco-Philosophy Center (EPC) was founded in 1981 in Michigan, USA. The purpose of the EPC is “to serve as a focal point for the development and advancement of eco-philosophy, which emphasized the importance of the relationship between humanity and the environment.”

The Center invites people of goodwill to become ‘Friends of Eco-Philosophy’.The Center explains: “the world is a sanctuary, while we are its reverential guardians, responsible for its well-being. Eco-philosophy maintains that the ecological and the spiritual are one. We need to work simultaneously on healing ourselves and on healing our external environments.”

David Skrbina
42231 Ladywood, Northville, MI 48167 USA
Tel: +1 313 845-7647
web: www.ecophilosophy.org
Email:Skrbina@netzero.com

The Resurgence Trust

For many years, Satish Kumar, the editor of Resurgence magazine and programme director of Schumacher College in Devon, UK has been a leading and an influential proponent of reverential ecology.

In an article entitled “Learning From Nature” he comments: “Everything we receive from nature is a gift; whether it is food, water, sunshine or anything else; everything is a gift. This is the symbiotic relationship which equips us with humility, wonder and reverence. Nature is not there to be plundered or exploited rather it is there to be cherished and celebrated. I call it ‘Reverential Ecology’ ”.

The Resurgence Trust
Ford House, Hartland, Bideford, Devon EX39 6EE UK
Telephone: + 44 (0) 1237 441 293
web: www.resurgence.org