Vandana Shiva (born 1952), originally a physicist, is an environmentalist, activist, feminist, and author of many books. She is a leading figure in the global solidarity and justice movement and a leading figure in the International Forum on Globalization. In India, she founded the Navdanya movement for the protection of biodiversity and farmers' rights. She is the director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology and a member of the International Organization…
Day: December 26, 2016
Brian Swimme: The Sun as the Center
Brian Swimme (born 1952) is a mathematical cosmologist, professor in the Department of Cosmology, Philosophy, and Consciousness at the California Institute for Integral Studies, and director of the Center for the Story of the Universe. He studied mathematical cosmology at the University of Oregon and worked at the Riverdale Center of Religious Research in New York, where his teacher and mentor was theologian and cosmologist Thomas Berry, who introduced him to Teilhardian…