![]() “…at the higher levels of formal education the needed processes of reflection on meaning and values must take place within this critical context.” (Thomas Berry, “The American College in the Ecological Age,” in The Dream of the Earth, 97). “Education must be a pervasive life experience.” (Thomas Berry, “The American College in the Ecological Age,” in The Dream of the Earth, 96). This turbulence establishes the context of our present educational discussions.” (Thomas Berry, “The American College in the Ecological Age,” in The Dream of the Earth, 94). “The next transition, from the dominant scientific-technological period to the ecological period, is turbulent indeed. “The American college may be considered a continuation, at the human level, of the self-education process of the earth itself: universe education, earth education, and human education are stages of development in a single unbroken process.” (Thomas Berry, “The American College in the Ecological Age,” in The Dream of the Earth, 89). This brings about a completely new sense of reality and value.” (Thomas Berry, “The Ecological Age,” in The Dream of the Earth, 42). ![]() It is to transcend not only national limitations, but even our species isolation, to enter into the larger community of living species. “Our challenge is to create a new language, even a new sense of what it is to be human. Our children should be properly introduced to the world in which they live.” (Thomas Berry, “Human Presence,” in The Dream of the Earth, 13). A truly human intimacy with the earth and with the entire natural world is needed. “Our relationship with the earth involves something more than pragmatic use, academic understanding, or aesthetic appreciation. “…the universe, by definition, is a single gorgeous celebratory event.” (Berry, “Returning to Our Native Place,” in The Dream of the Earth, 5). ![]() Berkeley: Counterpoint Press, 2015 (orig.
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