Earth Principles; The Web of Life
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Earth Principles; The Web of Life examines the interconnected environmental operating systems that govern the planet and introduces key environmental and climate challenges related to planetary boundaries. This course also explores the root causes and potential solutions of these crises and investigates how we can build a future rooted in intersectional justice and community. For learners completing the Psychology of Deep Resilience certificate program, we recommend completing this course sec...
About this Course
Some of us will recall first learning about the web of life in school, of how all living and non-living things are connected through a complex food system for survival. All life forms in the ecosystem depend on all other living and non-living things for food, nutrients and energy. Environmental systems are complex, interlinked and interdependent. The same is true of human systems, whether neural, social, political or economic! In this course, we will examine and apply a systems approach to understand the past and present and move us toward a future rooted in justice and community that we all build together.
What You'll Learn
- Become familiar with an intersectional justice-based framing of the environmental and climate crises by tracing them to their systemic root causes
- Learn that while some loss is inevitable, there are new conceptual paradigms and practical solutions that we can all build, bringing individuals, communities and systems back to balance
- Immerse yourself in five contemplative practices and explore your inner world through writing and embodied practices that can help you build your inner resilience and provide the sustenance you need to do this work
- Be invited to expand your creative imagination through all assignments and connect what you learn to your own life
Instructors
Dekila Chungyalpa
Director