October 28-30, 2004

Schedule and registration

Conference information

Speakers

To register:
Registration form (PDF)

Contact:
nature.sacred@oregonstate.edu

Kindlings:

Study Group Guide and readings

Download these documents
Study Guide (80kb)
Bibliography (84kb)
All reading (178kb) or individually
below each author on speakers page.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Thursday, October 28

7:00 p.m. N. Scott Momaday

Friday, October 29

Addresses by:
9:00 a.m. Marcus Borg
10:30 a.m. Joanna Macy
1:30 p.m. Seyyid Hossein Nasr
3:00 p.m. Kathleen Dean Moore

Friday, October 29

7:30 p.m. Chet Raymo, OSU Chamber Choir and the Corvallis-OSU Chamber
Orchestra:
In the Beginning: the Music of Creation, featuring the world premiere of a new composition for choir, percussion, piano, and sampled sounds of the cosmos by Michael Coolen
Details

Saturday, October 30, 2004
LaSells Stewart Center, OSU

9:00

• Panel Discussion:
  Nature and the Sacred: How, then, shall we live?
  Marcus Borg, Joanna Macy, Kathleen Dean Moore, Seyyid Hossein Nasr, and Chet Raymo
  (Austin Auditorium)

11:00

• Marcus Borg and Joanna Macy; questions and conversation (Ag Production )
• Poetry Reading: Philosophy of Nature students (Ag Leaders)
• Amy Minato: Nature Writing Workshop,
  The Wider Lens (Ag Science)

11:30

• Windmill Center Music Program (C & E Auditorium)

12:00

• Bob Lillie: slide show / talk: Sacred Landscapes of the National Parks (C & E Auditorium)
• Poetry Reading: Donna Henderson, Jess Lamb, Carolyn Miller, Molly Hollenbach, and others; (Ag Leaders)

1:00

• OPENING CEREMONY(Austin Auditorium)

1:20

• Common Pulse: African drum performance (Austin Auditorium)

1:30

• Michael Coolen, composer, In the Beginning; questions and conversation (Ag Production )

2:00

• Celestial Images slide show: John Flinn (Austin Auditorium)
• John Daniel author of Common Ground, and Looking After; and Neil Browne, reading and conversation (Ag Production )
• Jana Zvibleman and friends: poetry, storytelling, music:
  Women, Nature and the Sacred (Ag Leaders)
• Michael Nelson: presentation / discussion,
  Momaday's Environmental Vision (Ag Science)
• George Estreich: presentation / discussion: The Figure in Hiding: Down Syndrome, Metaphor, and the Living Child (Weyerhauser )

3:00

• Common Pulse: African drum workshop (Austin Auditorium)
• Kathleen Dean Moore and Chet Raymo: questions and conversation (Ag Production)
• Carolyn Servid & Dorik Mechau; workshop /talk,
  The Right Place for Love: Engaging Ourselves in Community (Weyerhauser )
• Viviane Simon-Brown: workshop,
  Intelligent Consumption (Weyerhauser )

3:00–5:00

Live Music: (C & E Auditorium)

• Absolut~ a capella harmonies
• Jubilate! The Women's Choir of Corvallis Betty Busch, conductor
• Siobhan~ original earthy tunes
• Cliff and Chere Periera~ folk duo with heart
• Mina Carson~ folk rock guitarist~ originals and favorites
• Laurie Childers~ bilingual songs for the earth

3:00–5:00

• Pam Wood / Debbi Tomasovic: workshop, Council of All Beings (Ag Science)

4:00

• Susan Zwinger, author of The Handford Reach, reading and conversation (Ag Production )
• John Swanson: workshop,
  Experiencing the Sacred in Nature (Ag Leaders)
• Rabbi Jonathan Seidel: presentation / discussion: Slow Down and Breathe: Sabbath and Sustainability (Ag Leaders)

4:30

• Robin Kimmerer, author of Gathering Moss, reading and conversation (Ag Production )

Ongoing

11:00–5:00

• Mask Making: Claudia Hall (First Interstate)

11:00–5:00

• Listening Ear Labyrinth: Be Herrera (Knudsen )

11:00–5:00

• Information Fair (Guistina Gallery)

2:00–5:00

• Author Book Signings (Guistina Gallery)