Posted by Arden Henley | Feb 7, 2023 | climate change, community, Education, opinion, sustainability
This is the text of GTEC Executive Director, Arden Henley’s presentation to the 2nd Annual Summit on Mental Health and Climate Change, February 3, 2023 Thank you for the opportunity to share my thoughts with you today. To situate myself very briefly, my ancestors are... 
Posted by Arden Henley | Jan 26, 2023 | climate change, community, lifestyle, opinion, sustainability, technology
Compiled by Ross Thrasher The recent publications sampled below are well worth reading in full. Most of them are available at your local public library. John Gray, “The dangerous conceits of the green revolution”, The New Statesman (18-24 November 2022), pp. 28-31. A... 
Posted by Arden Henley | Nov 19, 2022 | climate change, community, lifestyle, opinion, sustainability
By Kim McLeod A friend of GTEC recently shared an article titled “Ethical Maxims for a Marginally Inhabitable Planet”. This rather difficult but necessary read is written by two bioethics professors, David Schenck, a former Director of Ethics, Medical University of... 
Posted by Arden Henley | Oct 21, 2022 | climate change, community, Education, opinion, sustainability
This excerpt is based on a keynote given by Arden Henley at the annual professional development conference of the Federation of Community Social Services of BC, October 19, 2022 Organizations will be profoundly affected by the climate crisis, especially, community... 
Posted by Arden Henley | Oct 7, 2022 | community, Education, lifestyle, opinion, sustainability
How a Daoist Approach to Education Benefits Students, Society and the Environment By Tom Culham This article first appeared in Open Access Government October 2022 under the title How can a Daoist approach benefit Western education? It is reprinted with the permission... 
Posted by Arden Henley | Sep 28, 2022 | climate change, community, lifestyle, opinion, sustainability
By Linda Thyer We have heard many times that we are in a climate and ecological crisis. When the lakes and rivers are running dry, when the forests are burning and the plains are flooding, when storms are destroying homes and the lands around the world, we know we are...