Rowe Conference Center Training

[Edward Schreiber]

An application of psychodrama:  SOCIATRY


Rowe Conference Center
Rowe, MA

Civilization & Resistance
Derrick Jensen & Ed Schreiber



Mar 7-9, 2008

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“What is most important to me is to live in a world that is not  
being murdered.”

Hailed as the “philosopher poet” of the ecological movement,  
Derrick Jensen passionately explains how our industrial civilization,  
and the persistent and widespread violence it requires, cannot last.  
He weaves history, philosophy, psychology, environmentalism,  
economics, and literature into an intricate pattern of truth and  
resistance. The 2006 Press Action Award called Jensen’s book  
Endgame “the best work of nonfiction in 2006. Given the significance  
of its subject matter and the urgency of Jensen’s message, Endgame  
is the most important book of the decade and could stand as the must- 
read book of our lifetimes.”

The workshop will address two themes: The Problem of Civilization and  
Resistance. Derrick will offer a series of provocative premises,  
including “Civilization is killing the planet. We are living in a  
world that is being murdered,” and “Love does not imply  
pacifism.” He vividly imagines an end to industrialized,  
technological civilization, offering an original framework for  
creating a sustainable way of life.

The theme of resistance will catapult our discussion into a  
passionate call for action. Derrick touches the heart and the soul by  
diving deep into our culture’s devastation. Ed Schreiber will  
complement Derrick‘s work by sharing processes that will deepen our  
connection to one another, to the world, and to ourselves.

Practical solutions will emerge by focusing on our most primal human  
desire: to live on a healthy earth overflowing with uncut forests,  
clean rivers, and thriving oceans that are not under the constant  
threat of destruction. We are capable of being a harmonious part of  
the cycles of life on our planet.

Derrick Jensen is an author, teacher, activist, farmer, and leading  
voice in uncompromising dissent and revolutionary spirit. Besides  
Engame, he wrote A Language Older Than Words, Strangely Like War,  
Listening to the Land, and The Culture of Make Believe.

Ed Schreiber will augment Derrick’s presentation with his masterful  
facilitation. He will share his intimate knowledge of J.L. Moreno’s  
revolutionary method of activism that offers tools for achieving  
psychological and emotional freedom and responsibility. Ed directs  
the Moreno Institute East and the Zerka T. Moreno Foundation for  
Education, and teaches internationally.

“What I really want is for people to think for themselves, feel for  
themselves, ask the earth where they live ‘What must we do?’ and  
to act on the answers that emerge.” — Derrick Jensen

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