Podcast appearances and mentions of Mary Evelyn Tucker

If you've ever wondered what you can do to be a part of the change with regard to the climate emergency, grab your coffee and settle in.  This episode of Say What? Is the second part of a two-part conversation between Kassie and Mary Anne and their guests, Paul Bethel and Laurie Gordon regarding G-5: Climate Emergency – Fossil Fuel Reduction, a resolution up for consideration at the 2025 Community of Christ World Conference. Here, you'll find some concrete ways to make responsible choices regarding creation, and you don't have to do it alone.  Books mentioned by Laurie Gordon in this episode: What If We Get it Right?, by Ayanna Elizabeth Johnson Brading Sweet Grass, by Robin Wall-Kimmerer  Mary Evelyn Tucker (co-founder and co-rector of Yale Forum on Ecology & Religion) quote source: Mary Evelyn Tucker, Foreword in Leah D. Schade and Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, eds.,  Rooted and Rising: Voices of Courage in a Time of Climate Crisis (Maryland, Rowman & Littlefield,  2019), xiii. Download TranscriptThanks for listening to Project Zion Podcast!Follow us on Facebook and Instagram!Intro and Outro music used with permission: “For Everyone Born,” Community of Christ Sings #285. Music © 2006 Brian Mann, admin. General Board of Global Ministries t/a GBGMusik, 458 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30308. copyright@umcmission.org “The Trees of the Field,” Community of Christ Sings # 645, Music © 1975 Stuart Dauerman, Lillenas Publishing Company (admin. Music Services). All music for this episode was performed by Dr. Jan Kraybill, and produced by Chad Godfrey. NOTE: The series that make up the Project Zion Podcast explore the unique spiritual and theological gifts Community of Christ offers for today's world. Although Project Zion Podcast is a Ministry of Community of Christ. The views and opinions expressed in this episode are those speaking and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Community of Christ.

This episode focuses on the enduring legacy of President Jimmy Carter (1924-2024). We feature a plenary address that Carter gave for the American Academy of Religion in San Diego on November 24, 2014. The Plenary Panel was called The Role of Religion in Mediating Conflicts and Imagining Futures: The Cases of Climate Change and Equality for Women. He led with comments on women's issues as his book on women had just been published, A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence and Power. This was followed by an interview with Mary Evelyn Tucker and Steven Kepnes. He addressed many issues, including climate change,  energy, China's approach to Ecological Civilization, nuclear issues, the Earth Charter, peace, and more.

What are the idols attempting to fill the void of spiritual meaning in our culture? How can world religions be united with ecological concerns to solve modern problems? What exactly is Zen Christianity? This episode features a discussion of these questions and more, as we continue our 'Rushmore' semester with a focus on author, professor, and expert on religious ecology, Mary Evelyn Tucker. Contact the hosts or check out some handmade Solacene beautiful sustainable tactile clothes: https://www.solacene.org

In 2015, Pope Francis - head of the Catholic Church - published Laudato Si: On Care For Our Common Home, a “papal cyclical,” or open letter, to the world's more than 1.3 billion Catholics  about the ethical imperative of addressing climate change, and the relationship between environmental stewardship and social justice. The publication had an impact: in church-goers' confidence in the scientific evidence for climate change, in country leaders who cited it in the COP21 negotiations that led to the Paris Agreement, and in catalyzing an international movement among the Catholic community to fight climate change.But as he makes clear in the follow up “apostolic exhortation” released earlier this month, called Laudate Deum, Pope Francis knows the work accomplished so far is not enough. Climate Now was joined by Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker, Director of the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University, to examine this urgent papal call for progress in protecting the environment and the poor, and the impact it may have in the global climate movement. Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.Contact us at contact@climatenow.comVisit our website for all of our content and sources for each episode.

In the discussion around global warming, of course you'll hear a lot from the scientists, and even the economists. But what about the voices of religious leaders and ethicists?

In the discussion around global warming, of course you'll hear a lot from the scientists, and even the economists. But what about the voices of religious leaders and ethicists?

Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim are a husband and wife team of Senior Lecturers and Research Scholars at Yale University in the School of the Environment, the Divinity School, and the Department of Religious Studies, with specializations in East Asian religions and Indigenous religions. They co-direct the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology and are the creators of the new Coursera series, Religions and Ecology: Restoring the Earth Community. In this 2021 episode from our podcast archives, Mary Evelyn and John discuss their decades of work at the intersection of ecology and the world's religions, as informed by their mentor Thomas Berry and with the hopeful, deep-time perspective of our evolving universe. RESOURCES: Please donate to support this podcast and the Earth & Spirit Center nonprofit organization: https://www.earthandspiritcenter.org/category/podcast/ Earth & Spirit Center website: https://www.earthandspiritcenter.org/ Coursera courses by Mary Evelyn and John: Religions and Ecology: Restoring the Earth Community https://www.coursera.org/specializations/religion-ecology Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times https://www.coursera.org/specializations/journey-of-the-universe Yale Forum on Ecology and Religion: https://fore.yale.edu/ Journey of the Universe film/book/podcasts: https://www.journeyoftheuniverse.org/ Thomas Berry Website: https://thomasberry.org/ United Nations Environment Programme Faith for Earth Initiative: https://www.unep.org/about-un-environment/faith-earth-initiative Greenfaith: https://greenfaith.org/ Ecology and Religion, by John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker. Washington DC: Island Press, 2014. The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times, by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams. New York: Celadon Books, 2021

This week's episode of Spotlights features a short behind-the-scenes look at a team meeting for the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology, with some brief remarks about the Forum from Tara Trapani, Elizabeth McAnally, Sam King, Anna Thurston, Mary Evelyn Tucker, and John Grim, including a final comment from our host, Sam Mickey. We hope you enjoy this little glimpse into our team meeting and get a better understanding of the way the Forum functions as a watershed for so many activities, projects, and resources that make up the field and force of religion and ecology.

This week, religious scholar Mary Evelyn Tucker unpacks the entanglement of religion and ecology from an academic perspective. She and Nate discuss what the roots of environmental ethics in religions all over the world look like and how they've been evolving in the face of a climate and biodiversity crisis. Could we learn and leverage the uniting power of religion to help us organize and mobilize against impending global crises? About Mary Evelyn Tucker: Mary Evelyn is a Senior Lecturer and Research Scholar at Yale University where she has appointments in the School of Forestry and the Environment as well as the Divinity School and the Department of Religious Studies, with a specialty in Asian religions. She teaches in the joint MA program in Religion and Ecology and directs the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University. Her concern for the growing environmental crisis, especially in Asia, led her to co-organize a series of ten conferences on World Religions and Ecology at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard, which were highly successful.

In this week's episode of Spotlights, Sam Mickey talks about the life and thought of a deeply influential figure in the field and force of religion and ecology, Thomas Berry (1914-2009). Sam draws on the book about Berry's life and thought, Thomas Berry: A Biography, by Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim, and Andrew Angyal (Columbia University Press, 2019), and he concludes with a reading from one of Berry's books, The Great Work (Bell Tower, 1999), ending with the following quotation:“We are not lacking in the dynamic forces needed to create the future. We live immersed in a sea of energy beyond all comprehension. But this energy, in an ultimate sense, is ours not by domination but by invocation.” (Thomas Berry, “The Dynamics of the Future,” in The Great Work, 175).You can find more information about these and other publications at the Thomas Berry website here.

Join us for the fourth Sunday of Easter 2021. Today is a special and unique Sunday. Our worship is threaded with lyrical readings from Brian Swimme and Mary Evelyn Tucker which are read and put to music by my dear friend and local musician, Maryliz Smith. The message for today is a conversation that I had with Diana Chapman Walsh, former president of Wellesley College, who now lives on the Peninsula. She is also colleagues with Mary Evelyn Tucker. Our choir will lead us in glorious hymns celebrating God's creation and you won't want to miss Thomas Walling's prayer for the earth. To support VPC, you can donate online here: https://valleypreschurch.org/give​​​ Thank you! Watch Diana's interview with the Dalai Lama and Greta Thunberg: https://www.mindandlife.org/event/the-dalai-lama-with-greta-thunberg-and-leading-scientists-a-conversation-on-the-crisis-of-climate-feedback-loops/ Learn more about Diana's work with the Council on the Uncertain Human Future here: https://councilontheuncertainhumanfuture.org

Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim are a husband and wife team of Senior Lecturers and Research Scholars at Yale University in the School of the Environment, the Divinity School, and the Department of Religious Studies, with specializations in East Asian religions and Indigenous religions. They co-direct the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology and are the creators of the new Coursera series, Religions and Ecology: Restoring the Earth Community. In this episode, Mary Evelyn and John discuss their decades of work at the intersection of ecology and the world's religions, as informed by their mentor Thomas Berry and with the hopeful, deep-time perspective of our evolving universe. Resources: Coursera courses by Mary Evelyn and John: Religions and Ecology: Restoring the Earth Community https://www.coursera.org/specializations/religion-ecology Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times https://www.coursera.org/specializations/journey-of-the-universe Yale Forum on Ecology and Religion: https://fore.yale.edu/ Journey of the Universe film/book/podcasts: https://www.journeyoftheuniverse.org/ Thomas Berry Website: https://thomasberry.org/ United Nations Environment Programme Faith for Earth Initiative: https://www.unep.org/about-un-environment/faith-earth-initiative Greenfaith: https://greenfaith.org/ Ecology and Religion, by John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker. Washington DC: Island Press, 2014 The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times, by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams. New York: Celadon Books, 2021

How do the places we love shape our sense of the sacred? And how are our spiritual lives nurtured by the bush, the mountains — or even the sea? In the first episode of our 3-part series Sacred Landscapes, we hear from Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-founder and director of the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University, who tells us why religion and spiritual matter in the Anthropocene. Then we hear from Rev Dr Jione Havea, a pastor from Tonga, on what it means to him to belong to the islands and to their seas.

We are living in times of immense challenge on every front - socially, politically, ecologically and spiritually. We are destroying the natural systems on which we rely, making many of us feel alienated and lost. We are in one of the most profound transitions in human history - we need a new story to reorient and ground ourselves to meet these challenges.   Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim are co-directors of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology, a project which evokes the spiritual wisdom and ecological ethics from the world's religions for the healing of both people and the planet. They are also creators, with Brian Thomas Swimme, of the multimedia project Journey of the Universe, which weaves together the best of modern science with literature, history, philosophy and religion to inspire people to preserve, protect, and heal our common planetary home.  Join Dean Malcolm Clemens Young for a conversation about the journey of who we are, how we got here, where we are headed and how we belong.  You can also hear Mary Evelyn Tucker guest preach on Sunday, March 14 at our 11 a.m. Choral Eucharist. Buy Journey of the Universe. 

Quick Overview Dr. Tucker recalls the extraordinary time when the Earth Charter was drafted and how exciting it was when the Earth Charter principles and the specifics of world religions were synergizing. She observes that the consultation and drafting process identified some of the common values across cultures and religions, despite the differences, including different cultural expressions of ethics. For her, the Earth Charter document represents one of the most integrated visions for the way forward, breaking disciplinary silos and bringing together the dimensions of cosmology, ecology, justice, democracy, and peace. Dr. Tucker reflects on the notion of the “Earth Community,” and she cites present-day examples to demonstrate how “interdependence” leads to “responsibility.” Reflecting on Pope Francis' two latest encyclicals, as clear and wonderful contributions to our current times, Dr. Tucker concludes that they can be seen as continuity with and further development of the Earth Charter.

In this episode of Spotlights, Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim talk with the host (Sam Mickey) about the new encyclical from Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti. They provide historical, religious, and ecological context for understanding what this encyclical means and how it is relevant for efforts to create a more loving, just, and open world. You can read the encyclical here: http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20201003_enciclica-fratelli-tutti.html

This is the inaugural episode of Spotlights, a podcast from the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology. This episode features the co-founders of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology, Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim. Welcoming us into autumn, they discuss new partnerships and exciting developments at the Forum, including this new podcast. They also discuss some current news about religion and ecology, such as the upcoming encyclical from Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti.  

This Religica Podcast is published in cooperation with the United Nations Environmental Programme Faith For Earth initiative.   Recently, Religica Co-Founder Michael Reid Trice spoke with public intellectual and thought leader, Professor Mary Evelyn Tucker. Dr. Tucker is a Senior Lecturer and Research Scholar at Yale in the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, the Divinity School, and the Department of Religious Studies. Dr. Tucker teaches in the MA program in religion and ecology and co-directs the popular Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology. In this episode, Dr. Trice and Dr. Tucker speak about the Yale Forum, about the creative power of grief, about the new stories emerging in a time of crisis, and more. Take a listen!   This podcast is produced in cooperation between Religica and The United Nations Environment Programme Faith For Earth Initiative. UNEP is the leading science-based international organization mandated to keep the environment under review and establish environmental policies, while the Faith For Earth Initiative in UNEP is its moral compass engaging with faith communities for integrating moral and ethical principles in environmental action.   For more information about UNEP Faith For Earth, visit https://www.unenvironment.org/about-un-environment/faith-earth-initiative   For more information about Religica, visit www.religica.org and follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Religica.org/

Solving the many environmental challenges we face will require insights from the worlds of science and technology, economics and the law. But those alone won’t be sufficient: we also need a moral force, say Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, senior lecturers and research scholars at Yale — and co-founders and directors of the Yale … Continue reading The Role of Morals and Spirituality in Facing Environmental Threats →

This episode features a conversation on Teaching Journey of the Universe with Tom Collins and Bindhu Mohanty.Tom has taught secondary students in independent schools for over 20 years. He developed a yearlong interdisciplinary Universe Story course that was taught to seniors at the Palmer Trinity School in Miami, Florida. Tom currently teaches in the Religion and Philosophy department at the Lawrenceville School. Bindu Mohanty is a writer and teacher and has lived in Auroville, an international community in southern India since 1994. Recognized by the United Nations as an experiment in human unity, Auroville founded in 1968 is based on the evolutionary vision of Sri Aurobindo. Her current research interests include interpersonal dynamics and social evolution. Our host is Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-author of Journey of the Universe and professor at Yale University.In this conversation, Tom and Bindu describe how learning the universe story has allowed high school and college students to experience an expanded sense of self and to transform despair into a sense of hope and empowerment. We hope you enjoy the Journey!--- What is our place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe?What roles do we play in Earth's history?How do we connect with the intricate web of life?This podcast series is part of a larger project called Journey of the Universe that invites us to reflect on these questions. It consists of a film, a book, a series of conversations, and online classes.The creators of the Journey project imagine that by knowing more about the universe and Earth we will also know more about ourselves. This may give us grounds for navigating our own journey in challenging times. How did we come to be part of this universe story? How do we belong and how can we participate in its future flourishing? This series is a gateway into exploring these questions. In these podcasts of the Journey of the Universe Conversations we will meet scientists and historians, environmentalists and teachers, gardeners and urban planners. All of them are reflecting on how we can be more fully alive in this context of participating in a universe story.Connect deeply with these materials and more via the Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times Specialization, a series of Massive Online Open Courses hosted by Coursera and created by Yale.To receive up to date announcements on new podcasts and Journey community offerings, subscribe to our newsletter.

What is real? What is life about? Why is there so much madness in the world? What is my place and purpose? Have you wondered deeply about these questions? These are such meaningful questions and it is difficult to find clear answers in a world where there is so much information and conflicting ideas and intentions. In part 1 of this episode I will be exploring these questions as a foundation for everything else in this podcast. I will be sharing a bit about my own journey in seeking understanding for these questions and some of the most meaningful insights that have come out of that. The song in this episode is "Child of the Universe" which is on my EP, Creation Vibration. Click here to listen. Also available on all streaming services. The documentary I mention in this episode is "Journey of the Universe" by Brian Swimme and Mary Evelyn Tucker. Click here to check it out! I highly recommend it. Love! -Solman

This episode features a conversation on Myths, Metaphors, and Identities with Nancy Abrams and Sachiko Kawaura.Nancy has a B.A. from the University of Chicago in the history and philosophy of science and a law degree from the University of Michigan. She is the co-author, with Joel Primack, of View from the Center of the Universe: Discovering our Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos and The New Universe and the Human Future: How a Shared Cosmology Could Transform the World. Sachiko has a Ph.D in Integral Studies. She is on the humanities faculty at Nanzan University in the Department of Psychology and Human Relations. Her areas of research include social psychology, Native American Studies, and narrative interview research.Our host is Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-author of Journey of the Universe and professor at Yale University.In this conversation, Nancy and Sachiko highlight the role of myth, metaphor, and art in broadening and deepening our understanding of human identity within a cosmological context. We hope you enjoy the Journey!--- What is our place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe?What roles do we play in Earth's history?How do we connect with the intricate web of life?This podcast series is part of a larger project called Journey of the Universe that invites us to reflect on these questions. It consists of a film, a book, a series of conversations, and online classes.The creators of the Journey project imagine that by knowing more about the universe and Earth we will also know more about ourselves. This may give us grounds for navigating our own journey in challenging times. How did we come to be part of this universe story? How do we belong and how can we participate in its future flourishing? This series is a gateway into exploring these questions. In these podcasts of the Journey of the Universe Conversations we will meet scientists and historians, environmentalists and teachers, gardeners and urban planners. All of them are reflecting on how we can be more fully alive in this context of participating in a universe story.Connect deeply with these materials and more via the Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times Specialization, a series of Massive Online Open Courses hosted by Coursera and created by Yale.To receive up to date announcements on new podcasts and Journey community offerings, subscribe to our newsletter.

This episode features a conversation on Arts and Justice with Marya Grathwohl and Drew Dellinger. Drew is a poet, teacher, writer and speaker who has inspired minds and hearts around the world, performing poetry and keynoting on justice, ecology, cosmology and compassion. He is also a consultant, publisher, and founder of Planetize the Movement Press. Dellinger’s book of poems, love letters to the milky way, has thousands of devoted readers on five continents. Marya is a Sister of Saint Francis who has advanced degrees in Religious Studies and Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness. She is founder and director of Earth Hope which provides Earth-based retreats in Wyoming and Montana, education in sustainable living, and cosmology programs in prisons. Our host is Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-author of Journey of the Universe and professor at Yale University.In this conversation Marya Grathwohl and Drew Dellinger explore poetry and activism, the study of science, and the participation in a Crow Sundance as shared visions of creative transformation that are inspired by the journey of the universe. We hope you enjoy the Journey!--- What is our place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe?What roles do we play in Earth's history?How do we connect with the intricate web of life?This podcast series is part of a larger project called Journey of the Universe that invites us to reflect on these questions. It consists of a film, a book, a series of conversations, and online classes. The creators of the Journey project imagine that by knowing more about the universe and Earth we will also know more about ourselves. This may give us grounds for navigating our own journey in challenging times. How did we come to be part of this universe story? How do we belong and how can we participate in its future flourishing? This series is a gateway into exploring these questions. In these podcasts of the Journey of the Universe Conversations we will meet scientists and historians, environmentalists and teachers, gardeners and urban planners. All of them are reflecting on how we can be more fully alive in this context of participating in a universe story.Connect deeply with these materials and more via the Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times Specialization, a series of Massive Online Open Courses hosted by Coursera and created by Yale.To receive up to date announcements on new podcasts and Journey community offerings, subscribe to our newsletter.

This episode features a conversation on Healing and Revisioning with Belvie Rooks. Belvie’s work weaves the worlds of spirituality, feminism, cosmology and social justice with a passion for dialogue. As an educator, she is the creator of the ground-breaking, project-based educational curriculum based on Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry’s, The Universe Story, entitled, Hey Listen Up: A Sense of Self, A Sense of Place.Our host is Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-author of Journey of the Universe and professor at Yale University.In this conversation, Belvie describes how teaching the story of the universe has empowered African American youth to contextualize slavery, envision healing and reconciliation, and imagine a better future through a broader sense of self and place. We hope you enjoy the Journey!--- What is our place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe?What roles do we play in Earth's history?How do we connect with the intricate web of life?This podcast series is part of a larger project called Journey of the Universe that invites us to reflect on these questions. It consists of a film, a book, a series of conversations, and online classes. The creators of the Journey project imagine that by knowing more about the universe and Earth we will also know more about ourselves. This may give us grounds for navigating our own journey in challenging times. How did we come to be part of this universe story? How do we belong and how can we participate in its future flourishing? This series is a gateway into exploring these questions. In these podcasts of the Journey of the Universe Conversations we will meet scientists and historians, environmentalists and teachers, gardeners and urban planners. All of them are reflecting on how we can be more fully alive in this context of participating in a universe story.Connect deeply with these materials and more via the Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times Specialization, a series of Massive Online Open Courses hosted by Coursera and created by Yale.To receive up to date announcements on new podcasts and Journey community offerings, subscribe to our newsletter.

This episode features a conversation on Sustainable Energy with Paula Gonzalez.Paula entered the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati in 1954. She earned her Ph.D in biology at the Catholic University in Washington, DC. Sister Paula worked for more than three decades to promote sustainable living. She founded EarthConnection, an environmental learning center where tours, internships, and environmental educational programs around renewable-energy technologies have been conducted. Our host is Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-author of Journey of the Universe and professor at Yale University.In this conversation, Paula Gonzalez narrates the efforts of Catholic sisters to harness solar power and other natural systems as a means of protecting the Earth community and participating in the story of the universe. We hope you enjoy the Journey!--- What is our place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe?What roles do we play in Earth's history?How do we connect with the intricate web of life?This podcast series is part of a larger project called Journey of the Universe that invites us to reflect on these questions. It consists of a film, a book, a series of conversations, and online classes. The creators of the Journey project imagine that by knowing more about the universe and Earth we will also know more about ourselves. This may give us grounds for navigating our own journey in challenging times. How did we come to be part of this universe story? How do we belong and how can we participate in its future flourishing? This series is a gateway into exploring these questions. In these podcasts of the Journey of the Universe Conversations we will meet scientists and historians, environmentalists and teachers, gardeners and urban planners. All of them are reflecting on how we can be more fully alive in this context of participating in a universe story.Connect deeply with these materials and more via the Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times Specialization, a series of Massive Online Open Courses hosted by Coursera and created by Yale.To receive up to date announcements on new podcasts and Journey community offerings, subscribe to our newsletter.

Mary DeJong, ecotheologian, shares a different paradigm in how we can transform our relationship with the "more than human world". With climate change on the rise, and shifts in our bioregion, ecogrief is real. This interview covers an important conversation in how we can converse and align with our natural world, other than to use it as simply a resource to serve us. Instead, we have so much to learn and gain if we related differently with the "more than human world", and how we can return home to ourselves in a way that is inclusive, whole, and holy.Mary DeJongMary DeJong is the person behind the work of Waymarkers. As a long-time urban naturalist, and practitioner and guide of place-based pilgrimage, DeJong received her Masters in Theology & Culture from The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology with a focus in EcoTheology; earned her Religion and Ecology certification from Yale’s Divinity School and School of Forestry, overseen by Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim, and Brian Swimme; and received her post-graduate certificate in EcoPsychology through Pacifica Graduate Institute. Mary's book, Waymarkers (2011), is heralded by pilgrims globally who long to journey to Iona with intention and purpose. More of Mary's writings can be found at A Sacred Journey, The Other Journal, the Godspace writing community, and the Waymarkers Journal. If anyone is curious about the practice of the ancient rite of pilgrimage, Mary will be guiding a sacred journey to Iona, Scotland in June 2020. One will experience a soulful trip that promises to transform one's spiritual life and reconnect one to the Holy Wild, the sacred presence that is within and throughout our wild and wonder-filled world. Registration is open now for this intimate adventure! Learn more at https://www.waymarkers.net/iona-pilgrimage-2020Connect with Mary!Website: http://www.waymarkers.netFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/Waymarkers/Instagram: @waymarkers ==Thank you for listening!Michelle Wong is a dreamer, doer, visionary, and author of Set Your Own Sail: Fire Your Alarm Clock and Awaken to What's Possible. She mentors women to become the leader of their own lives, and helps empower them to thrive physically, spiritually, and financially. She uniquely blends beauty nutrition, supplementation, intuition + self-care, and feminine leadership practices, all while helping them build a thriving lifestyle + wellness business. Her approach is kind AND fierce, and she won’t let you self-sabotage…it costs you too much of your precious time, energy, and resources.Create a luscious life that's in alignment with your soul's calling and purpose. Let's Stay Connected!Learn more at

Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times with Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grimm "The Journey of the Universe" film and book , written by Brian Thomas Swimme and Mary Evelyn Tucker, invite us to reflect on our role and responsibility to the flourishing of communities within evolutionary cosmology. How can the life of ecosystems and species be enhanced by humans, not irrevocably damaged? The Journey Conversations explore in what ways humans can contribute to the “great work” of building sustainable cities, resilient food systems, ecological economies, and alternative energies. As planetary citizens we are asking: How can our creativity be aligned with Earth’s creativity? Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim teach at Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Yale Divinity School. They direct the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology, which arose from 10 conferences they organized at Harvard's Center for the Study of World Religions. Grim and Tucker have written a number of books including Ecology and Religion (Island Press, 2014) and edited the Routledge Handbook of Religion and Ecology (2017). They are editors for the series on Ecology and Justice from Orbis Books. They were students of Thomas Berry and collaborated over several decades to edit his books. They also wrote Thomas Berry: A Biography (Columbia, 2019). With Brian Thomas Swimme, Tucker and Grim created Journey of the Universe, a multi-media project that includes a book (Yale, 2011), an Emmy award-winning film, a DVD series of Conversations, and online courses from Yale/Coursera. For the last 30 years, Grim has served as president of the American Teilhard Association and Tucker as Vice President.

This episode features a conversation on Indigenous Ways of Knowing with David Begay and Nancy Maryboy. David is a member of the Navajo Nation. He received his Ph.D from the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, with a concentration in Indigenous Education and Application of Traditional Knowledge. David is Adjunct faculty at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Nancy is the President and Founder of the Indigenous Education Institute whose mission is preserving, protecting, and applying indigenous knowledge. She is also President of Wohali Production, Inc., consulting in the areas of indigenous science, indigenous astronomy, Native American education, curriculum development, film making, and strategic planning. Our host is Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-author of Journey of the Universe and professor at Yale University.In this conversation, David and Nancy invite us to understand Navajo ways of knowing. They describe a worldview that is place-based, emphasizes kinship and connection, and intimately orients the human within an interrelated and unified cosmos. We hope you enjoy the Journey!--- What is our place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe?What roles do we play in Earth's history?How do we connect with the intricate web of life?This podcast series is part of a larger project called Journey of the Universe that invites us to reflect on these questions. It consists of a film, a book, a series of conversations, and online classes. The creators of the Journey project imagine that by knowing more about the universe and Earth we will also know more about ourselves. This may give us grounds for navigating our own journey in challenging times. How did we come to be part of this universe story? How do we belong and how can we participate in its future flourishing? This series is a gateway into exploring these questions. In these podcasts of the Journey of the Universe Conversations we will meet scientists and historians, environmentalists and teachers, gardeners and urban planners. All of them are reflecting on how we can be more fully alive in this context of participating in a universe story.Connect deeply with these materials and more via the Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times Specialization, a series of Massive Online Open Courses hosted by Coursera and created by Yale.To receive up to date announcements on new podcasts and Journey community offerings, subscribe to our newsletter.

This episode features a conversation on Permaculture with Penny Livingston. Penny is an internationally recognized permaculture teacher, designer, and speaker. Penny holds a MS in Eco-Social Regeneration and 3 Diplomas in Permaculture Design. She has studied and taught with Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, the co-founders of Permaculture and the developers of the Permaculture Design Certification Course curriculum. Our host is Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-author of Journey of the Universe and professor at Yale University.In this conversation, Penny leads viewers through the history and significance of permaculture. She discusses permaculture as an agricultural practice that increases biodiversity and helps us to understand our place in the story of the universe. We hope you enjoy the Journey!--- What is our place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe?What roles do we play in Earth's history?How do we connect with the intricate web of life?This podcast series is part of a larger project called Journey of the Universe that invites us to reflect on these questions. It consists of a film, a book, a series of conversations, and online classes. The creators of the Journey project imagine that by knowing more about the universe and Earth we will also know more about ourselves. This may give us grounds for navigating our own journey in challenging times. How did we come to be part of this universe story? How do we belong and how can we participate in its future flourishing? This series is a gateway into exploring these questions. In these podcasts of the Journey of the Universe Conversations we will meet scientists and historians, environmentalists and teachers, gardeners and urban planners. All of them are reflecting on how we can be more fully alive in this context of participating in a universe story.Connect deeply with these materials and more via the Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times Specialization, a series of Massive Online Open Courses hosted by Coursera and created by Yale.To receive up to date announcements on new podcasts and Journey community offerings, subscribe to our newsletter.

This episode features a conversation on Ecological Economics with Richard Norgaard. Richard is a Professor Emeritus of Ecological Economics in the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley, the first chair and a continuing member of the Independent Science Board of CALFED, and a foundation member and former president of the International Society for Ecological Economics. He is considered one of the founders of and a continuing leader in the field of ecological economics. Our host is Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-author of Journey of the Universe and professor at Yale University.In this conversation, Richard surveys the history of human economies and the myths and premises of current economic practices. In place of our ecologically destructive practices, he endorses an ecological economics that emphasizes care, coevolution, and protection of the environment.We hope you enjoy the Journey!--- What is our place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe?What roles do we play in Earth's history?How do we connect with the intricate web of life?This podcast series is part of a larger project called Journey of the Universe that invites us to reflect on these questions. It consists of a film, a book, a series of conversations, and online classes. The creators of the Journey project imagine that by knowing more about the universe and Earth we will also know more about ourselves. This may give us grounds for navigating our own journey in challenging times. How did we come to be part of this universe story? How do we belong and how can we participate in its future flourishing? This series is a gateway into exploring these questions. In these podcasts of the Journey of the Universe Conversations we will meet scientists and historians, environmentalists and teachers, gardeners and urban planners. All of them are reflecting on how we can be more fully alive in this context of participating in a universe story.Connect deeply with these materials and more via the Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times Specialization, a series of Massive Online Open Courses hosted by Coursera and created by Yale.To receive up to date announcements on new podcasts and Journey community offerings, subscribe to our newsletter.

This episode features a conversation on Eco-Cities with Richard Register. Richard is a theorist and author working in ecological city design and planning who has initiated physical projects and municipal policies in the San Francisco area. He was the founding president of the non-profit educational and research corporations Urban Ecology and Ecocity Builders.Our host is Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-author of Journey of the Universe and professor at Yale University.In this conversation, Richard emphasizes an organic and evolutionary whole-city perspective to draw attention to the imaginative ways in which cities are being rethought and rebuilt around the planet for a flourishing, sustainable future. We hope you enjoy the Journey!--- What is our place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe?What roles do we play in Earth's history?How do we connect with the intricate web of life?This podcast series is part of a larger project called Journey of the Universe that invites us to reflect on these questions. It consists of a film, a book, a series of conversations, and online classes. The creators of the Journey project imagine that by knowing more about the universe and Earth we will also know more about ourselves. This may give us grounds for navigating our own journey in challenging times. How did we come to be part of this universe story? How do we belong and how can we participate in its future flourishing? This series is a gateway into exploring these questions. In these podcasts of the Journey of the Universe Conversations we will meet scientists and historians, environmentalists and teachers, gardeners and urban planners. All of them are reflecting on how we can be more fully alive in this context of participating in a universe story.Connect deeply with these materials and more via the Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times Specialization, a series of Massive Online Open Courses hosted by Coursera and created by Yale.To receive up to date announcements on new podcasts and Journey community offerings, subscribe to our newsletter.

This episode features a conversation on Breakthrough Communities with Carl Anthony. Carl is the founder of Breakthrough Communities, a Bay Area non-profit organization committed to building multi-racial, multicultural leadership for sustainable metropolitan communities in California, the US, and the world. He is the former executive director of the Urban Habitat Program, one of the oldest environmental justice organizations in the country. Our host is Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-author of Journey of the Universe and professor at Yale University.In this conversation, Carl tells how the universe story expanded his own understanding of race and environmental justice. With a focus on urban and metropolitan areas, he explains the practical implications of a functional cosmology for sustainable community development. We hope you enjoy the Journey!--- What is our place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe?What roles do we play in Earth's history?How do we connect with the intricate web of life?This podcast series is part of a larger project called Journey of the Universe that invites us to reflect on these questions. It consists of a film, a book, a series of conversations, and online classes. The creators of the Journey project imagine that by knowing more about the universe and Earth we will also know more about ourselves. This may give us grounds for navigating our own journey in challenging times. How did we come to be part of this universe story? How do we belong and how can we participate in its future flourishing? This series is a gateway into exploring these questions. In these podcasts of the Journey of the Universe Conversations we will meet scientists and historians, environmentalists and teachers, gardeners and urban planners. All of them are reflecting on how we can be more fully alive in this context of participating in a universe story.Connect deeply with these materials and more via the Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times Specialization, a series of Massive Online Open Courses hosted by Coursera and created by Yale.To receive up to date announcements on new podcasts and Journey community offerings, subscribe to our newsletter.

The first in our series of bonus content interviews, this one features a conversation with the co-founders of the Forum on Religion and Ecology, Yale professors Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim.

This episode features a conversation on Becoming a Planetary Presence with Cynthia Brown, Dominican University of California Professor Emerita. Cynthia was an American educator-historian. She authored the titles Refusing Racism: White Allies in the Struggle for Civil Rights and Big History: From the Big Bang to the Present. Our host is Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-author of Journey of the Universe and professor at Yale University.In this conversation, Cynthia describes the “big history” approach to understanding the role of the human in relation to the historical unfolding of the cosmos and Earth, highlighting key threshold moments of evolutionary change. We hope you enjoy the Journey!--- What is our place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe?What roles do we play in Earth's history?How do we connect with the intricate web of life?This podcast series is part of a larger project called Journey of the Universe that invites us to reflect on these questions. It consists of a film, a book, a series of conversations, and online classes. The creators of the Journey project imagine that by knowing more about the universe and Earth we will also know more about ourselves. This may give us grounds for navigating our own journey in challenging times. How did we come to be part of this universe story? How do we belong and how can we participate in its future flourishing? This series is a gateway into exploring these questions. In these podcasts of the Journey of the Universe Conversations we will meet scientists and historians, environmentalists and teachers, gardeners and urban planners. All of them are reflecting on how we can be more fully alive in this context of participating in a universe story. Each podcast will have a section of the Journey of the Universe film narrated by Brian Thomas Swimme followed by a conversation hosted by Mary Evelyn Tucker.Connect deeply with these materials and more via the Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times Specialization, a series of Massive Online Open Courses hosted by Coursera and created by Yale.To receive up to date announcements on new podcasts and Journey community offerings, subscribe to our newsletter.

This week's episode features Branson based artist, Mary Evelyn Tucker. I first met Mary Evelyn about a year ago through Instagram and I wanted to have her on today because in just a year, she has gone from a few commissions here and there to completely booked out. This girl is busy! Not to mention, she sticks within a very specific niche. We talk about how her meeting just one person was the result of nearly 80 commissions which goes to prove the theory that it only takes just one person to move your art business forward in a big way, and you never know where that person might come from. We reference Mary Evelyn's beautiful watercolor pet portraits quite a bit so if you want to take a peak at what she's all about while you're listening to this episode so you can visualize the paintings we're referencing, just type in maryevelynstudio into Instagram so you're not missing a thing. Let me know what you think of this week's episode with Mary Evelyn Tucker.

This week’s episode features Branson based artist, Mary Evelyn Tucker. I first met Mary Evelyn about a year ago through Instagram and I wanted to have her on today because in just a year, she has gone from a few commissions here and there to completely booked out. This girl is busy! Not to mention, she sticks within a very specific niche. We talk about how her meeting just one person was the result of nearly 80 commissions which goes to prove the theory that it only takes just one person to move your art business forward in a big way, and you never know where that person might come from. We reference Mary Evelyn’s beautiful watercolor pet portraits quite a bit so if you want to take a peak at what she’s all about while you’re listening to this episode so you can visualize the paintings we’re referencing, just type in maryevelynstudio into Instagram so you’re not missing a thing. Let me know what you think of this week’s episode with Mary Evelyn Tucker.

This episode features two conversations on The Origin of the Human with John Grim and Melissa Nelson. John is the Senior Lecturer and Research Scholar at Yale University with appointments at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale Divinity School, and the Department of Religious Studies. He is the co-founder and director of the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University and was an executive producer on the Journey of the Universe film. Melissa is a cultural ecologist, writer, educator, researcher, media-maker, and activist. Her work is dedicated to indigenous revitalization, environmental protection and restoration, and the renewal and celebration of community health and cultural arts.Our host is Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-author of Journey of the Universe and professor at Yale University.In these conversations, John and Melissa draw upon the history of early humans and highlight contemporary indigenous life ways to explain the sustaining power of ritual and celebratory acts that locate humans within the rhythms of Earth’s transformative systems. We hope you enjoy the Journey!--- What is our place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe?What roles do we play in Earth's history?How do we connect with the intricate web of life?This podcast series is part of a larger project called Journey of the Universe that invites us to reflect on these questions. It consists of a film, a book, a series of conversations, and online classes. The creators of the Journey project imagine that by knowing more about the universe and Earth we will also know more about ourselves. This may give us grounds for navigating our own journey in challenging times. How did we come to be part of this universe story? How do we belong and how can we participate in its future flourishing? This series is a gateway into exploring these questions. In these podcasts of the Journey of the Universe Conversations we will meet scientists and historians, environmentalists and teachers, gardeners and urban planners. All of them are reflecting on how we can be more fully alive in this context of participating in a universe story. Each podcast will have a section of the Journey of the Universe film narrated by Brian Thomas Swimme followed by a conversation hosted by Mary Evelyn Tucker.Connect deeply with these materials and more via the Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times Specialization, a series of Massive Online Open Courses hosted by Coursera and created by Yale.To receive up to date announcements on new podcasts and Journey community offerings, subscribe to our newsletter.

This episode features a conversation on The Passion of Animals with paleontologist and science communicator, Scott Sampson. Dr. Sampson is currently the President and CEO of Science World in Vancouver. Sampson is notable for his work on carnivorous theropod dinosaurs and his extensive research into the Late Cretaceous Period, particularly in Madagascar. Our host is Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-author of Journey of the Universe and professor at Yale University.In this conversation, Scott tells the compelling story of Earth’s fossil record. Touching on topics ranging from the ancient ecosystems of dinosaurs to the co-evolution of the human with other species, this interview highlights the importance of understanding mass extinctions. We hope you enjoy the Journey!--- What is our place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe?What roles do we play in Earth's history?How do we connect with the intricate web of life?This podcast series is part of a larger project called Journey of the Universe that invites us to reflect on these questions. It consists of a film, a book, a series of conversations, and online classes. The creators of the Journey project imagine that by knowing more about the universe and Earth we will also know more about ourselves. This may give us grounds for navigating our own journey in challenging times. How did we come to be part of this universe story? How do we belong and how can we participate in its future flourishing? This series is a gateway into exploring these questions. In these podcasts of the Journey of the Universe Conversations we will meet scientists and historians, environmentalists and teachers, gardeners and urban planners. All of them are reflecting on how we can be more fully alive in this context of participating in a universe story. Each podcast will have a section of the Journey of the Universe film narrated by Brian Thomas Swimme followed by a conversation hosted by Mary Evelyn Tucker.Connect deeply with these materials and more via the Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times Specialization, a series of Massive Online Open Courses hosted by Coursera and created by Yale.To receive up to date announcements on new podcasts and Journey community offerings, subscribe to our newsletter.

To wrap our minds and bodies around creation stories, whether rooted in culture, faith, Earth, or cosmos can be both comforting and overwhelming. Both religious and scientific traditions have long wandered within the realms of this radical reverence for creation. As this week’s guest, Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker, puts it, “Religious traditions help us to rest in the mystery, scientific traditions are pushing towards discovery…but the origin in awe is very compatible.” As we become mired in the minutiae of our individual existence, we must remember ourselves to be anthropocosmic beings. In doing so, we might find great benefit in once again weaving the threads of connectivity between our cosmological and ecological histories. This week’s episode with Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker explores these truths and many more. Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker is co-director of the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale where she teaches in an MA program between the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the Divinity School. With John Grim, she organized 10 conferences on World Religions and Ecology at Harvard. Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker is co-author, with Brian Thomas Swimme, of Journey of the Universe and the executive producer of the film with John Grim. She regularly lectures on the significance of this story for the environmental and social challenges of our times. She has published _Ecology and Religion, Worldly Wonder_, and edited Thomas Berry’s books including _Great Work, Evening Thoughts, Sacred Universe,_ and Selected Writings. Tucker and Grim recently published _Thomas Berry: A Biography_ (Columbia University Press, 2019). Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker’s work explores the intersections between religion, ecology, and academia, and how these intersections are a part of creating structures of change and accountability for our collective planetary community. The conversation between Ayana and Mary Evelyn explores how spiritual traditions can respond to environmental crisis, why it is so valuable to understand the emergence of the early universe as we navigate the Anthropocene, and how we can nourish stories of birth, inheritance, and long lineage between body and universe. Music by Lauren Cole & Evelyn Frances To learn more about Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker’s work with the Emerging Earth Community, visit http://emergingearthcommunity.org/ To learn more about the Journey of the Universe Project, visit https://www.journeyoftheuniverse.org/

~Co-Presented with Black Mountain Circle and Point Reyes Books as part of the Geography of Hope Series of Events~ Join TNS Host Michael Lerner in another conversation with Mary Evelyn Tucker, whose new book, Thomas Berry: A Biography is due at bookstores in May. Written by Mary Evelyn with co-authors John Grim and Andrew Angyal, the book is the first biography of Thomas Berry, illuminating his remarkable vision and showing the ongoing significance of Berry’s conception of human interdependence with the Earth within the unfolding journey of the universe. Mary Evelyn Tucker teaches at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and the Yale Divinity School, where she co-directs the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology with her partner, John Grim. They worked closely with Thomas Berry for more than thirty years as his students, editors, and literary executors and are the managing trustees of the Thomas Berry Foundation. With Brian Thomas Swimme, she wrote Journey of the Universe (Yale 2011) and was the executive producer of the Emmy award winning Journey film that aired on PBS.

This episode features a conversation on Learning, Living, and Dying with Terrence Deacon, neuroanthropologist, Professor of Anthropology, and member of the Cognitive Science Faculty at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of the groundbreaking books, The Symbolic Species and Incomplete Nature. Our host is Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-author of Journey of the Universe and professor at Yale University.In this conversation, we explore the evolution of the brain and the story of adaptation, consciousness, and responsiveness that begins with single celled organisms and continues through the vertebrates. In this episode, Terrance Deacon compares the adaptive brains of humans, chimpanzees, and our many evolutionary ancestors.We hope you enjoy the Journey!--- What is our place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe?What roles do we play in Earth's history?How do we connect with the intricate web of life?This podcast series is part of a larger project called Journey of the Universe that invites us to reflect on these questions. It consists of a film, a book, a series of conversations, and online classes. The creators of the Journey project imagine that by knowing more about the universe and Earth we will also know more about ourselves. This may give us grounds for navigating our own journey in challenging times. How did we come to be part of this universe story? How do we belong and how can we participate in its future flourishing? This series is a gateway into exploring these questions. In these podcasts of the Journey of the Universe Conversations we will meet scientists and historians, environmentalists and teachers, gardeners and urban planners. All of them are reflecting on how we can be more fully alive in this context of participating in a universe story. Each podcast will have a section of the Journey of the Universe filmnarrated by Brian Thomas Swimme followed by a conversation hosted by Mary Evelyn Tucker.Connect deeply with these materials and more via the Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times Specialization, a series of Massive Online Open Courses hosted by Coursera and created by Yale.To receive up to date announcements on new podcasts and Journey community offerings, subscribe to our newsletter.

Mary Evelyn Tucker has long believed that religion and ecology are disciplines that should be studied in concert.

This episode features a two-part conversation on Life’s Emergence. First, we sit down with Ursula Goodenough, Professor of Biology emerita at Washington University in St. Louis where she engaged in research on eukaryotic algae. She authored the best-selling book The Sacred Depths of Nature.Next, we learn from Terrance Deacon, an Neuroanthropologist, Professor of Anthropology and member of the Cognitive Science Faculty at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of the groundbreaking books, The Symbolic Species and Incomplete Nature.Each conversation is hosted by Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-author of Journey of the Universe and professor at Yale University.In this conversation, we explore the complexities of the emergence of the first cells and the intricate patterning found in DNA and multicellular organisms. We hope you enjoy the Journey!--- What is our place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe?What roles do we play in Earth's history?How do we connect with the intricate web of life?This podcast series is part of a larger project called Journey of the Universe that invites us to reflect on these questions. It consists of a film, a book, a series of conversations, and online classes. The creators of the Journey project imagine that by knowing more about the universe and Earth we will also know more about ourselves. This may give us grounds for navigating our own journey in challenging times. How did we come to be part of this universe story? How do we belong and how can we participate in its future flourishing? This series is a gateway into exploring these questions. In these podcasts of the Journey of the Universe Conversations we will meet scientists and historians, environmentalists and teachers, gardeners and urban planners. All of them are reflecting on how we can be more fully alive in this context of participating in a universe story. Each podcast will have a section of the Journey of the Universe film narrated by Brian Thomas Swimme followed by a conversation hosted by Mary Evelyn Tucker.Connect deeply with these materials and more via the Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times Specialization, a series of Massive Online Open Courses hosted by Coursera and created by Yale.To receive up to date announcements on new podcasts and Journey community offerings, subscribe to our newsletter.

This episode features a conversation on the Birth of the Solar System with Craig Kochel, Professor of Geology at Bucknell University, where he helped found the Environmental Center. His areas of research include fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, geologic hazards, and planetary geology. This conversation is hosted by Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-author of Journey of the Universe and professor at Yale University.In this interview, we explore the evolution of our solar system and its planets. Included in this conversation are the origins of the Moon, the creative dynamism of plate tectonics, and the impact of geology on Earth’s biology. ---What is our place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe?What roles do we play in Earth's history?How do we connect with the intricate web of life?This podcast series is part of a larger project called Journey of the Universe that invites us to reflect on these questions. It consists of a film, a book, a series of conversations, and online classes. The creators of the Journey project imagine that by knowing more about the universe and Earth we will also know more about ourselves. This may give us grounds for navigating our own journey in challenging times. How did we come to be part of this universe story? How do we belong and how can we participate in its future flourishing? This series is a gateway into exploring these questions.Connect deeply with these materials and more via the Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times Specialization, a series of Massive Online Open Courses hosted by Coursera and created by Yale. Available here: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/journey-of-the-universeTo receive up to date announcements on new podcasts and Journey community offerings, subscribe to our newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dt0yTT

Today we are discovering the history of the universe and of the unfolding of life on Earth. Through the astonishing combined achievements of scientists and humanists worldwide, we now have a detailed account of how galaxies and stars, planets and living organisms, human beings and human consciousness came to be. And still . . . we thirst for answers to questions that have haunted humanity from the very beginning. All peoples have had stories to explain where humans fit into the panoply of life forms. In that spirit we are asking:What is our place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe?What roles do we play in Earth's history?How do we connect with the intricate web of life?This podcast series is part of a larger project called Journey of the Universe that invites us to reflect on these questions. It consists of an Emmy Award winning film, a book, a series of conversations, and online classes. These materials provide context and content to support the larger cultural movement that is presently underway, one that is transforming our relationship with the cosmos, the earth, and ourselves. The creators of the Journey project imagine that by knowing more about the universe and Earth we will also know more about ourselves. This may give us grounds for navigating our own journey in challenging times. How did we come to be part of this universe story? How do we belong and how can we participate in its future flourishing? This series is a gateway into exploring these questions.In these podcasts of the Journey of the Universe Conversations we will meet scientists and historians, environmentalists and teachers, gardeners and urban planners. All of them are reflecting on how we can be more fully alive in this context of participating in a universe story. Each podcast will have a section of the Journey of the Universe film narrated by Brian Thomas Swimme followed by a conversation hosted by Mary Evelyn Tucker.This episode features a two-part conversation on the emanating brilliance of stars. First, we learn from Joel Primack, a distinguished professor of physics at the University of California in Santa Cruz. Next, we sit down again with Todd Duncan, a cosmologist whose work is guided by the theme to better understand how a cosmic perspective gives our human experience a larger context of meaning.Each conversation is hosted by Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-author of Journey of the Universe and professor at Yale University.In this conversation, we explore the emergence and death of stars. We will trace the elements found in all life on Earth, including those found in our bodies, back to supernova explosions. This episode radiates with beautiful ideas. We hope you enjoy the Journey!Connect deeply with these materials and more via the Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times Specialization, a series of Massive Online Open Courses hosted by Coursera and created by Yale. Available here: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/journey-of-the-universeWant to receive up to date announcements on new podcasts a

EcoCiv's president, Philip Clayton talks with Mary Evelyn Tucker—one of the world's leading scholars in the field of religion and ecology. She has published hundreds of articles and many books, including Ecology and Religion (co-authored with John Grim) and Journey of the Universe (co-authored with Brian Swimme). She is also the co-founder and co-director of the Forum…

EcoCiv's president, Philip Clayton talks with Mary Evelyn Tucker—one of the world's leading scholars in the field of religion and ecology. She has published hundreds of articles and many books, including Ecology and Religion (co-authored with John Grim) and Journey of the Universe (co-authored with Brian Swimme). She is also the co-founder and co-director of the Forum…

EcoCiv’s president, Philip Clayton talks with Mary Evelyn Tucker—one of the world’s leading scholars in the field of religion and ecology. She has published hundreds of articles and many books, including Ecology and Religion (co-authored with John Grim) and Journey of the Universe (co-authored with Brian Swimme). She is also the co-founder and co-director of the Forum…

Today we are discovering the history of the universe and of the unfolding of life on Earth. Through the astonishing combined achievements of scientists and humanists worldwide, we now have a detailed account of how galaxies and stars, planets and living organisms, human beings and human consciousness came to be. And still . . . we thirst for answers to questions that have haunted humanity from the very beginning. All peoples have had stories to explain where humans fit into the panoply of life forms.In that spirit we are asking - What is our place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe?What roles do we play in Earth's history? How do we connect with the intricate web of life?”This podcast series is part of a larger project called Journey of the Universe that invites us to reflect on these questions. It consists of an Emmy Award winning film, a book, a series of conversations, and online classes. The creators of the Journey project imagine that by knowing more about the universe and Earth we will also know more about ourselves. This may give us grounds for navigating our own journey in challenging times. How did we come to be part of this universe story? How do we belong and how can we participate in its future flourishing? This series is a gateway into exploring these questions.In these podcasts of the Journey of the Universe Conversations we will meet scientists and historians, environmentalists and teachers, gardeners and urban planners. All of them are reflecting on how we can be more fully alive in this context of participating in a universe story. Each podcast will have a section of the Journey of the Universe film narrated by Brian Thomas Swimme followed by a conversation hosted by Mary Evelyn Tucker.This episode features a two-part conversation on the formation of galaxies. First, we sit down with Todd Duncan a cosmologist whose work is guided by the theme to better understand how a cosmic perspective gives our human experience a larger context of meaning. Next, we’re back in conversation with Joel Primack, a distinguished professor of physics at the University of California in Santa Cruz. Each conversation is hosted by Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-author of Journey of the Universe and professor at Yale University.In this conversation, Mary Evelyn, Todd, and Joel explore the formation of galaxies from the hot, energetic state of the early universe. These interviews cover topics ranging from the shape of galaxies to the formation of the Milky Way.We hope you enjoy the Journey!Connect deeply with these materials and more via the Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times Specialization, a series of Massive Online Open Courses hosted by Coursera and created by Yale. Available here: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/journey-of-the-universeWant to receive up to date announcements on new podcasts and Journey community offerings? Subscribe to our newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/dt0yTT

This episode features a conversation between Mary Evelyn Tucker and Joel Primack about the beginning of the universe. Mary Evelyn is a professor at Yale University and Joel is a distinguished professor of physics at the University of California in Santa Cruz. His work focuses on cosmology and galaxy formation. In this conversation, Mary Evelyn and Joel explore the emergence of the universe, the universe’s expansion, and the formation of the first elements, stars, and galaxies. This conversation also includes explanations of cold dark matter and dark energy. This podcast series is part of a larger project called Journey of the Universe that invites us to reflect on these questions. It consists of a film, a book, a series of conversations, and online classes. The creators of the Journey project imagine that by knowing more about the universe and Earth we will also know more about ourselves. This may give us grounds for navigating our own journey in challenging times. How did we come to be part of this universe story? How do we belong and how can we participate in its future flourishing? This series is a gateway into exploring these questions.Connect deeply with these materials and more via the Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times Specialization, a series of Massive Online Open Courses hosted by Coursera and created by Yale. Available here: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/journey-of-the-universeWant to receive up to date announcements on new podcasts and Journey community offerings? Subscribe to our newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/dt0yTT

We are being called to a new mode of being human in the age of the Anthropocene. We are discovering our role within a vast evolving universe that gave birth to us and that orients and grounds us. We are seeking ways to nurture ourselves and the life community in an age of disruption and diminishment. Journey of the Universe narrates the epic story of the unfolding of the Universe, Earth, and humans over billions of years. Our discussion will explore this Emmy Award winning film, book, and conversation series that can inspire transformative and healing change for a flourishing future. Join TNS Host Michael Lerner in conversation with Yale Professor Mary Evelyn Tucker about the significance of our universe story in the environmental and social challenges of our times.

Music can bring us into new, profound kinds of awareness. Composer and classical guitarist Sam Guarnaccia is doing his part. We talk about his new musical work that calls on orchestra, chorus, and soloists to celebrate the evolving universe we all share. I've heard Sam's Emergent Universe Oratorio—it's lush and evocative and includes praise for life forms and forces you don't often hear about in concert halls, like cell membranes, tree roots, and gravity. There are selections from Sam's Emergent Universe Oratorio in this episode. He and I talk about stuff like: -The role music plays in heightening our awareness -How this new Universe Story differs from indigenous stories -Sam's religious background and how he's oriented now -What "emergence" is and why it rocks -Humanity's fatal flaw -Slime molds and why I want Sam to put them back in the oratorio. Some of the people we mention in this episode are Buddhist and systems scholar and writer Joanna Macy; cultural historian Thomas Berry and mathematical cosmologist Brian Swimme, who wrote The Universe Story and other related works; Mary Evelyn Tucker, a religious scholar at Yale University who worked with Thomas Berry (She and Brian Swimme produced the film Journey of the Universe); and Ursula Goodenough, cell biologist, writer, and professor of biology at Washington University. Here's information on the June 2017 premiere of the oratorio in Cleveland, and Sam Guarnaccia's other works. Awakening "We are beings In whom the universe Shivers in wonder at itself — The space where earth dreams." Brian Thomas Swimme, Mary Evelyn Tucker Gravity's Law How surely gravity's law, Strong as an ocean current, Takes hold of even the smallest thing And pulls it toward the heart of the world. Each thing — Each stone, blossom, child — Is held in place. Only we, in our arrogance, Push out beyond what we each belong to For some empty freedom. If we surrendered To earth's intelligence We could rise up rooted, like trees. Instead we entangle ourselves In knots of our own making. And struggle, lonely and confused. So, like children, we begin again To learn from the things, Because they are in God's heart; They have never left him. This is what the things can teach us: To fall, patiently to trust our heaviness. Even a bird has to do that Before it can fly. Rainer Maria Rilke Translated by Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows

The multimedia Journey of the Universe project explores some of mankind's most persistent existential questions: What is our purpose? How have the universe, our planet and humanity evolved? Mary Evelyn Tucker proposes that cosmology is the necessary basis for an in-depth examination of the human condition and that useful tools may be found at the intersection of science, art, and humanities, where recent scientific discoveries are leavened and informed with wisdom gleaned through the ages. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society" [Humanities] [Show ID: 31039]

The multimedia Journey of the Universe project explores some of mankind's most persistent existential questions: What is our purpose? How have the universe, our planet and humanity evolved? Mary Evelyn Tucker proposes that cosmology is the necessary basis for an in-depth examination of the human condition and that useful tools may be found at the intersection of science, art, and humanities, where recent scientific discoveries are leavened and informed with wisdom gleaned through the ages. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society" [Humanities] [Show ID: 31039]

The multimedia Journey of the Universe project explores some of mankind's most persistent existential questions: What is our purpose? How have the universe, our planet and humanity evolved? Mary Evelyn Tucker proposes that cosmology is the necessary basis for an in-depth examination of the human condition and that useful tools may be found at the intersection of science, art, and humanities, where recent scientific discoveries are leavened and informed with wisdom gleaned through the ages. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society" [Humanities] [Show ID: 31039]

In the final episode of this series, Mary Evelyn Tucker (scholar, teacher, and author at Yale University) shares with contagious and grounded optimism on the timely blend of spirituality and ecology. Feel the pulse of the Journey of the Universe, a movie and program cocreated with Brian Swimme, rejoice in the Pope's encyclical on climate change, and get inspired by how our spiritual paths converge with science and ecology to create a new earth together.   

Josh Schlossberg is the editor of the Biomass Monitor, a page that follows the less understood news around Biomass Energy. Biomass Energy has largely been given a pass as "green" by environmentalists, but should it? Mary Evelyn Tucker is a Senior Lecturer and Research Scholar at Yale University where she has appointments in the School of Forestry, Environmental Studies and the Department of Religious Studies. Mary Evelyn joins us to dig deeper into the contents and impact of Pope Francis' Encyclical. Finally Stefan read us a short piece he wrote inspired by the recent "Jobs, Justice Climate" rally that saw 10,000+ people flood downtown Toronto last weekend called "An Ode To Climate Trolls". This is a brief! For full listings and more info about this episode with links etc visit: https://greenmajoritymedia.wordpress.com/2015/07/10/459-an-ode-to-climate-trolls/ Please consider supporting us! - We are 100% Patreon member funded: www.patreon.com/greenmajority

Mary Evelyn Tucker, a scholar of Confucianism and senior lecturer on ecology and religion at the Yale School of Forestry and Yale Divinity School, describes the importance of values and ethics in the environmental arena. She discusses the role that wonder and awe can play in bringing scientists and the religious community into dialogue.

Executive producer and co-writer of Journey of the Universe Mary Evelyn Tucker discusses the evolution of her book and the film that explores the nature of the universe. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 29623]

Executive producer and co-writer of Journey of the Universe Mary Evelyn Tucker discusses the evolution of her book and the film that explores the nature of the universe. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 29623]

Leopold for the 21st Century: What Would He Say to the Yale FES Class of 2009? Moderated by Mary Evelyn Tucker. Discussion by Sally Collins, Clive Hamilton, Wes Jackson, Bruce Jennings, Gene Likens and Melina Shannon DiPietro. The Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies hosted a Symposium on April 3rd, 2009 honoring the centennial of the graduation of Aldo Leopold from the school and his acclaimed contributions to environmental conservation. Leopold became a leading and radical voice in American conservation, launching his land ethic in his celebrated book, “A Sand County Almanac.” The day-long symposium appraised the Leopold legacy, examined his relevance today, and explored how his land ethic might be reformulated for the global environmental and social challenges of the 21st century. This is a recording of the final plenary: Leopold for the 21st Century: What Would He Say to the Yale FES Class of 2009? The discussion was moderated by Mary Evelyn Tucker, Senior Lecturer and Research Scholar at Yale and Co-Founder of the Forum on Religion and Ecology. Discussants were: Sally Collins, Director of Office of Ecosystem Services & Markets, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Clive Hamilton, author of “Growth Fetish” and co-author of “Affluenza,” and Charles Sturt Professor of Public Ethics, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Canberra, Australia; Wes Jackson, the Founder and President of the Land Institute and a MacArthur fellowship recipient; Bruce Jennings, Director of the Center for Humans and Nature in New York; Gene Likens, an ecologist and Founding Director and President Emeritus of the Institute of Ecosystem Studies; and Melina Shannon-DiPietro, Director of the Yale Sustainable Food Project.

In this lecture, Mary Evelyn Tucker highlights the spiritual and ethical dimensions of the environmental crisis, arguing that the religious and environmental communities should make common cause in protecting the ecology of planet earth. Tucker is a research scholar and senior lecturer at Yale University, with joint appointments at Yale Divinity School, the Yale School … Continue reading The Environmental Crisis as Spiritual and Moral Crisis →

Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim Living Cosmologies: Nature and Spirit Converging Join Michael Lerner in conversation with Yale scholars and historians of religion Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim about the interface between religion and the environment, the cosmology of nature, and their organization, Emerging Earth Community. Mary Evelyn Tucker Mary is a senior lecturer and senior scholar at Yale University where she has appointments in the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies as well as the Divinity School and the Department of Religious Studies. She is a co-founder and co-director with John Grim of the Forum on Religion and Ecology. Together they organized a series of ten conferences on World Religions and Ecology at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School. She is the author of Worldly Wonder: Religions Enter Their Ecological Phase (Open Court Press, 2003) and many other books. More about Mary Evelyn Tucker. Find out more about Mary Evelyn on her website. John Grim As a professor of religion John taught courses in Native American and indigenous religions, religion, and ecology, ritual, and mysticism in the world’s religions. He is currently a visiting scholar at the Institution of Social and Policy Studies, Yale University, and president of the American Teilhard Association. His published works include: The Shaman: Patterns of Religious Healing Among the Ojibway Indians (University of Oklahoma Press, 1983) and, with Mary Evelyn Tucker, a co-edited volume entitled Worldviews and Ecology (Orbis, 1994, 5th printing 2000). Find out more about John on his website. Find out more about The New School at tns.commonweal.org.

Mary Evelyn Tucker discusses the Fourth National Climate Assessment