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Lectures
David Spangler - Spirituality
of Home, November 5, 2008
Home is not just a dwelling place any more. It
is a state of mind, a spiritual state, a "coming
to ground," a place of nourishment, belonging,
and connection.
A recording of this event has has been posted
on David Spangler's website under www.davidspangler.com/whidbey.htm.
Diana Gale - Spring Benefit Lecture,
June 17, 2008
The pdf of the speech: Astonishment,
Complexity, Compassion
Video of this event: Astonishment, Complexity, Compassion
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Each June, we honor a regional leader, affiliated
with the Institute, who represents the creative,
adaptive leadership so needed by our times. In
2008, outgoing WI Board member, Diana Gale, was
the featured speaker. Diana is the former Director
of Seattle Public Utilities and the City of Seattle
Office of Management and Budget. Currently she
is a member of the Leadership Council of the Puget
Sound Partnership, appointed by Governor Gregoire.
Diana has received numerous national and local
awards for outstanding civic leadership.
Lyceum 2008
Sound Thinking:
The Life and Health of Puget Sound
6 Tuesday evenings, April 1-May 6, 2008
7:30-9:00 PM
Front Room, Bayview Cash Store
APR 1: Puget
Sound and Our Place in It
John Lombard, Analyst, Steward & Associates;
Oceanography and Program on Environment, UW
APR 8:
Pollution in the Sound: Truths and Consequences
Nat Scholz, Environmental Conservation Division,
NOAA
APR 15: Energy from the Sound: Harnessing Tidal
Power
Mitsuhiro Kawase, School of Oceanography, UW
APR 22: Protecting
the Sound's Birds and Mammals
Kevin Ryan, Washington Maritime National Wildlife
Refuge Complex
APR 29: Saving
the Sound, One Step at a Time
Sarah Schmidt, Co-author of Getting to the Water's
Edge
MAY 6: The
Partnership in our Future
David Dicks, Executive Director, Puget Sound Partnership
The Lyceum Lectures for 2008 were devoted to
Puget Sound: how it works, what its current state
is, and what the future holds in store. We had
a stellar line-up of speakers focusing on science,
policy, and personal action. Co-sponsored by WSU
Island County Extension, Whidbey Audubon, Island
County Marine Resources Committee, and Whidbey
Watershed Stewards.
Sharon Daloz Parks,
Inaugural address for the Annual
Whidbey Institute Spring Benefit Lecture. June
7, 2007
The pdf of the speech: Working
the Gap: How, Now, Must We Live?
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