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KEN WILBER AND INTEGRAL INSTITUTE ANNOUNCE INTEGRAL ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY SEMINAR

DENVER, COLORADO, July 16, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Hosted by the leadership team of the Integral Institute's Ecology and Sustainability domain - including Ken Wilber - this seminar applies the Integral framework to the full range of environmental, social and economic (triple bottom line) issues.

"We've seen what happens when less-than-integral maps have been used to try and drive sustainability. What has yet to be tried is integral theory combined with integral praxis in a concrete way. This is the exciting frontier lying ahead of us, and it's hard to think of anything more important in the world today." - Ken Wilber

The Integral Approach moves the action away from conventional, partial, and piecemeal approaches to ecology and sustainability, and does so by embracing a comprehensive and integrally-informed understanding of systems, cultures, and individuals. In six intensive days participants will learn new ways to:
  • Deepen their physical, mental and spiritual relationships to Nature.
  • Take multiple perspectives (individual and collective, interior and exterior) to see more deeply into any situation.
  • Build true rapport with people of all types and "intelligences": cognitive, emotional, interpersonal, moral and spiritual.
  • Relate more effectively with cultures and subcultures at various levels of growth and unfolding.
  • Recognize elements of the integral framework in their own experience, and thus help to integrate body, mind, and spirit in self, culture, and nature.
  • Case studies - success stories from the field, including what one can learn from ecology and sustainability practitioners who are pioneering concrete applications of the integral model around the world.
This seminar is the first and only of its kind. It's a rare chance to expand one's understanding of the breadth, depth, history and nature of ecology and sustainable development. Who Should Attend? This seminar is specifically designed for community leaders, activists, students and environmentally-minded professionals in all realms: business, government, international development, education, NGO's and non-profits.

How is the Seminar Structured? Integral Ecology and Sustainability is itself an example of integral practice, and is designed to engage you physically, emotionally, cognitively, interpersonally, and spiritually.
    • Meditation and contemplation practices
    • Exercise, yoga and movement
    • Free-time in nature
    • Introspection exercises
Tuition: Full tuition for Integral Ecology and Sustainability is $3495 (not including travel, food and lodging). Register before July 31, 2004 for an early registration tuition fee of $2995. Scholarships are also available.

Seminar Location: The seminar is being held at the four-star Westin Resort in Westminster, Colorado (between Boulder and Denver). Faculty, Ecology Team: Sean Hargens, Michael Zimmerman

Sustainability Team: Barrett Brown, Cynthia McEwen, David Johnston, John Schmidt

Ken Wilber is generally regarded as the world's most influential integral theorist. With 23 books in over 30 languages, he is also America's most widely translated academic writer, and a pioneer in integral approaches to everything from business to ecology to psychology and spirituality.

Ken Wilber will facilitate three half-day sessions.

For more information visit the website: http://www.i-i.org/ecology.com
CONTACT: Huy Lam
E-Mail: hlam@integralinstitute.org

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