Pacifica Graduate Institute Works for Progress on Global Climate Change
Santa Barbara, CA (PRWEB) December 04, 2015 -- Pacifica Graduate Institute, an accredited graduate school, pledges to work for progress on Global Climate Change. “We are faithful to our intention to tend anima mundi, the soul in and of the world, to use our own educational resources to support the shift in paradigm and in human consciousness that can lead to and support actions to protect the planet’s climate and all species and habitats dependent on it”, stated Stephen Aizenstat, Chancellor and Founding President of Pacifica.
While human divisions continue to erupt into violence, it can be hard to remember what is shared in common by all of us: the Earth. This week the 21st yearly session of the Conference of the Parties to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) and the 11th session of the Meeting of the Parties to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol will meet in Paris to address the continuing urgency of climate change. The objective of the 2015 conference is to achieve, for the first time in over 20 years of UN negotiations, a binding and universal agreement on climate, from all the nations of the world. This agreement must reduce greenhouse gas emissions to limit the global temperature increase to 2 °C above pre-industrial levels or life as we know it on Earth will be forever changed, causing loss of species and human lives and an almost unimaginable migration from regions of the earth that are no longer habitable by humans. Alongside such an international agreement, nations, regions, cities, towns, and their residents must work to transform our relation to the environment from one based on extraction and depletion to one based on an acknowledgement of radical interdependence. In addition, those from more politically and economically powerful nations must empathically understand the differential impact of climate change on many regions with less resources and power. As participation by all in the demonstrations and deliberations during the Paris conference is not possible due to security concerns, we are all called upon to raise our voices to support the comprehensive agreements that are necessary. Pacifica pledges its efforts and resources to that intention.
For more information on Pacifica Graduate Institute’s pledge to work for progress on Global Climate Change, please contact Heidi Townshend, Director of External Affairs: 805-879-7374 or htownshend(at)pacifica(dot)edu.
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Pacifica Graduate Institute, with two campuses in Santa Barbara, California, is a WASC-accredited graduate school offering masters and doctoral degree programs in depth psychology, mythological studies, and the humanities. The Institute has established an educational environment that nourishes respect for cultural diversity and individual differences, and a rigorous academic community with a spirit of free and open inquiry. Students have access to an impressive array of resources including the OPUS Archives and Research Center
The mission of Pacifica Graduate Institute is to foster creative learning and research in the fields of psychology, the humanities, and mythological studies, framed in the traditions of depth psychology. Consistent with and supporting this vision, Pacifica Graduate Institute is employee-owned, and practices shared stewardship.
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Heidi Townshend, Director, External Affairs, Pacifica Graduate Institute, http://www.pacifica.edu, +1 (805) 879-7374, [email protected]
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