Non Pacifica Programming

Dr. Gang describes his wholistic education workshop for individuals, called "Transforming Education and Ourselves." The project focuses upon helping the future of our planet through eco-centric education of children so that they see the connectedness of everything, both organic and inorganic.|ECO-CENTRIC EDUCATION / Phil Gang| interviewed by Sue Supriano.

Dr. Cohen, author and founder of Expedition Institute of the Audubon Society, and Chair of Integrated Ecology at the World Peace University, argues that nature has a language. He left New York city to live for 20 years in a tent, close to nature, in order to get beyond words and the urban reality.

Ortiz, one of 25,000 indigenous people in Costa Rica (of the BriBri) and president of La Voz del Indio, discusses that organization. Lead by traditional spiritual peoples, they bring together the different groups to spread the word about human rights abuses in Costa Rica. He discusses how the abuses are manifested, and how indigenous people become foreigners in their own land.

Molina and Lin discuss the national conference Parallels and Intersections: Racism and Other Forms of Oppression. The conference, put on by the Women Against Racism Committee, was attended by over 1,500 people (mostly women).

Ywahoo discusses the history and present works of the Sun Ray Meditation Society, an international organization dedicated to teaching peace and transforming patterns of aggression. She gives her personal background, the condition of Native Americans in a society plagued with racism, and the opportunity and need to plant the seeds of relations.