Natureinstitute.org Website Review

“The question is not what you look at — but how you look and whether you see.” - Thoreau WELCOME!  We hope our publications and education programs inspire you with fresh and radical perspectives on nature, science, and with slides at The Nature Institute on the American Bison. In his presentation, he shared the fruits of his many years of research into this fascinating an*mal: its physical constitution, its relationship to its ecosystem, its life as an individual and as part of a herd, and its relationship to Native Americans. Through a close look at the American Bison, Craig sheds light more generally on the boundaries of what makes an an*mal an an*mal, and how the demarcations aren’t as clear as we might expect. You can view the video here diverse topics, including the bighorn sheep of Yellowstone National Park, our encounter with institutionalized dogmatism in the biological sciences, the nature of goal-directed organic activity, the “miracles” of life, and of course news from the Institute. You gives a grounding in Goethe’s “delicate empiricism,” a holistic and contextual approach to encountering and understanding nature. The course begins with a two-week intensive at the Institute in June, 2019, and concludes with a second two-week intensive in summer 2020. During the year between, participants will be mentored in their own research and practice, and will also share ongoing study. The deadline us from February 17 – 21 as we give our attention to the an*mals and ask: What are their unique ways of being in the world? What do they bring to our lives and what can we bring to theirs? And how can we develop capacities of observation and thinking that allow us to know article summarizing some themes of his new book project. While these depart radically from conventional thinking, they might also be considered mere commonsense. Stay tuned for some of the individual chapters, as they are written. You will find the summary article here