Lighting the Eighth Fire

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Education

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Adults
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Mitchell Ryan Distin, PhD, an evolutionary biologist and historian/philosopher of science, will examine the philosophical assumptions of modern Western civilization. He argues that we can rediscover the wisdom needed to build healthier, more sustainable societies rooted both in the latest frontiers of science and in an ancient sense of belonging to the living Earth.