![]() Restoring and Re- Story -ing our Sacred Places ![]() He farms a diverse set of heirloom fruit and nut varieties from the Spanish Mission era and from the Middle Eastern homelands of his Lebanese ancestors, as well as heritage grains and beans adapted to arid climates. He is currently married to cultural ecologist and indigenous health activist Laurie Monti (formerly of the Christensen Fund and four universities) and lives in Patagonia, Arizona on a five-acre homestead southwest of Tucson. There, he founded the Center for Regional Food Studies and catalyzed the initiative to have UNESCO designate Tucson as the first City of Gastronomy in the U.S. He now serves as the Kellogg Endowed Chair in Southwestern Borderlands Food and Water Security. He is the co-founder of Native Seeds/SEARCH, a non-profit conservation organization which works to preserve place-based Southwestern agricultural plants as well as knowledge of their uses. The recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” grant, Nabhan has written, co-written or edited over 39 volumes of nonfiction, poetry, conservation science and children’s literature that has been translated into eight languages. He is a graduate of The Living School at Richard Rohr’s Center for Action and Contemplation. The 30 minute service will combine readings from the Psalms, contemplative prayer, singing, and perhaps a brief reflection.Įach morning we will hear from Gary Paul Nabhan. Gary Nabhan is an ecumenical Franciscan Brother, an agricultural ecologist, and a pioneer in the local food movement and heirloom seed saving movement. Though it will be different in style (and will happen long after dawn!), our daily morning worship will follow in that centuries-old tradition of beginning our day in prayer. *Lauds Worship Service: F or more than 1,500 years, Christians in the Benedictine tradition have been greeting the dawn by praying the daily service of Lauds. Outdoor Farm-to-Table Dinner and Celebration Poetry Reading with Jessica Jacobs, Nickole Brown, and Gary Paul Nabhan View a visual tour of the 2016 Summer Institute “Bread in the Wilderness.” ![]() For lodging, participants can either choose their own lodging nearby or you can choose to stay on campus in the EcoDorm, in either a shared or single dorm room. Join us! We invite you to join us.įrom June 10 – 14 we will gather on the lovely campus of Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC, just ten minutes from downtown Asheville. This year we are thrilled to host Gary Paul Nabhan, ethnobotanist and lay Franciscan brother as our main speaker, as well as a host of compelling workshop presenters. To that end we welcome cultural and theological diversity at our gatherings. Yet how do we sustain our spirits in the face of hunger, social inequity, and ecological ruin? How do we develop a spirituality for the long haul? And what riches do we find in the Christian contemplative tradition that might aid us on our journey?īiological diversity creates abundance and resilience in physical ecosystems, and the same is true of human ecologies. Today’s challenges call for a strenuous, sustained response. For those of us working on issues like food justice, sustainable agriculture, or climate change, we find ourselves simultaneously inhabiting places both rich with opportunity and aching with loss and defeat. ![]()
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