
Dr. John B. Cobb died on the 26th of December, 2024. He was a world-renowned process philosopher, a third-generation successor of process philosophy, a leading figure of constructive postmodernism, one of the earliest proponents of Western Green GDP, a constructive postmodern ecological philosopher, a pioneer of constructive postmodern ecological civilization theory, and a distinguished process theologian.

This newsletter published by Environmental Arts Therapy UK presents activities and reviews initiated by a growing community of environmental arts therapists driven by the need to understand and develop the vital connections between Nature, psychotherapy, creativity, and the environmental climate emergency. At a time of increasing crisis and suffering on our planet the arts therapies are being shaped by social and political forces that ultimately generate change, one of those changes is the joining of ideas and communities so that we can grow and support each other’s creative practice in the interests of Nature and human beings.

The Claremont International Forum on Ecological Civilization (a.k.a. the Claremont Eco Forum) is the earliest and largest forum on ecological civilization in the West. The Forum is organized by Institute for Postmodern China and Center for Process Studies since 2006. The 16th International Forum on Ecological Civilization & 5th International Youth Forum on Ecological Civilization have been held on May 25-27, 2023, fully online, and their main theme was Deep Transformation for Ecological Civilization. The mission of the forum is to bring together creative academics, non-profit leaders, governmental officials, and leading activists, Chinese and Non-Chinese, to explore new worldviews, new way of thinking, new models of development, new way of organic farming, and new models of education in the transition toward ecological civilization.

Newton Harrison, who, with his wife, Helen Mayer Harrison, was a founder of the eco-art movement, died on Sept. 4, in Santa Cruz, Calif. He was a Research Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of the Force Majeure at the University of California at Santa Cruz, Director of Harrisons Studio, and Professor Emeritus at the University of California at San Diego, an Advisor of the “Ecopoiesis: Eco-Human Theory and Practice” journal

Stella Phipps shares her perception of TOUCHING NATURE: TOUCHED BY NATURE: AN ENVIRONMENTAL ARTS THERAPY EXHIBITION she attended in north London on last November. The exhibition aimed to raise awareness about environmental arts therapy and the many benefits it can offer artists, expressive/creative arts therapists, and the communities in which we live.
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