Upcoming Events

Don't miss our fabulous FREE winter/spring events

Registration required for all events via email ecojustice@fsolph.org or phone 314-965-3700.

January 31, 2012, 7:00 p.m. "PLANEAT" is the story of three men's life-long search for a diet, which is good for our health, good for the environment and good for the future of the planet. With an additional cast of pioneering chefs and some of the best cooking you have ever seen, the scientists and doctors in the film present a convincing case for the West to re-examine its love affair with meat and dairy. The
film features the ground-breaking work of Dr. T Colin Campbell in China exploring
the link between diet and disease, Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn's use of diet to treat heart disease patients, and Professor Gidon Eshel's investigations into how our food choices contribute to global warming, land use and oceanic dead zones.  Click here for a flyer for more information.

March 6 & 13, 2012, 7 p.m. Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream: A Symposium. Awakening the Dreamer Symposiums transform the way we see the world. Symposium participants find themselves sobered by the challenges that face us, yet optimistic with the certainty that a better world is possible. Through an interactive, multimedia experience, we move out of despair, confusion, fright or denial and begin to envision bold new possibilities. In this way, we can respond to humanity’s current situation with informed and optimistic action.

April 10, 2012, 7:00 p.m. An Ecology of Mind, a film portrait of Gregory Bateson, celebrated author, naturalist and philosopher. Daughter and filmmaker, Nora Bateson focuses on the stories Bateson used to present his ideas and how the
beauty of life itself provided the framework of his life’s pursuits.

May 1, 2012, 7:00 p.m. Franciscans for Earth Spring Evening Event: “Greening Your Thumb II” with Nathan Brandt (horticultural specialist from the University of Missouri Extension)