• Sharon Gannon and David Life
• Alex Jamieson
• Anjula Prasad
• Antje Amba Schafer
• cat alip-douglas
• Chloé Jo Davis
• Colin Beavan
• Dechen Thurman
• Donna D’Cruz
• Donna Delory
• Durga Devi
• EarthRise SoundSystem
• Ganesh Das
• Gaura Vani
• Giselle Mari
• Jeffrey Cohen
• Jill Abelson
• Jivamukti Asana Dance Company
• Jules Febre
• Kris Carr
• Liz Robert
• Narayani (Nicole Nichols)
• Neal Barnard
• Patrick Broome
• Purnima Langen
• Ruth Lauer-Manenti
• Tamar Samir
• Will Lau
• Yogeswari

Colin Beavan is the executive director of the No Impact Project, the author of the book and the subject of the documentary No Impact Man, a 350.org “Messenger,” and a dharma teacher in the Kwan Um School of Zen. His prominence as a spokesperson on environmental and quality of life issues came after his year-long lifestyle experiment in extreme environmental living exploded in the international media. He since founded the No Impact Project, an international non-profit effort that empowers citizens to join the individual and societal quest for ways of life that both regenerate the planet and make people happier. Colin's work has been the subject of stories in the New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde and many other national and international news outlets. Colin has appeared on The Colbert Report, Good Morning America, Nightline and all the major NPR shows. He was named one of MSN’s Ten Most Influential Men, one of Elle Magazine’s Eco-Illuminators, and his blog NoImpactMan.com was named one of the world’s top 15 environmental websites by Time Magazine. He is a visiting scholar at NYU, sits on the board of directors of New York City's Transportation Alternatives, and is on the advisory councils of Just Food and 350.org. The author of two books previous to No Impact Man, he earned his PhD at the University of Liverpool. He speaks and consults around the world to businesses, universities, non-profits and community groups.

Program description:
Some of us emphasize self-help. Others of us emphasize activism. In their extremes, one path forgets the world needs help. The other forgets that we as individuals need help. One denies the truth of interdependence, the other the truth of separate personality. Both paths belong to the ego. What if we accepted the larger truth of existence? That we are both interdependent and separate. What if, embracing both, we were able to use our personal concerns to help the world and if we could use our world concerns to help ourselves? How powerful would it be if we could integrate those two, pointing all our energy in one direction instead of splitting it? What, in other words, if we were able to find a way where self-help and activism became one? What if to do that meant marrying your personality's passions with your soul's concerns? What if it meant throwing away self and other and just following your whole Truth? (free & open to the public)

Program:
Thursday , January 5, 2:15pm-3:15pm - Ahimsa Lecture Series- Spirituality & Environmental Activism with Colin Beavan, a.k.a., "No Impact Man." And Tamar Samir.