GRANITE EARTH INSTITUTE

The Granite Earth Institute is a sister organization to the Northwest Earth Institute (NWEI), which offers group discussion courses that bring people together, raise their ecological awareness, and facilitate profound change in their values, habits, and actions in caring for the environment.

Northwest Earth Institute

Are you concerned about your impact on nature and on the earth? Would you like to simplify your life while increasing your joy of living? Have you considered whether our consumer culture is sustainable? Are you ready to move beyond recycling?

The Northwest Earth Institute (NWEI) publishes study guides for discussion groups in sustainability, food choices, voluntary simplicity, global warming, bioregionalism, and ecospirituality.

You can choose to organize a discussion course in your church, your workplace, your neighborhood, or in your men's or women's group. You can get your friends together, or advertise in local papers. All you need is the desire and enthusiasm to bring a group of people together around one of the study areas. Each course meets for several sessions (generally weekly) of one to two hours. Prior to each session members read the workbook material for that session; this gives a common focus for discussion. See for more information.

Study guides must be ordered directly from NWEI at http://nwei.org/order-form. A manual for course organizers may also be ordered or downloaded.

The Discussion Courses

Sustainable Systems at Work - Designed to further organizational sustainability initiatives in the workplace. (Five sessions)

Global warming: Changing CO₂urse - Exploring the history and science of global warming, personal values and habits as they relate to climate change, and personal actions to curb the effects of global warming. (Four sessions)

Choices for Sustainable Living - Exploring the meaning of sustainable living and the ties between lifestyle choices and their impact on the earth. (Seven sessions)

Menu For the Future - Exploring the connection between food and sustainability. (Six sessions)

Voluntary Simplicity - Addresses the distractions of modern society that keep us from caring for ourselves, our relationships, and our environment. (Five sessions)

Healthy Children, Healthy Planet - How the pervasive effects of advertising, media, and our consumer culture can influence a child's view of the world. (Seven sessions)

Discovering a Sense of Place - Knowing and protecting the place where we live. (Seven sessions)

Reconnecting With Earth- How our core values affect the way we view and treat the Earth. (Six sessions)