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Michael Dowd & Connie Barlow

OUR MISSION: (A) To teach and preach the Great News of the Great Story and promote the Great Work in colleges, universities, churches, synagogues, retreat centers, and private and public schools across North America. (B) To network with and support others who are committed to a just, healthy, beautiful, and sustainably life-giving world for future generations of all species.

OUR MESSAGE: The marriage of science and religion for personal and planetary wellbeing.

OUR VISION: The clear and unmistakable emergence of the Ecozoic Era — i.e., a mutually enhancing human-Earth relationship — within our lifetimes.

OUR COMMITMENT: To trust that all our needs will be taken care of and to go wherever there is interest, regardless of a group or organization's ability to compensate us.

Books
By Michael

EarthSpirit
A Handbook for Nurturing and Ecological Christianity

By Connie

The Ghosts of Evolution

Green Space, Green Time:
The Way of Science (1997, Copernicus).

Evolution Extended
Biological Debates on the Meaning of Life (1994, MIT Press).

From Gaia to Selfish Genes

Audio/Video
Gateway TeleLecture – February 1, 2003

Printable Files - Articles, Papers & Inspirations

By Michael and Connie
Ecozoic Activism
Embodying the Future, Here, Now

By Michael
Biblical Christianity and the Great Story
A conversation between Michael Down and a Christian college student
The Gospel of Evolution and the Revival of the Human Spirit
Living and Loving Panfaithfully
Creating a Life Full of Integrity, Passion, and Sustainable Loving Relationships

By Connie
Re-Storying Biodiversity by Way of Science
Wild Earth Spring 1997
Earth’s Challenging Childhood
An Evolutionary Parable
Evolution and the AAAS
A leading scientific organization considers religious interpretations and the cultural importance of modern scientific cosmology
The Way of Science and the Epic of Evolution
Green Space, Green Time 1997

Courses/Trainings
Michael and Connie travel the country teaching and sharing about the great story. Below is a list of states they are currently scheduled to visit in 2003. Click here for a detailed Itinerary.

WASHINGTON state and BRITISH COLUMBIA (June and July, 2003)

MONTANA, WYOMING, S. DAKOTA, IOWA, IL, IN (August, 2003)
as stop-overs on drive from Washington to Michigan

OHIO (September, 2003)

EASTERN CANADA & NEW ENGLAND (October, 2003)

NEW ENGLAND, LONG ISLAND (November, 2003)

NEW JERSEY, PHILADELPHIA, western CAROLINAS (December, 2003)

To invite them to present in your community, contact: Michael@TheGreatStory.org