Sacred Mountains Panel

Sacred Mountains Panel
April 11, 2023
A joint event hosted by the Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion Program and the PCC Forum
California Institute of Integral Studies

Timestamps:

Land Acknowledgement – 0:50

Welcome Statement – 4:17

Dr. Edwin Bernbaum – 10:30
Edwin Bernbaum, Ph.D., is Co-Chair of the IUCN Group on Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas and Senior Fellow at the Instituto de Montaña whose work focuses on the relation between culture and nature. Recently published in a second edition, his book Sacred Mountains of the World won the Commonwealth Club of California's gold medal for nonfiction. He directed projects with National Parks based on the cultural and spiritual significance of natural features in cultures around the world. He played a major role in international efforts to get Mount Kailash in Tibet, the most sacred mountain in the world for a billion people, and the pilgrimage routes leading to it from India and Nepal nominated as a World Heritage site.
www.peakparadigms.com

Gregg Castro – 40:45
Gregg Castro [t'rowt'raahl Salinan/rumsien-ramaytush Ohlone], has worked to preserve his Ohlone and Salinan heritage for over three decades. Gregg is the Society for California Archaeology’s Native American Programs Committee Chairperson. Gregg is a Facilitator for the annual California Indian Conference, a 30+ year annual gathering about California Indigenous culture. He is a Founder/Advisor to the California Indian History Curriculum Coalition, based at CSU-Sacramento, promoting accurate school curriculum. He is Culture Director for the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone, advising within their San Francisco Peninsula homelands. Gregg is a writer-activist within the California Indigenous community.

Dr. Elizabeth Allison – 1:02:31
Elizabeth Allison, Ph.D., is a professor of Ecology and Religion at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, where she founded and chairs the graduate program in Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion. She is currently writing a book about how religion affects environmental policy and practice in Bhutan, as well as leading the social science component of the transdisiciplinary, transnational Life Without Ice research project exploring the consequences of glacier extinction with the Institute of Research for Development in France and other international partners. She researches traditional ecological knowledge in mountain regions, particularly as it relates to biodiversity, waste, ecological place, and climate change. Her articles appear in journals including WIREs Climate Change, Religions, Mountain Research and Development, Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture, and in edited volumes on Bhutan, religion, nature, and geography.

Q&A: 1:27:25

Additional Resources:

IUCN-UNESCO Best Practice Guidelines
https://csvpa.org/best-practice-guide...

Exploratorium “Landscape is Homeland” Native Festival on April 22
https://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/c...

Cultural and Spiritual Significance of Nature: Guidance for Protected and Conserved Area Governance and Management
https://portals.iucn.org/library/node...

A Conversation with Merlin Sheldrake (Public Programs Talk with Elizabeth Allison)
https://www.ciis.edu/public-programs/...