Dharma Gaia - Dr. Leigh Davison

Ingar pool -why? - because it's beautiful

 Dharma Gaia – on the Teachings of Buddha and Mother Earth

DHARMA PRACTICE, DEEP ECOLOGY, THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND THE URGENCY FOR CHANGE 

GUEST SPEAKER: DR LEIGH DAVISON 

Leigh was the principal founding member of Sydney Zen Centre (1975 -1978)  and has been a leading member of the Dharmananda rural community (near Lismore) for over 35 years. He is the husband of Diamond Sangha Teacher, Ellen Davison. 

WILL SPEAK ON: Reflections on 35 years of trying to live sustainably. In a resource depleted and carbon constrained world successful human settlements will probably be those that achieve a degree of social cohesion using low energy, biophillic infrastructures that recycle nutrients locally, visibly and elegantly. But what are the obstacles that need to be overcome? (You might like to look up 'biophilic' in Google. It's quite interesting.)

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A BRIEF BIO: In 1972 Leigh Davison, as a maths Ph.D student at UNSW read the Club of Rome Report "The Limits To Growth"and realised the shocking truth of this report in regard to a future with fully depleted resources based on ever increasing human consumption.

                   By 1979 Leigh and his wife Ellen had joined a group of others to form Dharmananda, near Lismore, an intentional rural community with the aim of living as simply and sustainably as possible - serving as a model and a hope for survival in a possible societal collapse in a resource deprived world.

                    From then until now Leigh and his friends have lived out the challenges of sustainability. Here are some of the modalities they have used/experimented with :   
  Permaculture,  biodynamic farming, organic gardening ( including Fukuoka no - dig method) , alternative energy systems and battery storage ( including pelton wheels), composting toilets, natural soil enrichment /enhancement , weed control and bush regeneration  , alternative building materials and design , grey water systems design and use , ways to encourage social cohesion on an intentional community...

                     Leigh has recently retired as lecturer in Water Resources Management for many years at Southern Cross University, Lismore. All of this remarkable experience makes Leigh wonderfully equipped to talk about workable models for our future sustainable survival.
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvEYsYPLajA -Leigh talking about weeds

 FRIDAY 30 MAY, 6PM - 9PM.  Talk starts at 7pm (6 - 7pm discussion time)

 BUDDHIST LIBRARY: 90-92 CHURCH STREET, CAMPERDOWN 
SUGGESTED DONATION: $10



Convenor: Peter Thompson (02) 9525 1926, Mob: 0408 507 906

Yellow Rock, BM's, after the fires

Acacia terminalis on King's Tableland, BM's, 17th May, flowering 2months early

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If you'd like to catch up on what has been happening so far at the Dharma Gaia, please try these links (I hope they're links).

Susan Murphy on the radio:

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/spiritofthings/mind--the--earth/5416086

The Facebook page, Dharma Gaia has links and a great petition from dharma teachers world-wide. Just put 'Facebook dharma gaia' into Google and it will take you straight to the page. 

 DG is also on 'MeetUp'