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Climate Justice & Prout
A Panel Presentation with Raksha Mohan Facilitating
We have all borne witness to the horrors of climate change in recent times - heat waves, droughts, wildfires, devastating storms, and human suffering. We may be the last generation of people who can do something to mitigate climate disasters before it is too late to be undone. While we all feel the effects of climate change, the most vulnerable to climate disasters are people living in developing countries and low-income communities within developed countries. Join this panel of Proutists to analyze the role Proutists could play to alleviate human suffering and help the world navigate through climate change in these transformational times.
Shriraksha Mohan (Raksha)
Raksha, the panel moderator, is a Prout activist who works with Prout Alliance and Proutist Universal and also serves on the board of the Prout Research Institute, Asheville, North Carolina. She is one of three co-authors of the Prout chapter in the book entitled “Climate Adaptation: Accounts of Resilience, Self-Sufficiency and System Change” published in conjunction with COP26, United Nations Climate Conference. Raksha will begin with a brief summary of the COP27 outcomes and what they mean for climate change. After which she will introduce each panelist in turn to share their thoughts about the topic from their respective areas of expertise - ending each presentation with a brief Q&A session and then a final open Q&A for all panelists.
Jason Schreiner – Ecological Balance and Prout
Jason serves as President of the PROUT Institute, Eugene, Oregon and is Associate Director of the Teaching Engagement Program at the University of Oregon, where he teaches graduate seminars in engaged pedagogy and courses on social and environmental justice. He regularly presents on P.R. Sarkar’s theories of Neohumanism, Progressive Utilization Theory, and aesthetic science, and is currently completing a book manuscript titled Philosophy of Neohumanism: Life, Love, and Liberation for All, and developing a reading guide for Sarkar’s The Liberation of Intellect: Neohumanism. Jason is also researching the history of critical liberation thought, which brings P.R. Sarkar into dialogue with key figures in liberation philosophy, critical realism, anti-capitalist theory, and anticolonial movements. Jason also brings years of experience in agrifood practices and community-based NGOs to his work.
Shri Verrill – Climate Adaptation and Prout
Shri is a spiritual and environmental practitioner, co-founded Alliance for Economic Democracy in 2017 with her partner Alex, founded Sunrise Ecologic in 2022, and is currently engaged in the Community Resilience Partnership as a Service Provider on behalf of the Governor’s Office of Policy, Innovation, and the Future, working with the towns of Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Southport, and Wiscasset to prioritize, fund, and implement Climate Adaptation projects in Midcoast Maine. She is a wetland scientist, wildlife/field biologist, botanist, and Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner (CERP) with a Master of Science degree in Biology and seeks to inspire ecological consciousness in her community while working toward purchasing land for a botanical sanctuary and research farm.
Dada Vedaprajinananda (Dada Veda) – Prout Solutions for Climate Problems
Dada Veda is a yoga-meditation teacher, author, editor, and a singer-songwriter. He received a BA in History from Colgate University and also attended Columbia University's School of International Affairs. He is the founding editor of New Renaissance Magazine (www.ru.org) and has been a student of P.R. Sarkar's Prout for over 50 years. His books include Prout Explained, The Wisdom Of Tantra and From Brooklyn to Benares and Back. He is the author of numerous magazine articles and has released seven albums of original songs in the past 20 years. He is also one of the three coauthors of the Prout chapter referenced above.
Filippo Basso – Master Units, Models of Climate Resilience
Filippo is the overall coordinator and strategic planner of the Ananda Valley conscious local development project and director of the environmental association EcoAtivo. He is passionate about ecology and environment and has a MSc. in Mathematics and a Science diploma from the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, Italy. Practitioner of yoga and meditation for over 25 years, he has developed and supports the development of several socio-environmental volunteering projects and European networks such as Youth in Permaculture (YIP). He has participated in several European projects related to regeneration, education, awareness-raising, environmental protection, and R & D in technological areas. He is the manager of the R&D department of an IT company, cooperating with the University of Beira Interior, Politecnico of Turin, and other European research centers. He is also one of the three coauthors of the Prout chapter referenced above.
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