Sharing his expertise in the systems view of life, Fritjof will discuss how even climate change – far-reaching as it is – is only one aspect of an array of interrelated problems in our world system. The main focus of Capra’s environmental education and activism has been to help build and nurture sustainable communities. He believes that to do so, we can learn valuable lessons from the study of ecosystems, which are sustainable communities of plants, animals, and microorganisms. He will help us understand how one imbalance affects others, and how to tailor our own activism to maximize our impact on solving global problems.

Fritjof Capra, a prominent physicist and systems theorist, is the internationally acclaimed author of The Tao of Physics, The Systems View of Life, and The Science of Leonardo. His writings advocate replacing the conventional mechanistic view of nature with a systems view that recognizes the intrinsic interconnectedness of all things. He is a founding director of Berkeley’s Center For Ecoliteracy which supports ecological and systems thinking in education, and he serves on the Council of Earth Charter International which promotes an ethical framework for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society in the 21st century. He serves on the faculty of Schumacher College and lectures widely to lay and professional audiences in Europe, Asia, and North and South America.