Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008 7-10 PM at Redline Bar, 59 JFK Street, Cambridge MA:

Raise a glass to celebrate science on the occasion of Charles Darwin’s birthday! Free admission, appetizers and birthday cake, plus food and drink at regular prices. Guests are invited to bring toasts, rhymes, readings stories, songs, Darwin impersonations, and whatever else might add to the festivities as we honor the man who put us in our rightful, natural place. Click here for more great photos from last year’s jam-packed Darwin Day party!

Why Darwin Day?

The objective of Darwin Day Celebration is to encourage organizations and individuals to celebrate Science and Humanity every year, on, or near, February 12, Darwin’s birthday. At this juncture in history, the world has become so small and interdependent that we need a Global Celebration to promote a common bond among all people. The Darwin Day Celebration was founded on the premise that science, like music, is an international language that speaks to all people in very similar ways. Charles Darwin is a worthy symbol on which to focus, in order to build a Global Celebration of Science and Humanity that is intended to promote solidarity among all people of the earth.

(adapted from the Darwin Day Celebration website)

Co-Sponsors:

~ Center for Naturalism

~ Humanist Association of Massachusetts

~ Metro-Boston Intercollegiate Secular Coalition

Voluntary Simplicity…A Choice!

Life getting too hectic? Are you always in the future and not in the present? Do you feel that your life is running you and not the reverse? No time to think about your impact on the Earth and on those around you?

Maybe it is time to rethink things.

• Read what others have said about choosing simplicity.
• Discuss the pros and cons with like-minded people and take time for some self-reflection.
• Take part in the clarification of your values and the reevaluation of how you spend your energy and time.
• Discover balance in your life to reserve time for what you cherish most.
• Explore the material and psychological distractions that prevent us from caring for the earth,
  
• Come together with others interested in acknowledging the connection between our lifestyle choices and the condition of the earth.

Join us in a 7-session course on the Harvard campus developed by the Northwest Earth Institute.

“Voluntary Simplicity”

Thursdays, 7:00PM to 9:00PM at Grays Hall-5, Harvard University (Less than a block from Harvard Square T-Station)

January 31st through March 13th, 2008

Sponsored by the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard and the Ethical Society of
Boston

Open to the public:

$35.00 (includes manual)
Harvard Students: $25.00
Harvard Alumni: $30.00

Special discounts on PARKING Passes for nearby Felton St./Broadway Garage available on a first-come, first-served basis to a limited number of students.

Facilitated by: Dr. Margo N. Woods (PhD, Harvard School of Public Health) and Peter Ames (JD, Harvard Law School) with manual from the Northwest Earth Institute.

Call 781-646-6059 to register and reserve parking pass; or come to first session.