Water, Wildness, & the Free Human Spirit
Plymouth Church   4126 Ingersoll   Des Moines
http://www.inhf.org/agrestalfund/agrestal-2006/agrestal-conference-schedule.htm

A Wild Iowa Discovery Event sponsored by
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation's Agrestal Fund with
special cooperation from Plymouth Congregational Church,
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF),
and Iowa Environmental Council (IEC)

Friday, March 3, 2006
9:00-11:30 a.m.   Waveland Hall

Ethical Behavior in the Watershed/Rediscovering the Wildness in Water and
Ourselves

Introduction:  Diane Krell, WILPF
Panel:        Rich Leopold, IEC (Moderator); Steve Veysey, Nate Hoogeveen,
Lonnie Gamble

1:00-3:30 p.m.   Waveland Hall

Frogs, Large Predators, Connectivity, and the Law

Introduction:  Lisa Hein, INHF
Panel:        Paul Anderson, ISU (Moderator); Wally Taylor, Mike Havlik,
Mike DeCook, Karie Wiltshire

7:00-9:00 p.m.   Waveland Hall

Offerings to the Wild:  Art as Medicine for

Earth and Ourselves

Introduction:  Mark Ackelson, INHF

Daniel Dancer:  Conceptual Artist, Author, and Photographer (a visual
presentation)
With stunning images of natural beauty, destruction, and healing art; from
the Arctic Circle, to the Kansas Tallgrass Prairie; from Art For the Sky to
art in the forest, this presentation helps viewers connect with the special
gift they have to offer Earth during this critical time.
(www.ARTFORTHESKY.com)

Saturday, March 4, 2006
9:00-11:30 a.m.   Waveland Hall

Wildness and the Radiant Self
Dr. David Thomas:  Educator (an interactive presentation)

Omaha educator, Dr. David Thomas (www.ethicsofchoice.com), joins us with an
original view of the wild self and the ethics of choice.

Seeing human wildness as the movement away from the self-destructive and
toward the self-transcending or life-honoring.  This presentation is about
the path to that kind of wildness.  It is about the ethics of
self-realization and of human development.  David is passionate about this
kind of wildness because he sees that choice as encouraging the individual
to take his or her growing and radiant achievement into the "fine grain" of
everyday life where it can do so much to amuse, delight, and awaken.

1:00-3:30 p.m.   Greenwood Room

The Language of the Wild...recovering the forgotten voices of your own wild
psyche

Jade Sherer:  (an experiential and interactive presentation) Cougars show up
in Iowa now and then.  Ambassadors of authentic nature, wild and shy, they
are a lot like our own human souls.  Running wild at the edge of our
domesticated worlds, the cougar is a reminder of the wilderness within, a
beckoning to what is most true and unique about each of us:  our souls.  In
the mirror of wild nature, we see reflected, and have the opportunity to
reclaim our wholeness..as individuals, when we retrieve an intimacy with our
souls we begin to uncover the special gift we have to offer the world.  When
we have the courage to explore what we've lost and forgotten that is most
real to us, we glimpse our truest belonging (www.earthsecho.com and
www.animas.org).

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