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Call for Papers | The Great Turning: Towards an Ecological Civilization Aiming at the Common Good of Humanity and Nature

Call for Papers | The Great Turning: Towards an Ecological Civilization Aiming at the Common Good of Humanity and Nature
May 24-25, 2024
Pitzer College, Claremont, California, USA

The 17th International Forum on Ecological Civilization and 6th International Youth Forum on Ecological Civilization are seeking papers related to the following themes and topics. Accepted papers are invited to present in Claremont and be published alongside other conference proceedings.

  • Organic Process Thought and Ecological Civilization
  • Sustainable Development and Ecological Civilization
  • Ecological Civilization and Green Development
  • Theoretical Explorations of Ecological Civilization around the World
  • Practical Explorations of Ecological Civilization around the World
  • Reflecting on Misconceptions of Western Modernization
  • Chinese style Modernization and Ecological Civilization
  • The “Second Integration” and Ecological Civilization
  • Marxism and Ecological Civilization
  • The Significance of Constructing Eco-villages for Ecological Civilization
  • The Role of Eco-communities in Constructing Ecological Civilization
  • Creative Transformation of Traditional Wisdom and Ecological Civilization
  • The Role of Science and Technology in Constructing Ecological Civilization
  • The Role of AI in Constructing Ecological Civilization
  • The Significance of Corporate Ecological Transformation for Ecological Civilization
  • The Significance of Organizational Ecological Transformation for Ecological Civilization
  • What Kinds of Educational Reforms Does Ecological Civilization Call For?
  • What Kinds of Ecological Persons Does Ecological Civilization Need?
  • The Role of Youth in Creating Ecological Civilization
  • Why Is personal Ecological Awakening Important?


Please submit a 500-word abstract in English outlining your ideas. The deadline for abstract submission is
May 10th, 2024. Please email your submissions to Center for Process Studies Program Director, Andrew M. Davis at adavis@ctr4process.org.

Dr. Andrew M. Davis is a philosopher, theologian, and scholar of world religions. He holds B.A. in Philosophy and Theology, an M.A. in Interreligious Studies, and a Ph.D. in Religion and Process Philosophy from Claremont School of Theology (CST). He is a poet, aphorist and author or editor of four books including How I Found God in Everyone and Everywhere: An Anthology of Spiritual Memoirs (2018, with Philip Clayton); Propositions in the Making: Experiments in a Whiteheadian Laboratory (2019, with Roland Faber and Michael Halewood); Depths as Yet Unspoken: Whiteheadian Excursions in Mysticism, Multiplicity, and Divinity (2020, with Roland Faber); and Mind, Value, and Cosmos: On the Relational Nature of Ultimacy (Lexington). For more about Andrew’s work and research interests, visit his website at andrewmdavis.info.