Our Shared Journey

By Brita Belli
E – The Environmental Magazine
May 2, 2011
http://www.emagazine.com/daily-news/our-shared-journey

It is not enough to say that humans are a part of the universe; We are, unmistakably, a driving force in what happens to that universe. The more we know about our connectedness to other organisms—and even galaxies—and our role in their continuation and ability to thrive, the greater our responsibility. That’s the premise behind Journey of the Universe, a new documentary that sets out to explain how advanced scientific understanding of our creation and evolution through mathematics, science and technology over the past two centuries has changed our very relationship to the planet. 

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4 Questions for Scott Sampson

By Scott Gast
Orion Magazine
April 29, 2011
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/newsfrom187/entry/6302/

Scott Sampson is a Canadian paleontologist and science communicator who lives in Marin County, California. He is the on-air host of the PBS children’s series Dinosaur Train, and author of Dinosaur Odyssey: Fossil Threads in the Web of Life. Last month, he participated in a panel discussion at Yale University about Journey of the Universe, a new film, accompanied by a book, that celebrates the sweeping story of life from the Big Bang to today. We asked Scott four questions about the cultural importance of the universe story, and the central role it might play in children’s nature literacy. The film opens on Saturday in San Francisco.

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4 Questions for Thomas Lovejoy

By Scott Gast
Orion Magazine
April 21, 2011
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/newsfrom187/entry/6291/

Tom Lovejoy became the first recipient of the Heinz Center Biodiversity Chair in August 2008. Before coming to The Heinz Center, he was the chief biodiversity advisor to the World Bank, science advisor to the secretary of the interior, and executive vice president of the World Wildlife Fund. Last month, he participated in a panel discussion at Yale University about Journey of the Universe, a new film, accompanied by a book, that celebrates the sweeping story of life from the Big Bang to today. We asked Tom four questions about his work, the film, and how humans might chart a smooth course as the future unfolds. The film opens today in New York City.

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4 Questions for Kathleen Dean Moore

By Scott Gast
Orion Magazine
April 15, 2011
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/newsfrom187/entry/6286/

Kathleen Dean Moore is coeditor of Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Oregon State University. Last month, she participated in a panel discussion at Yale University about Journey of the Universe, a new film, accompanied by a book, that celebrates the sweeping story of life from the Big Bang to today. We asked Kathleen four questions about the film, and how a narrative exploration of the universe might inspire us to honor the earth. The film opens on Sunday in Washington DC.

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Universe film explores existential and moral questions about the role and purpose of humanity

By Jared Gilbert ’12 M.Div.
Note from the Quad
April 13, 2011
http://www.yale.edu/divinity/notes/110404/universe.shtml

A sweeping documentary film about the nature of the universe produced and co-written by Yale Divinity School Senior Lecturer and Research Scholar Mary Evelyn Tucker had its Yale premier on March 25 during a conference that brought together three-dozen world-class scholars to discuss the intersection of science and religion.

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'Journey Of The Universe:' The Challenge Of Telling Everybody's Story

By Ursula Goodenough
NPR 13.7 – Cosmos and Culture
March 31, 2011
http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2011/03/31/135008214/journey-of-the-universe-the-challenge-of-telling-everybodys-story

I imagine that a number of 13.7 readers have at one time or another watched (some of) the 13-hour Cosmos series with Carl Sagan, released in 1980.

Last weekend I went to the first public screening of Journey of the Universe, a one-hour movie directed and produced by the co-director of the Cosmos series David Kennard.

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The Universe in One Hour

By Juliana Hanle
Yale Daily News
March 28, 2011
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/mar/28/the-universe-in-one-hour/

Two Yale professors would like to rename the Big Bang.

“The Great Flaring Forth,” would be more apt, joint School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Divinity School professors Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim argued in their film “Journey of the Universe,” which premiered Friday night in Kroon Hall.

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Journey of the Universe Film to Premiere March 25

Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

March 2011
http://environment.yale.edu/news/6019

A documentary film that explores the connections between humanity, Earth and the cosmos, "Journey of the Universe," will premiere on Friday, March 25, at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

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Mary Evelyn Tucker partners with cosmologist Brian Swimme on Journey of the Universe

By Frank Brown
Assistant Director, Publications
Yale Divinity School - Notes from the Quad
http://www.yale.edu/divinity/notes/101102/universe.shtml

Yale Divinity School Senior Lecturer Mary Evelyn Tucker is partnering with cosmologist Brian Swimme on an ambitious multi-media project that aims to convey the nature of our physical world by tapping the perspectives of a multitude of disciplines, from astronomy to theology and religious history.

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Film Premiere: Journey of the Universe

Environment: YALE magazine
Fall 2010
http://environment.yale.edu/magazine/fall2010/film-premiere-journey-of-the-universe/

“Journey of the Universe,” a documentary film that draws together scientific discoveries in astronomy, biodiversity, biology, ecology and geology with humanistic insights concerning the nature of the universe, will premiere at a conference on the same topic from March 24 to 27 in Kroon Hall. The film, produced by Mary Evelyn Tucker, a co-director of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology, is designed not only to show humanity’s wondrous connection to the cosmos but also to inspire people to form a new and closer relationship with our planet during a period of environmental and social crisis.

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