Bart Worden asks, "How would one go about exerting energies in ways that would result in positive benefits for others and for oneself?" at our Sunday Platform at 11:00 AM on March 20th. In William McDonough and Michael Braungart's book, Cradle to Cradle, they propose that rather than continue to design products in a "cradle to grave" paradigm of production, usage, and disposal designers seek instead to create goods and services that generate ecological, social and economic value-that is products and processes that contribute to life rather than deplete it. Ethical Culture's maxim, "elicit the best in others and thereby elicit the best in oneself," echoes a similar sentiment We are urged to engage with others to and work to unlock hidden potential for the good and so contribute to a more ethical culture.
Bart Worden is the current Leader for the Ethical Culture Society of Westchester in White Plains, New York. He obtained his bachelor's degree from Hope College in 1978 majoring in Philosophy of Religion. In 1983, he obtained a master's degree in social work from N. Y. U. and then served as a social worker and psychotherapist for adults with psychiatric disabilities. Bart has worked with The Guidance Center-a community mental health center-since 1986 and currently serves the organization as their Associate Executive Director. His wife, Ruthanne, introduced him to the Ethical Society twenty-five years ago, and their sons, Gary and Jeff, are graduates of the Sunday School.
As part of his training for Ethical Culture Leadership, Bart attended the Humanist Institute in New York City, from which he graduated in 1997. Bart is a member of the AEU Leadership Committee and has been a faculty member of the AEU Lay Leadership Summer School since 2007.
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Sunday Platforms are at 11:00 AM at the Ethical Culture Society of Essex County. The Society is located at 516 Prospect St., Maplewood (at Parker Ave.). Attendance is free. The public is welcome and cordially invited. Call 973-763-1905, or visit www.essexethical.org for further information.
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