Activist Andrew Kimbrell will discuss the need to develop a different paradigm to escape the myths he believes are destroying humanity and the Earth at a Praxis Peace Institute event on Friday, November 15.

Kimbrell’s presentation, “The Rise and Fall of Human Dominance — and the Re-emergence of Earth Consciousness,” will take place at 4 p.m. on Zoom. It will cost $15 for Praxis members and $20 for non-members. Tickets can be purchased at www.praxispeace.org.

The program will focus on what Kimbrell calls the “Genesis Trap” and considers the overbearing myth that has ruled much of Western culture for nearly two millennia. He will explain how the paradigm has shaped our world and what it will take to free ourselves from this doomed situation.

He believes that the scaffolding of a different paradigm will have to emerge to escape attachment to myths that destroy humanity and the planet.

These ideas will provide a philosophical framework for the Praxis conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia, in fall 2025, as part of the Praxis Peace Institute’s 25th anniversary programs.

Kimbrell has been part of the Praxis community since 2009, when he was a presenter and workshop leader at the nonprofit’s “Economics of Peace” conference in Sonoma. He is one of Praxis’ leading thinkers and activists.

A public interest lawyer, author and advocate for sustainable agriculture, he is also founder and executive director of the Center for Food Safety and the International Center for Technology Assessment, both based in Washington, DC.

He is co-founder of Foundation Earth and chairman of the board of directors of Humane Farm Animal Care. Kimbrell also served as policy director of the Foundation for Economic Trends for eight years.

In 1994, Utne Reader named him one of the world’s 100 greatest visionaries and in 2008, The Guardian selected him as one of the 50 people in the world most likely to save the Earth.

He holds a graduate degree in psychology and is an accomplished pianist.

Contact the reporter, Dan Johnson, at daniel.johnson@sonomanews.com.