心靈的回歸:北京的未來在你我手中-(英文版) 作者簡介

譚思婷（Stephanie B. Tansey），地球社區(qū)網(wǎng)（Earth Charter Communities Network）理事長。地球社區(qū)網(wǎng)（ECCN）是一家在美國注冊的社會企業(yè)，致力于幫助社區(qū)與大自然展開合作。ECCN秉承關于可持續(xù)發(fā)展的國際原則，挖掘深層文化價值觀，培養(yǎng)個人的對話技巧，以培育善于構(gòu)建可持續(xù)社區(qū)的世界公民。為了給下一代可持續(xù)城市提供力量和智慧，ECCN目前正在美國和中國為學校、非政府組織和公立機構(gòu)設計合作性自然教育項目與課程。 譚思婷1949年生于東京。她在關西地區(qū)生活多年，她的房子由弗蘭克·勞埃德·萊特（Frank Lloyd Wright）的弟子所建，非常別致，體現(xiàn)了居家與自然的完美結(jié)合。父母和學校教育向譚思婷展示了跨文化尊嚴的價值。她曾就讀于多所大學，尋求各種途徑將自己的亞洲文化體驗與美國文化氣質(zhì)結(jié)合起來，隨后她師從一位主班教師，學習如何在教育的現(xiàn)有社會基礎上實現(xiàn)變革，借此她將二者熔為一爐。1992年，譚思婷和丈夫鮑勃（當時是一位美國外交官）以及兩個孩子開始在國外生活。自此，跨文明對話與教育成了她終生的事業(yè)。1994，譚思婷在北京創(chuàng)辦了一所雙語國際學校，培養(yǎng)有志于成為世界公民的學生，該校名為“合作學習新校”，一直辦到2004年。2003年的伊拉克戰(zhàn)爭使她意識到，世界確實需要更善于對話。為此，她設計了對話技巧課程，內(nèi)容包括自制、世界公民、與自然對話以及在土庫曼斯坦、以色列和尼日利亞構(gòu)建社區(qū)。事實證明這些課程非常高效。譚思婷2010年回到中國，她堅信，開展個人和社區(qū)教育，提高其意識和技能，將會創(chuàng)造一個可持續(xù)發(fā)展的全球社會。 Stephanie B. Tansey is the director of Earth Charter Communities Network (ECCN), a new social enterprise registered in the U.S., dedicated to helping communities collaborate with nature. ECCN uses international principles on sustainability, deep cultural values, and the cultivation of personal dialogue skills to nurture global citizens who are adept at building sustainable communities. To generate the energy and wisdom for the next generation of sustainable cities, ECCN is designing collaborative nature education projects and programs in the U.S. and China for schools, NGOs and the public sector. Born in Tokyo in 1949, Stephanie lived in the Kansai area for many years in a wonderful house built by a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright that beautifully integrated home and nature. Her parents and schooling were instrumental in showing her the value of intercultural dignity. She attended universities to find ways now to integrate her cultural experiences in Asia with her American cultural ethos and then ways to create change in existing social foundations of education. In 1992 she and her husband Bob, then an American diplomat, and their two children, began a life abroad. Intercivilizational dialogue and education became her life's work. Stephanie founded an international bilingual school in Beijing, the New School of Collaborative Learning (1994-2004), whose mission was to nurture students who want to be global citizens. Because of the Iraq War in 2003 she realized the world really needed to become better at dialogue. She developed highly effective and tested dialogue skills curricula nested in self-mastery, global citizenship, dialogue with nature and community building in Turkmenistan, Israel, and Nigeria. Back in China since 2010, Stephanie believes that empowerment of individuals and communities will create a sustainable global society.