An Ecology of Mind
"The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think."
 -Gregory Bateson
An Ecology of Mind
A DaughterÂ’s Portrait of Gregory Bateson
Winner Audience Choice BEST DOCUMENTARY The Santa Cruz Film Festival 2011
Winner BEST DOCUMENTARY The Spokane International Film Festival 2011
Official Selection of The Vancouver International Film Festival
Official Selection Cinema Pacific Film Festival
NY Premiere:Â American Museum of Natural History, September 12, 2011!!
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"An Ecology of Mind is a spell-binding, lyrical, and very important film about Gregory Bateson and his revolutionary ideas that helped launch the modern ecology movement. The film is both memoir and tribute from his daughter, Nora Bateson, demonstrating that the most personal can reveal the most universal. Ms. Bateson’s discoveries with her father reflect the discoveries of a generation that learned serious ecology from Bateson. In the 1960s and 1970s, Bateson became a mentor to students, seasoned academics, and environmentalists, providing the language and insights that linked ecology to general systems, psychology, sociology, epistemology, and broad theories of science. Along the way, Bateson conceived and illuminated some of the most significant ideas of the era: cybernetics, double-bind, changeability, and the pattern that connects. The film, An Ecology of Mind,is an extraordinary portrayal of  the breadth, depth, rigor, and dynamism of Gregory Bateson’s contributions to science and humanity."
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Rex Weyler
Co-founder, Greenpeace International
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“What becomes amply clear is that Bateson is needed today more than ever. His ability to see life from different angles runs counter to the intolerance evident in so much of what passes for contemporary public debate. In this era, which seems more and more to push individuals more toward b