Many discussion groups in our area choose to base their conversations on one of the seven Northwest Earth Institute (NWEI) discussion guides:

• Global Warming: Changing CO₂urse (new edition, August 2008), a five-session discussion circle exploring personal values and habits as they relate to climate change, the current science of climate change, and individual and community level actions to curb climate change.
• Menu for the Future (April 2008), a seven-session discussion circle exploring the connection between food, health, and sustainability.
• Voluntary Simplicity (new edition forthcoming October 2008), a six-session discussion circle addressing the distractions of modern society that keep us from caring for ourselves, our relationships, and our environment.
  
• Choices for Sustainable Living (2007), a nine-session discussion circle exploring the meaning of sustainable living and the ties between lifestyle choices and their impact on the earth.
  
• Exploring Deep Ecology (2007), a nine-session discussion circle addressing core values and how they affect the way we view and treat the earth.
• Healthy Children, Healthy Planet, an eight-session discussion circle that discusses how the pervasive effects of advertising, media, and our consumer culture can influence a child's view of the world.
• Discovering a Sense of Place, an eight- or nine-session discussion circle focusing on knowing and protecting our place.
  

Other kinds of circles