recognized. The organization was able to go beyond the Bronx as it was serving to advise such national groups as "Keep America Beautiful", Sierra Club, and the Environmental Action Coalition. In 1972 Roger M Davis would become the youngest person in recent US history to receive a Federal Research grant under the Department of HEW (Human Services). The grant project funded for $64,000.00 (quite a figure in those days) was entitled the 'Youth/Adult Cooperative Development Program.' The project was based upon concepts that had emerged in the Bronx Environmental Society, Inc. on dealing with the environmental concerns of the poor, inner city residents and the urban environment. During the 70s Davis further elucidated upon his original thesis on the theory of 'Black Ecology' and the importance of dealing not only with issues of environmental conservation, but with environmental justice and the plight of the most affected populations of environmental pollution located in the inner cities of America. However, the B.E.S., Inc. and this early stage in the development of "Ikologiks" would come to an end when Roger M Davis was accepted to attend the Ivy League - Cornell University in 1973. |
| In 1973 Roger Davis entered Cornell University attending the College of Human Ecology. It was during his studies at Cornell that he would refine the theoretical constructs he first introduced in 1970 with the 'Black Ecology' theory. The year 1977 marked the most important year in the origins and development of the present-day Ikologiks Center for Global Studies, because it would bring into existence the 'Ecologiks: Nine Principles of Life'. Roger M Davis had taken up the practice of meditation in 1976 and just one year into his practices he would take the bold step of seeking an answer to the "human enigma" through the tool of meditation (similar to how the Buddha sought an answer to the cause of human suffering by meditation). The result was an intense spiritual awakening that brought him into an awareness of the "Nine Principles of Life" as a definitive road-map in assisting others with attaining personal transformation. The original pictographs/ideographs that comprise these principles continue to guide the current Ikologiks theoretical models to this day including the Ikologiks Center for Global Studies. |
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| The Ikologiks Historical Timeline The Journey from the Bronx Environmental Society, Inc. .... to "Ecologics" ... to "Ikologiks" & "Ikologiks Center for Global Studies" Part 3: 1971-1980 |
| Founded 1979 - Incorporated 1989 |
| ikologiks.org |
| 1971 - 1972 |
| 1973 - 1978 |
| The first official 'Ecologics' training programs were launched in 1978 -1979 in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. In 1980 the training programs were expanded to Washington, DC and New York City. |
| The above video clip shows Roger M. Davis being interviewed in 1972 when he served as Executive Director of the Bronx Environmental Society, Inc. While, some discount the value or importance of "Ikologiks" there is no doubt that Roger Davis (Adisaji) is a seasoned social activist & theorist since his early childhood. |
