Work that Reconnects
Deep Ecology Workshop
with Karina Lutz and Jim Tull
Listening Tree Cooperative
Chepachet, RI
Burnout is endemic to social and environmental justice advocates as unstable social systems worldwide seem to have lost credibility, effectiveness, or their veneer of sanity. We can look at it as "the Great Unraveling"--that systems are collapsing. Or we can see that unsustainable systems must change, and some unraveling is necessary for the scale of change we need at this point. To move towards a healthy, peaceful, and life-sustaining culture will require transformation of our social systems and structures. This "Great Turning" will also require shifting our awareness: to see in systems--how life flows and relates--and to reconnect with life itself.
Starting with gratitude for living in earth, we'll move into honoring our pain for the state of the world, then see with new eyes--looking at the world through a holistic, systems-based and life-affirming paradigm--and finally end with exercises to help us go forth into the world with renewed passion, clarity, and a sense of ‘power with’--instead of the prevailing ‘power over.’ This process, developed by Joanna Macy and colleagues, is called the spiral of the Work that Reconnects. Developed in response to the nuclear threat and environmental degradation, Jim and Karina also apply it to social justice issues. It's all connected, truly.
Cost: $50.