In this episode, the Extinction Rebellion Podcast explores regenerative culture. What is it, and how can it be of use to rebels worldwide? Listen to the podcast: https://rebellion.earth/2019/08/27/regenerative-culture-extinction-rebellion-podcast/ Joanna Macy, PhD is a teacher and writer on issues of environmental justice, Deep Ecology, and Buddhist practice, as well as the root teacher of the Work that… Read more
Facilitators: help promoting your offerings
Dear facilitators, Starting this fall, we will start sharing some promotion tips for WTR facilitators so your workshops and presentations can be seen by more people and promoted widely. First, make sure you are an active facilitator of the WTR Network, for this you would need to (if you haven’t done so): Apply to become a… Read more
Featured Facilitator: Gina Cenciose
Name and title (if applicable): Gina Cenciose Location: Sutton, Québec Involved with the WTR since: 2004 was my first 7 day retreat with Joanna in Maine What groups do you work with: elders, youth, women, immigrants, Indigenous and mixed populations Languages: English and French How many workshops and/or events WTR focused do you run a… Read more
WTR Regional Gatherings & Upcoming Support Calls
Exciting things are happening! Momentum is building and facilitators are connecting to co-create regional gatherings. Please check out just some of the gatherings in the works below. If you are an experienced or emerging facilitator of the Work that Reconnects who is interested in creating a gathering in your community, we encourage you to join our next support calls on August 25 and September 15 (8:30AM and… Read more
Featured Facilitator: Aravinda Ananda
My name is Aravinda Ananda and I live in the homelands of the Pequosette people in the Charles River watershed (an indigenous name for the Charles River is Quinobequin) in the northeast of Turtle Island. The settler colonial name for the town I live in is Watertown, and the state I live in was named… Read more
MONOCULTURE IN FOOD MOVEMENTS: White Amnesia in an Apolitical Permaculture Movement
By Abby Maxwell Introduction I was first introduced to permaculture during a permaculture design certificate course in Ecuador, led by three men: two American and one Ecuadorian. At first, I was stoked to be learning in a womxn-dominant class, studying this beautiful body of knowledge in the abundant, tropical ecosystems of Manabí, Western Ecuador. But… Read more
Regional Gatherings follow-up report
Are you an experienced or emerging facilitator of the Work that Reconnects? We invite you to participate in the co-creation of facilitators of the WTR Regional Gatherings. If you haven’t already done so, please fill out this form. That way, we can keep up updated to emerging gatherings and you will be able to see… Read more
May’s featured facilitator: Larry Butler, from Scotland
This month, we interviewed Larry Butler, from Glasgow, Scotland WTR: how long have you involved with the WTR? Larry B.: I first came across the Work That Reconnects through Joanna’s books in the late 1970ies and a support network for Activists called “InterHelp” – or a similar title. It was modelled on co-counselling – peer… Read more
April’s featured facilitators: Maggie Ziegler and Jackie Larkin
This month, we have the honour to feature not one, but two great facilitators: Maggie Ziegler and Jackie Larkin are co-facilitators and deeply committed to social and environmental justice. They offer regular workshops in Southwest British Columbia and an annual retreat on Bowen Island. Maggie and Jackie have been working together for over 20 years.… Read more
Work That Reconnects Bioregional Gatherings
On behalf of the Work That Reconnects global community, the Weavers of the Work That Reconnects Network invite facilitators and practitioners of the Work around the world to come together in Bioregional Gatherings to be held between September and November 2019 (or if need be, online). These Gatherings will build community and support for our work in the world… Read more
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