Written by Beth Remmes The seeds of the Southeast Bioregional Gathering were planted in the summer of 2017 when an email went out to people listed in the Southeast on The Work That Reconnects (WTR) website to see if there was any interest in forming a regional hub. We had some group calls and had […]
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Calgary, Canada, Regional Gathering Report
Written by Amy Spark Recognizing this year has been a difficult and extremely changeable year for Alberta (including both provincial and federal elections, climate emergencies, and massive budget cuts from our provincial government), we wanted to connect as a community and recharge. We had two main objectives: a) To foster and deepen connections to each […]
Anderson Valley, California, Regional Gathering Report
Written by Frieda Nixdorf On November 8 – 10, five of us gathered in the small rural community of Boonville, in Northern California. Our intention was to find connection with others doing the work, reconnect with the work and discover ways to move forward in the Great Turning in light of the challenges we’d recently […]
Report from the Salish Sea Regional Gathering
October 5-7, 2019 Eaglenest Sanctuary Shawnigan Lake, BC Cowichan Nation Traditional Territory In the early Fall season, 16 people gathered for three days in southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia for a regional gathering of facilitators, emerging facilitators, and individuals who use the Work that Reconnects (WTR) in their program offerings. The weekend was organized by a […]
Spiral Journey Facilitator Development Program 3/2020-8/2020 Registration Open – Oct 20, 2019 to Jan 6, 2020
Foundations Program March 28 – Aug 22 and Advanced Facilitation starts Fall 2020 The Spiral Journey Facilitator Development Program is designed to meet the needs of people who aspire to facilitate the Work That Reconnects. This program supports emerging and experienced facilitators in deepening their theoretical understanding of the Work and developing their skills in […]
Fires, Power and the Breakdown of Business as Usual
Frieda Nixdorf is the WTR Network community coordinator. She is the creative and talented woman who usually curates the Work That Reconnects Newsletter. However, this month, she’s had much more immediate concerns and very little access to electricity and internet service as her northern California community deals with power outages and fire danger. A couple […]
Recording of recent Spirit Rock climate daylong
“”I feel so grateful. The anger/tension/frustration/grief in my mind and body is releasing—is evaporating—is melting. I was like a huge iceberg—frozen in fear with a “doomsday“ perspective. This releasing/melting has opened my heart to community, to spaciousness, and possibilities of action. Praise the Earth ?” —–S.H., attendee […]
Power, privilege and oppression topics and questions for bioregional gatherings
A group of Work That Reconnects facilitators and community members have been meeting periodically by video conference over the past two and a half years years to explore evolutions in the Work That Reconnects facilitation with respect to power, privilege and oppression. While much of the exploration is applicable to any kind of group facilitation […]
XR: Regenerative Culture, Joanna Macy
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 […]
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 […]
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