Join Extinction Rebellion and Deep Ecology Sydney for this short Deep Ecology workshop. We will be leaning into some of the crunchy emotions that arise in response to destruction of the more-than-human world. We will also be using poetry and art-making to explore our place in the web of life and how we can take action to create a life-sustaining society.
WHAT: Deep Ecology Workshop for climate justice activists, and anyone who is interested in creating a life-sustaining society
WHEN: Sunday 6 July 2025 10:30am-1:30pm
WHERE: Girrahween Picnic Area, Wolli Creek Regional Park
BRING: vegan food to share, water bottle, warm clothing, sun- and rain-protection, a folding chair if sitting on the ground is difficult
RSVP: email
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Deep Ecology- sometimes called “The Work that Reconnects”- is a set of practices developed by peace campaigner Joanna Macy and forest protector John Seed, among others. These practices help us to experience the world as alive and our selves as interconnected with other living beings and the web of life. Workshops follow a set sequence which provides safety:
>Resourcing us with connection and GRATITUDE;
>Helping us to experience and share with others our innermost responses to the present condition of our world, whilst being supported in community (DESPAIR work);
>Reframing our pain for the world as evidence of our interconnectedness and our power to protect it (SEEING WITH NEW EYES);
>GOING FORTH with greater clarity and capacity for action.
Please attend on time and stay for the whole session. We will be holding space for a range of feelings, and we want everyone to be emotionally safe when they leave.
We acknowledge this event will take place on the lands of the Dharug People. We pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We recognise their fight to prevent ecological destruction since colonisation (which continues today) and we join their continued resistance when we stand up for climate and ecological action and justice.
Many thanks and respect to @inagouveia and the excellent people at @fineacts.co for this great graphic.
Image ID: Five people hold an Earth while one person paints on a pathway and others plant trees. Smaller figures walk along the pathway.
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