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Join us along with Amy Sell, founder of the Wanderlust Group, and owner of Holistic Health by Amy, as she shares her passion for the out-of-doors! Conversation will include local nature sites she loves, gathering friends to go with you, ways to feel safe outdoors, and how to connect deeply and energetically to the nature around you.
Colonial Church Heritage Room 7039 Mission Rd, Prairie Village
Colonial is located at the corner of 71st & Mission Rd. Use the parking lot directly to the south of the church. It can be accessed from 71st Street or Mission Road. Additionally there are 3 handicapped parking spots directly in front of the church. Please enter through the front door, located on the west side of the church. The Heritage room is upstairs on the main floor.
*The event is for ages 14 and up.
*Bring a light snack to share and your reusable beverage container (tea and water provided)
*There is no cost for this event; donations are welcome.
Please register here:
This event has been revised to be offered ONLINE! Register here and you will receive the online link and instructions before the event.
Mark your calendars for the March Climate Conversations!
Join us along with
Brad Elpers with Acme Yoga for
Spring Cleaning for Your Mind:
De-clutter the stories that weigh you down
Keep your body, heart, and mind clear for taking on climate change.
Our Spring Equinox Climate Conversation will focus on meditation to emphasize participants’ intent and thoughts supporting the birth a new story that feeds their own heart.
We’ll plant the “thought seeds” for taking new, healthy, aligned actions related to your earth-steward desires and perspectives.
- The event is for ages 14 and up.
- There is no cost for this event; donations are welcome.
Please register here:
April Climate Conversations
with Naturalist and Author Ken Lassman
and Joy Ellsworth from Clement Waters.
This special program is an all day adventure created to help you reconnect to nature – even if you’re inside!
Register using the form below
The first part of the program will be led by Ken Lassman, author of a four-part blog post series for The Resilient Activist, “Inviting Nature To Your Home.”
Ken will discuss the patterns that have emerged for him for each month of the year, and provide ways that you might use to develop “season-watching” as a way to connect your life and your place to this place. You’ll explore the patterns of life that have continuously unfolded and renewed each year in this area since the last ice age.
In this time of changing weather patterns, it is important to become aware of these cycles so you know what is changing and how. Ken is a 5th generation native of northeast Kansas who has been purposefully observing the cycles of the seasons since the early 1980s. His book, Wild Douglas County, is available for purchase online.
After the lunch break, the program will continue with a virtual nature walk at Clement Waters, the delightful urban oasis near Kansas City’s Swope Park. Joy Ellsworth, co-founder and president of Clement Waters will lead us through recording her nature meander at this embodied nature sanctuary. Her video will be uploaded after the event and be available online.
Make your own recorded nature walk
Participants will learn tips and tricks to recording their own nature walks – even around their homes and neighborhoods. We’ll explore why this is important and how it can enhance your nature connection.
Tentative Schedule:
Meet from 10 am – about 3 pm Meet Online – Zoom link will be provided when you register below.
- 10 – 10:30 – Sami Aaron – introductions/meditation/stretching
- 10:30 – noon – Ken Lassman
- Nature relationships
- Q & A
- Break
- How to create a walking audio or video
- Wild East Lawrence Walk audio
- How to submit files to us to post online
- Q & A
- noon – 1:00 Break – lunch on your own
- 1:00 – whenever – Joy Ellsworth’s Clement Waters meander while recording her walk – we’ll post it online later.
- Q & A
- End no later than 3:00 pm
Registration
Experiencing Climate Grief?
Exformation is one of the tools of InterPlay.
In a society where information is constantly swirling around us, exformation invites us to release and rid ourselves of that which no longer serves us. Exformation is an embodied expression of release. Shaking, crying, and singing are all exformative.
Join Breathing Room KC‘s Beth Sarver
to experience resilience tools for your climate anxiety and more.
In this session, we will practice exforming our grief through talking, drawing, and big body movements. Join our zoom call from a place with room to move!
The great thing about exploring movement in this way is that you can always turn off your video and just have the moving experience for yourself in the privacy of your own home.
Join our call with ready access to paper and drawing supplies of any kind. If you have questions, feel free to reach out to me directly.
Register here to receive the Zoom link in your confirmation email.
Native Wisdom with Kelly Daniels
Join The Resilient Activist and
Kelly Daniels
with the
Blue River Forest Experience
for an inspired conversation to enhance your
deep connection to nature
Kelly will touch on:
- the history of her property, how she manages it and runs a forest school
- Forest Therapy concepts and training
- her Native American heritage and indigenous wisdom about living in relationship with the land, as well as stories about her time at Standing Rock and the environmental impact of the installation of oil pipelines on the native communities who live there
- collaboration with the Heartland Conservation Alliance
- resilience practices she uses and teaches
This event is scheduled to be held via Zoom. When you register for this event, you will receive the Zoom meeting ID.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Join The Resilient Activist’s founder and Extension Master Naturalist, Sami Aaron, to hear the inspiring and unique story of the Pollinator Prairie, situated in an older neighborhood in Olathe, Kansas, and how it was transformed from a toxic waste Superfund Site to an Ecological Habitat.
You’ll learn:
- The history of the property and the remediation process
- How this devastated parcel of land was revitalized to support pollinators while providing a delightful neighborhood pocket park for the public
- The role of the K-State Johnson County Extension Master Naturalists in maintaining the gardens and restoring habitat at the site
- How you can install a simple, no-dig native garden to benefit butterflies, bees, dragonflies, and more
Join us for a special Climate Conversations – an all-day exploration on the mindfulness of whiteness in America.
Many of us who would check off the “White American” box in the racial categories section of the census have never had to intentionally explore what it means to be white in America. So in our racialized culture, white people are racial beings moving through life with very limited racial literacy. Mindfulness can help empower us all by expanding our racial perspective, helping us make more informed decisions that are in closer alignment with our deepest values, and changing our relationship to whiteness in service to the greater good. Through experiential exercises, guided meditations, and group discussion, we will mindfully explore:
- the social construction of race and associated concepts
- the history of racism in America
- implicit bias and colorblind racism
- the ongoing cultural, social and interpersonal effects of racism on human relationships, institutions/organizations, systems and the environment
- strategies for breaking free from toxic socialization and connecting with the true nature of our histories, stories, and hearts
- ways we can personally help build a more just and sustainable society
If by reading this class description you notice some strong feelings arising, know you are not alone – we invite you to adopt “curiosity mind” and take this opportunity to explore the reactivity that arises in a protected space with compassion, courage and presence. All experience levels in racial justice work and mindfulness meditation are welcome to attend. Although this program is suitable for the general public, up to 6 CEs are available for KS & MO licensed mental health professionals. Register Here
Teachers: Tracy Ochester, PsyD & Sydney Spears, PhD with Guest Speaker Sami Aaron of The Resilient Activist
Date & Time: Saturday August 15, 2020 from 9 am – 4 pm CDT (this event will be repeated Friday Nov 13, 2020)
Fees (click below to purchase your member or nonmember pass, then click here to register for the workshop):
- Members = $75
- Nonmembers = $95 (save by becoming a member)
No refunds are given after the deadline for enrollment, which is one week prior to the start of the course. No makeup meetings are offered for missed classes. In the case of under-enrollment, the course will be canceled and you will receive a full refund of the registration fee. No reimbursements will be provided for pre-arranged transportation, accommodations, or any other miscellaneous expenses. Passes expire within one year of purchase.
You’ve watched the new documentary,
You’re ready for the regeneration.
Now what?!?
Join
for an online conversation to explore topics from the movie and the bonus panel discussions.
- Connect with people in your community to find inspiration and discover new possibilities for addressing climate change.
- Share ideas/resources for promoting Drawdown solutions that create equity and resilience in our communities.
- Learn about opportunities to keep the conversation going and to be part of generating meaningful, local action to create a new 2040.
“The 2040 movie is the most inspiring and hopeful media event ever to come out about climate change and social justice. You’ll walk away from this film knowing that you, personally, can make a difference and that technologies are available right now to make the shift to a resilient future.”
~ Sami Aaron, The Resilient Activist
Join us
To watch the 2040 documentary, click here.
Once you’ve registered to watch the film, you will receive the Zoom link for the Climate Conversations events – or register using the form below.
We hope you will join us in learning about the important role YOU can play in reversing global warming and creating a sustainable, equitable future for us all! We look forward to hearing about your vision for 2040, and to collaboratively sharing supports and resources for implementing Drawdown solutions in our homes and communities.
Saturday, Sept 19, 2020 10 am-noon Central Daylight Time – program TBD
Tuesday, Sept 22, 2020 7-9 pm Central Daylight Time – program TBD Read more
Register for this 9/19 Climate Conversations event here:
Facilitators:
Sami Aaron, Beth Sarver & Brad Elpers with The Resilient Activist
Josh Thede & Emily Libla with Drawdown of the Heartland.
There are so many people who want to take part in telling a new story;
we have everything we need right now to make it happen.
What’s your 2040?
Your donation will provide scholarship funds for the movie for those who are unable to pay.
Scholarship funds may be available for students, seniors, or others who are in financial need at this time.
Contact us if you would like to apply for financial assistance for your ticket price.
You’ve watched the new documentary,
You’re ready for the regeneration.
Now what?!?
Join
for an online conversation to explore topics from the movie and the bonus panel discussions.
- Connect with people in your community to find inspiration and discover new possibilities for addressing climate change.
- Share ideas/resources for promoting Drawdown solutions that create equity and resilience in our communities.
- Learn about opportunities to keep the conversation going and to be part of generating meaningful, local action to create a new 2040.
“The 2040 movie is the most inspiring and hopeful media event ever to come out about climate change and social justice. You’ll walk away from this film knowing that you, personally, can make a difference and that technologies are available right now to make the shift to a resilient future.”
~ Sami Aaron, The Resilient Activist
Join us
To watch the 2040 documentary, click here.
Once you’ve registered to watch the film, you will receive the Zoom link for the Climate Conversations events – or register using the form below.
We hope you will join us in learning about the important role YOU can play in reversing global warming and creating a sustainable, equitable future for us all! We look forward to hearing about your vision for 2040, and to collaboratively sharing supports and resources for implementing Drawdown solutions in our homes and communities.
Saturday, Sept 19, 2020 10 am-noon Central Daylight Time – program TBD Read more
Tuesday, Sept 22, 2020 7-9 pm Central Daylight Time – program TBD
Register for this 9/22 Climate Conversations event here:
Facilitators:
Sami Aaron, Beth Sarver & Brad Elpers with The Resilient Activist
Josh Thede & Emily Libla with Drawdown of the Heartland.
There are so many people who want to take part in telling a new story;
we have everything we need right now to make it happen.
What’s your 2040?
Your donation will provide scholarship funds for the movie for those who are unable to pay.
Scholarship funds may be available for students, seniors, or others who are in financial need at this time.
Contact us if you would like to apply for financial assistance for your ticket price.
Healing Through Grief
online with
Robin Goff, Spiritual Leader of the
Unity Light Center, Baldwin City, Kansas
Saturday 10/17/20 10 am-noon Central Daylight Time
This event occurred in the past – listen to the audio file of this inspiring program!
Free event – Love offerings for The Light Center are welcome.
Many people feel that a vast sea of grief is surrounding us now.
Do you feel heartache over the environment and the climate crisis? Do you carry a sense of sorrow when you think about social justice issues? Have you experienced a personal loss?
It is so key for all of us to keep our hearts open so the Love can flow in and through us as we navigate some difficult times. It is our intention to create a safe container for this event so that participants can comfortably begin to clear some of these heartfelt emotions and can inspire each other to keep walking through challenging times.
Even though we’ll be meeting on Zoom, we invite you to set your own sacred space for this time together. Suggestions: nature. candles, flowers, icons, crystals, photos of ones you have lost – whatever is meaningful for you.
Robin earned a BS in Nursing from Duke University and a Master of Arts in Values from the San Francisco Theological Seminary. She spent 10 years as a hospice chaplain & KC Hospice Stress Management Consultant. Robin is a Healing Touch Instructor and has been the Founder/Spiritual Leader of The Light Center for the past 25 years.