Nature as Queer Kin: An LGBTQIA2s+ Ecodharma Retreat

This contemplative online circle explores the relationship between language, nature, and shared human experience. Facilitated by author, poet, and ecopsychologist Lorena Saavedra Smith, the group will engage poetry as a practice of mindful witnessing, listening to the ways Earth, body, and society inform one another. Sessions include a short meditation, a selected poem connected to a monthly theme, and sharing of original theme-inspired writings or reflections. No prior writing experience necessary.

Is the climate crisis also a crisis of modern men? And how can we give rise to new forms of masculinity oriented towards planetary health? Join Amy Westervelt, Indra Adnan, Cadell Last, Matthew Green, and Jacob Kishere to explore the new perspectives that can emerge when we explore familiar global dilemmas through the lens of masculinity.

This is a powerful and close time with the earth, sangha, and our cherished Planting Life faculty, guided by a renowned team of Indigenous activist-scholars, artists, and Native farmers. Planting Life is grounded in daily meditation and socially engaged Buddhist perspectives, infused with the dynamic teachings of Native seedways and Traditional Ecological Knowledges.