Climate Cafe

Inspired by Thomas Berry’s vision of humanity as part of a “communion of subjects,” this series explores the Living Earth Community as a knowledge commons and a reason to reflect on the moral and practical implications of human-Earth relationships. Topics include the Intelligences of Nature, Ecological Worldviews, and Earth Law and Rights of Nature.

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.

On Possibility, with Rebecca Solnit, who reminds us that “we make the future in the present with what we do or fail to do.”