Widening the Heart

Take advantage of this opportunity to deepen your meditation practice in a community rooted in the Rinzai Zen Buddhist lineage, with a trauma-informed approach to healing and teachings inspired by Kingian and Gandhian Nonviolence.

The Interspecies Council introduces more-than-human ontologies and perspectives into systems through decision-making and governance. The methodology was created by Phoebe Tickell through her mentorship with Joanna Macy, and adapts elements of the approach ‘The Council of All Beings’ to decision making and deliberation.

This conference convenes scholars from across the sciences, humanities, and social sciences with artists, culture keepers, activists, and practitioners to explore how plants and fungi help us rethink the nature of mind and matter and humans’ relationship to the more-than-human world.