How f****d are we, in terms of climate change and ecological crisis, and what might be some good ways to respond?
Join Dr Jem Bendel, XR co-founder Skeena Rathor and Tamera Ecovillage leader Martin Winiecki to discuss our global ecological and systemic moment and what the ??? to do???
Call off the Thought and Sing is a monthly discussion show that integrates singing, music and movement on Zoom, 6-7.30pm UK time Sundays, hosted by Briony Greenhill.
With:
Dr Jem Bendell is a Professor of Sustainability Leadership and Founder of the Institute for Leadership and Sustainability (IFLAS) at the University of Cumbria (UK) as well as Founder and former coordinator of the Deep Adaptation Forum.
Skeena Rathor is a co-leader of Extinction Rebellion and District Councillor for Stroud.
Martin Winiecki is the Director of the Institute for Global Peacework at Tamera, an 'aspiring healing biotope' - an ecovillage in Portugal that views the roots of our crises in a 5000-year-old 'trauma matrix,' and sees hope in healing ourselves and all our relations, and the emergence of a 'sacred matrix'.
Your host, Briony Greenhill, is a folk-soul improvisational artist and international teacher of CVI (collaborative vocal improvisation). She also has a 1st class degree in Political Science and worked in think tanks and social change organisations through her 20s. Her work is intimate and political, and in service to regenerative culture and paradigm shift.
How it works
We gather on zoom and settle in together. Please try to be on time. We'll listen to some music, the speakers will speak for about 5 mins each, then we'll all have an open conversation, facilitated by Briony. At various points we'll call off the thought and sing, using voice to digest the emotions raised by the conversation; we'll mostly be on mute, but hopefully some of you will come off mute somehow. From time to time we have a guest musician. Practicing plurality (holding space for divergent view points), communicating respectfully, making sense of our world together in a whole person way, in a held space.