Reconnecting to Earth, Creating Community, Inspiring Change

"The most remarkable feature of this historical moment on Earth is not that we are on the way to destroying the world - we've actually been on the way for quite a while. It is that we are beginning to wake up, as from a millennia-long sleep, to a whole new relationship to our world, to ourselves and each other." 

[img_assist|nid=125|title=|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=250|height=180] - Joanna Macy, 2009

EarthWorks retreats and workshops offer a unique opportunity to renew our connection with community, with ourselves, and with the living planet. Drawing inspiration from Joanna Macy's work in social and ecological spirituality, EarthWorks uses a range of experiential group and solo exercises to support people to form community connections, feel empowered in their social and personal change work, and experience a deepening of inspiration for action in their lives and community. 

Through acknowledging and facing the challenges we live with on an individual and a global level, the process facilitates new ways of seeing the world and ourselves. Bringing together personal and social transformation, EarthWorks will leave you refreshed, motivated and empowered to take positive action in your lives and in the world.


In our experience, EarthWorks is particularly beneficial for people who:

• Want to foster a deeper connection to their community, the natural world, or to their goals and visions
• Want to be more engaged in community activities or social change but don’t know where to begin
• Feel overwhelmed, depressed or burnt out
• Are looking for a better balance between their work activities, personal sustainability and spirituality
• Are interested in exploring the global ecological crisis from a broader perspective
• Need a break to rejuvenate, relax, enjoy warm company and moments of solitude in nature

EarthWorks gives you the opportunity to:

• Experience a sense of social and ecological interconnectedness through a deepening of connection to the natural world, to community, and to your own truths and visions.

• Strengthen compassion and empowerment by collectively exploring inner responses to the present condition of our world.

• Gain insights into new ways of being in the world, and our ability to effect change, through processes of deep ecology, systems science and ancient earth wisdom

• Experience community support and collaboration through shared transformational processes, silence and meditation, storytelling and laughter.

• Develop tools to help clarify your visions for personal and social change and move them into action.

• Identify steps and strategies to bring balance to all aspects of your life.

• Take a break! Nurture yourself by reflection time in beautiful surroundings and enjoy local organic food.

"Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous! I haven't felt so nourished for a long time"

- Jacquie Svenson, Solicitor