Ecopsychology Workshop: Surviving & Thriving in These Times

Our sense of place in this world, and our eco-psychological relationships with everything - forests, rivers, gardens, towns, more-than-human beings, even highways – are our most fundamental needs. These deepest relationships are bound with identity, belonging, and purpose in the world. And yet people doubt there’s such a thing as ‘ecopsychology’. There certainly is, though it’s not always easy. Many people in the world feel displaced or have had their relationship to the places they grew up in, or to nature in general, disrupted. We have so many relationships with the world around us. What are they? What do our childhood experiences have to do with these? How can we make our world come truly alive again in our minds and hearts? How do we deal with all the ecological damages? How does ecopsychology help us in these particularly weird, disturbing and fast-changing times? This powerful workshop helps us illuminate, explore and re-enchant our relationships with our felt living world. Supporting, challenging and empowering you, this workshop provides tools and skills (including place making exercises), ideas and language and step-by-step plans for change. All of this is located within a body of literature and supported by an essential design tool. Participants will emerge from this workshop with an understanding of ecopsychology and their vital sense of place in this changing world. . . . . . . . Please arrive around 8:30am for refreshments and registration. Lunch, refreshments, and snacks will be provided and sourced from Gateway Farm and our local partners. . . . . . . . All levels of experience are welcome. All ages are welcome. Youth 15 years old and younger must be accompanied by an adult. Children 5 and under are included in the price of a caregiver ticket. Please supervise younger children. Please let us know if you have any accessibility needs and we will accommodate you. Community Events are a collaboration between Garden Juju Collective and Gateway Farm and take place at Gateway’s beautiful, abundant, permaculture-inspired, regenerative farm ‘hub’. We warmly invite you to be part of these enriching events where together we can learn, grow and thrive. . . . . . . . Your ticket for the workshop includes a complementary ticket to continue the conversation and join us the following day for our Ecopsychology Convergence. . . . . . . . Garden Juju Collective and Gateway Farm Hub events may be recorded in photo and video. By attending one of our events, you consent to being photographed and/or recorded. Images, recordings, and audio may be used for promotional purposes, both in print and online, including our social media channels and documentaries. If this is a matter of concern, please inform event staff upon arrival and we will put every effort into accommodating you. We can avoid closeups but while we will do our best, we cannot make a guarantee with wide, group shots. Our staff will avoid children’s faces unless there has been expressed guardian consent. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!