In our own listening for guidance, we have been steered time and again toward convening a Community of Active Earth Listeners—people who are, like us, moved to be part of the story of evolution, but know deeply that we must listen at each step of the way to Earth herself, great dreamer and strategist, giver of the ways, means and new stories.

We will gather throughout 2026 to listen together for the Earth’s strategy that is moving through each of us, and into our collective space. We take grateful inspiration from our spiritual teachers and lineages, building on the experiences we have been given in deep Earth and spirit communion. We also wish to build something that we feel is trying to come from the future to be born amongst us now—councils of skilled listeners, attuned to the healing trajectory shown by Spirit and ready and willing to do our best to invite in our spirit teachers to show us the way.

We know that the Moon has her teachings for us, so does the Ocean, the whales, the mountains and the forests. What will these teachers teach us if we gather in a sacred way to listen, and to weave our learning together? We humbly know that no one individual can bring forward the fullness of Earth’s guidance and strategy, but we also know that every human heart has unique gifts as a channel.

In 2026 we gather to listen to Earth, to hear one another’s messages, to feel the teaching woven by us as a circle, and to hold one another in the mystery of how to move forward with our hearts’ ears open to the ongoing guidance of Earth, our sleeves rolled up when we need to get to work, and the patience and grace to heal when that is called for.

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A group that has been meeting in different forms and formats since 2021, the Agents of Evolution™ community gatherings are a forum for all those willing and able to stay at their evolutionary edge in service of our collective evolution.

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In this ceremony of grief and praise, we honor all that is leaving from our world. From lost species, to vanishing landscapes, to childhood and free time, we remember, thank, and mourn what is dying.

These ceremonies involve Earth-based prayer, song, visual imagery, and participation from all present.

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The Earth Liturgy project is developing a new kind of gathering that celebrates and mourns all that is rapidly changing about our world. This gathering is part collective thanksgiving, part grief ceremony, part non-religious Earth-prayer formulary, part group interaction, part narrative building, part song, part poetry, and part Council.

The intent of this work is to bring into being new imaginations of who we might be, new ways of interacting within our human collective, new ways of being together, new ways of connecting, new languages for what matters, new ways of approaching conflict and differing values, and new stories we can live by—for healing, for resilience in the face of the polycrisis, and for our collective evolution.

In such a gathering, participants feel their belonging to the Earth and to one another, and are strengthened in their resolve to care for all living beings, human and other-than-human.

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“Coming home to grief is sacred work, a powerful practice that confirms what the indigenous soul knows and what spiritual traditions teach: our fates are bound together in a mysterious but recognizable way. Grief registers the many ways this depth of kinship is assaulted daily. Grief work becomes a core element in our ability to sustain and maintain the well-being of our communities. It is a central means whereby our compassion is quickened and our mutual suffering acknowledged. It is also a form of soul protest, our wholehearted response to acts of violence and oppression.”
— Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow

Grief tending is like bathing the heart—it ought to be done regularly. When we don’t tend to our grief, our heart is not able to function at full capacity. Tending to our grief, we are renewed.

Offered in person and online, grief tending circles provide a dedicated community space to be with all that our hearts hold, and to find support in each other and in Earth for the weight of it.

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These workshops are offered in support of all those on the front lines of climate change—climate activists, scientists whose work is affected by climate change, educators whose work is affected by climate change, communities affected by climate change, and businesses in sudden transition due to climate change.

These workshops and retreats combine Buddhist practice and Earth-based ritual to help participants discover connection and belonging to self, source, each other, Earth, and all our other-than-human kin. These soulful gatherings offer spiritual tools for sustained engagement with environmental challenges, and include meditation, ritual, and community support.

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A selection of previous retreats and workshops offered with communities and organizations. These gatherings reflect the breadth of my work in eco-chaplaincy, grief tending, and contemplative practice.

Refuge and Restoration
Weekend Retreat for Climate Activists
Brooklyn Zen Center, New York (in person)

Day of Mindfulness
University of Miami (in person)

Conversations with the Ocean: Contemplative Practices for Climate Grief
University of Miami (online)

Grief as a Portal to Belonging
Workshop for Kincentric Leadership
St. Ethelburga’s Centre, London (online)