In partnership with Shelburne Farms, EcoGather is hosting a FREE public talk on June 6th from 5:30 -7:30 pm with Dr. John Hausdoerffer exploring the question "What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be?" Dr. Hausdoerffer will share selections from his 2021 co-edited book by the same name. To support participant's exploration of this archetypal question, John will share the story that animated this work, read selections that help us all to tenderly explore our own responses to this questions, and facilitate reflective writing exercises that enable us to begin writing their own personal "missing chapter" of the Ancestor book. This philosophical conversation and workshop will support participants in identifying their own North Star, enabling all to reflect on past generations, adhere to values in the present, and hold open possibilities for future generations. Please bring a notebook and a pen or your laptop to participate in the writing activities.
https://shelburnefarms.org/calendar/what-kind-ancestor-do-you-want-be-john-hausdoerffer-phd
EcoGather is a paradigm and practice-shifting collaborative learning network composed of folks ready to courageously confront the collapse of both natural systems that we depend upon and human systems that are hostile to life. Everyone alive today is experiencing an existential opportunity – a rough reckoning with a particularly ungrateful and unwise era of human development and a chance to secure and shape a sequel for humanity.
We invite you to join us for free EcoGatherings – regular, real-time, surprisingly cozy online gatherings held via live, interactive videoconferences. These gatherings offer new and returning members of our globe-spanning community a welcoming virtual space to make sense of a world that does not. We gather around a theme, share some optional readings or podcasts ahead of time, and then explore the topic together. We think of it as gathering in the space between systems and stories, figuring out how to show up for the world(s) our hearts know are possible.