Active Hope Retreat: NSW at Silver Wattle Quaker Centre

Led by Jane Hope and Samara Pitt.

This course will be held at Silver Wattle Quaker Centre in NSW.

Would you like to engage more in the Quaker Climate Action Plan? Do you want some dedicated time with others to understand it and discover what might be yours to do? Or do you want some inspiration to keep going with the climate action work you are already involved in? If so, then this course is just right for you.

The course leaders have used the Active Hope work of Joanna Macy as a way to be encouraged, to engage with others and discover what is ours to do as we face climate change. We see that it could also empower Quakers as we enact the Quaker Climate Action Plan.

The Active Hope course unfolds as a Spiral journey through four stages: Coming from Gratitude, Honouring our Pain for the world, Seeing with New/Ancient Eyes, and Going Forth. The journey helps us experience first hand that we are larger, stronger, more creative - and more deeply interconnected - than we knew.

We will spend time experiencing nature connection, sharing in deep reflection in both large and small groups, singing and eating together, and learning some frameworks and tools for responding with Quaker depth and wisdom to the climate emergency and extinction crisis. We will look closely at how this body of work connects to Quaker practices and concerns, and how Quakers collectively can use its insights to respond to the confronting situation we face.

With this intention, for the final ‘Going Forth’ section of the Spiral where we reflect on our work for change in the world, we will focus on the proposed actions in the Quaker Climate Action Plan.

Cost: $415 for a single room, $315 for a shared room