deep ecology
practices for awakening and resilience in a changing world
Friday 12 – Sunday 14 June 2026, 4pm AEST to 4pm. An in-person Deep Ecology workshop with John Seed, Tema Milstein, Erika Aligno and Jim Lavranos at Narara Ecovillage, following the full spiral of the …
Friday 13 – Sunday 15 February 2026, 4pm AEDT to 4pm. An in-person Deep Ecology workshop with John Seed, Jim Lavranos and friends, presented by the Rainforest Information Centre — the Council of All …
“Deep ecology looks at the spiritual disease that underlies the environmental crisis: the illusion of separation between humans and the rest of the natural world… In order to nourish our …
Friday 1 – Sunday 3 August 2025, 4pm AEST to 4pm. An in-person Deep Ecology workshop with John Seed, Kiran Kashyap, Erika Aligno and Sol Blackwood at Narara Ecovillage, held as a tribute gathering …
Saturday 28 June, 9am – Sunday 29 June, 4pm 2025. An in-person Deep Ecology workshop with John Seed, Tema Milstein and Erika Aligno, held alongside that year’s COCE (Communication and Our …
Friday 11 – Sunday 13 April 2025, 4pm to 4pm. An in-person Deep Ecology workshop with John Seed, Erika Aligno, Sally Novak and Nirmala Rose at Narara Ecovillage, home of John Seed’s Deep Ecology …
Friday 15 – Sunday 17 November 2024, 4pm to 4pm. An in-person Deep Ecology workshop with John Seed, Tema Milstein, Jane Lynch and Olivia Kirk at Narara Ecovillage — the Council of All Beings and …
Friday 7 – Sunday 9 June 2024, 4pm to 4pm. An in-person Deep Ecology workshop with John Seed at Arcoora Arts and Ecology Training Ground near Kyogle, NSW — the Council of All Beings, guided reflection …
Friday 22 – Sunday 24 March 2024, 4pm to 4pm. An in-person Deep Ecology workshop with John Seed, Tema Milstein, Erika Aligno and Seth Hinkley at Narara Ecovillage, home of John Seed’s Deep …
Thursday 25 – Sunday 28 January 2024. A four-day gathering hosted (not solo-facilitated) by John Seed, deliberately structured as a festival rather than a workshop: each process had a different …
Transcript of John Seed’s spoken introduction to a live Cosmic Walk, August 2023. Companion piece to The Cosmic Spiral, the ritual script itself. This process was devised by Sister Miriam …
John Seed is an Australian environmental activist who co-created the Council of All Beings practice and founded the Rainforest Information Centre. His work connects direct action rainforest …
“once we realize that the nature within and the nature without are continuous, then we too may share and manifest the exquisite beauty and effortless grace associated with the natural world” - John …
“The fundamental insight of deep ecology is that underlying all of the symptoms of environmental problems, there is the illusion of separation between human beings and the natural world” - John Seed — …
Friday 31 March – Sunday 2 April 2023, 4pm both days. An in-person Deep Ecology workshop co-facilitated by John Seed, Genna Ward, and Patrick Anderson — featuring the Council of All Beings and …
Friday 25 – Sunday 27 November 2022, 4pm to 4pm. An in-person, immersive Deep Ecology workshop with John Seed, exploring the philosophy and practices he and Joanna Macy developed together — including …
Fri 21st Oct 2022 – Sun 23rd Oct 2022 AEDT The Rainforest Information Centre presents an in-person, immersive DEEP ECOLOGY workshop with John Seed Tickets are sliding scale from $150-$450 . 25% of the …
An interview with John Seed on the For The Wild Podcast What could our reality look like if we had not grown up in a society so deeply committed to an anthropocentric understanding of cosmos and …
The Trumpeter ISSN: 0832-6193 Volume 22, Number 2 (2006) The Ecological Self John Seed In this article John explores some of the key issues in deep Ecology, his own experience as an activist and …
Our Philosophy page describes Arne Naess’s call for “therapies which heal our relations with the widest community, that of all living beings”, and notes that the processes answering …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMSq9EOU2JY&list=PLuxO8kkii2s3ue5C-r027aT0GzqFqkeL7&t=2s Film produced and directed by Ruth Rosenhoek Vandana Shiva, Starhawk, Matthew Fox, Ruth Rosenhek and …
From the Rainforest Information Centre archives — a letter exchange between Harsh Prabhu and John Seed on the influence of Mohandas Gandhi on the Australian rainforest movement. Reproduced with …
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/philosophy-in-the-mountains—arne-naess/3176186 “Arne Næss, who died in January just a couple of weeks short of his ninety-seventh …
A “going forth” exercise for the very end of a workshop. Source: rainforestinfo.org.au/deep-eco/letter from gaia.htm. This is a great “going forth” exercise for the very end of …
Breathing With Trees asks a simple thing: sit or stand with a plant, and breathe deliberately, attending to the literal exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide passing between you. In a workshop flow, …
This post holds an HTML version of the text of the book “Thinking Like A Mountain – Towards a Council of All Beings”. Published in 1988, this seminal text by John Seed, Joanna Macy, Arne Naess and …
The full text of the Council of All Beings Workshop Manual, prepared by Eshana (Elizabeth Bragg, PhD) in January 1998 with updates through February 2001 by Ruth Rosenhek, published on John …
By Joanna Macy, Ph.D. Written for The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. Full source page: rainforestinfo.org.au/deep-eco/Joanna Macy.htm. The Council of All Beings is a communal ritual in which …
Below is a script and set of instructions in brief for the Council of All Beings process, excerpted from the facilitator’s manual and John Seed’s full workshop-introduction transcript. See …
A facilitation script by John Seed, shared with permission as part of the Council of All Beings process he developed with Joanna Macy, Pat Fleming and others. Usually run as an opening/bonding …
Transcribed by Chris Lehman from the Council of All Beings workshop at Northern Pines Lodge, Maine, USA, 24–25 October 1992, and reproduced here as the numbered sequence in which John gives them over …
A facilitation note by John Seed, drawing directly on Joanna Macy’s Despair and Empowerment work. These days the Truth Mandala, is usually used, but the Carin of Mourning can be a useful …
by John Seed In the fourth World Rainforest Report, Queensland zoologist Peter Dwyer noted that the New Guinea highlanders find the rainforest wildlife not only good to eat, but also “good to think”. …
A song about our Origins and cosmic story written by Theo Simons of the band Seize the Day (http://www.seizetheday.org/music.cfm?…), and sung here by deep ecologist, author and activist John Seed …
I"f we enter the rainforest and allow our energies to merge with the energies we find there, I found, a most profound change in consciousness takes place. We realize that our psyche is itself a …
Produced & Directed by Jeni Kendall Cameraman – Paul Tait ©1980 Gaia Films This 1980 documentary tells the story of the first eco-blockade in the world – the Terania Creek forest protest in …
This is the ritual script John Seed has used since 2012, adapted with thanks to Sister Miriam Therese McGillis (Genesis Farm, New Jersey) and Ruth Rosenhek. For the illustrated, browsable version of …
Below you will find an embedded PDF version of the seminal book by John Seed, Joanna Macy, Pat Fleming and Arne Naess which gave rise to the “Council of All Beings” group work, later referred to as …
Excerpt: “Lisa: I thought our conversation could follow the Work That Reconnect’s spiral; so what, in this day and age, after all this time of doing this work, do you feel grateful for? I feel …
In this video, filmed in the spring of 2005, John Seed performs some songs and poems. He also offers detailed introductions to some of the group processes he has developed and taken around the world. …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3ewikJxt8Y Arunachala is a sacred mountain near Tiruvanamalai in southern India. Seen as a manifestation of the god Shiva, it is a site of great annual pilgrimage. …
An Exploration of Engaged BuddhismBy John Seed (See below for an embedded pdf version with illustrations) Buddha Touched the Earth is the title of a new workshop facilitated by William James, Lisa …
PAPER DELIVERED BY JOHN SEED TO THE ECOPSYCHOLOGY SYMPOSIUM AT THE AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY’S 28TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, 2/10/94 I take “ecopsychology” to mean …
from the book Thinking Like a mountain - Towards a Council of All Beings - Seed et al by John Seed, Joanna Macy, Arne Naess & Pat Fleming, New Society Publishers, Philadelphia, 1988 First …