Enjoy a thoughtful, energising conversation with us. You will ...
- Gain a broader perspective of the issues and challenges
- Clarify your choices on effective action
- Practice a simple toolkit to change your relationship with stress and climate anxiety
Climate action comes in many forms, and making connections within your community to discuss the future and some solutions to this global crisis is an important action you can take regularly. Join us to talk about
What is going on?
What choices do we have?
Will technology save us?
How can we deal with climate anxiety?
What future will we choose?
Reserve your seat here and make a contribution, or just come along on the day.
Friday 18 October, 10 am – 12 pm
Tullow Holistic Centre, Teach Bhride, Tullow R93 W447
About the hosts
Astraea has been developing solutions for the social and natural dysfunctions, like pollution, inequality, climate volatility and violence, that humanity is experiencing. Since 1999 a body of reseach and experience has been amassed across a range of disciplines and technical areas. This resource clarifies global trends and offers interconnected approaches for positive change in personal and organisation development. Our "big picture" or holonic approach allows us to step out of our cultural "fishbowl" and liberate the potential for altruism and contentment. Solutions are shared via our websites, social media, books, videos, events, courses and conversations.
Astraea's installation, Feast Upon The Earth commissioned by the Irish Museum of Modern Art, offers and immersive perspective on humanity's place in existence and helps people from all walks of life to see the big picture, ask relevant questions, clarify values and make positive change.
We look forward to exploring our shared future together!
Please join us at the Mary Robinson Climate Conference 2024, 5-7 June, for an interactive workshop "Envisioning our Shared Future Together". This is an opportunity to participate in one of our enriching, thought provoking sessions not normally available to the public. The cost is almost free as participation is included in the cost of tickets to the whole conference.
The Conference also offers the opportunity to explore the timescape of existence, Feast Upon The Earth, which will be displayed in the main exhibition room and will be referenced in the workshop.
A Shared Response to a Shared Responsibility
Climate change, and the immense challenges that it presents, impacts everyone. As such, climate change is multifaceted, requiring a collective response reflecting our shared responsibility to address the challenges ahead. This includes an acknowledgement of diverse voices and lived realities to engage meaningful intergenerational dialogue that co-produces positive pathways for impact. The Mary Robinson Climate Conference is an inclusive multidisciplinary forum bringing together voices from all sectors of academia and society to share climate experiences and discuss pathways for a sustainable future.
The 2nd Mary Robinson Climate Conference takes place in Ballina, birthplace of the former President, on 5-7 June 2024.
On Saturday 27 April 2024 Friends of the Earth Irelan celebrated 50 years with an education day at Richmond Barracks, Dublin D08 YY05
The timescape Feast Upon The Earth was on display for the day so it was a great chance to immerse yourself in the big picture story of existence and reflect on our world and our future.
Friends of The Earth reports on the day here.
A CPD course exploring and connecting to our natural environment
You will enjoy a varied, experiential course that explores our connections with nature.
Participants will expand their own relationship with nature and practice techniques
to help their students reconnect with the natural environment.
"Very good course with enjoyable, engaging content." Mary
Face to face, 20 hours, 1 – 5 July 2024
Nature, Thinking and Wellness
with curricular links to Science and Geography
held in the beautiful walled gardens and ancient woodland at
Ballin Temple, Ardattin, Co. Carlow
€99
BOOK HERE
CPD course, DoE approved for EPV days, ESD course category
You will enjoy a varied, experiential course that explores our connections with nature. Participants will expand their own relationship with nature and practice techniques to help their students reconnect with the natural environment.
The course is focused on Education for Sustainable Development and Well-being with application to the curricula of Science, Geography and History.
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Enhance eco-literacy to recognise and express links between curriculum strands and real world.
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Deepen teachers’ awareness of the scale, complexity and dynamic of diverse interrelated natural systems of which we are all a part. Reconnect with nature to awaken senses. Plan for a greater level of outdoor education on a weekly basis.
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Lower stress and nurture calm engagement among your pupils. Individual learning is enhanced through mindful tools to help teachers observe their own internal responses. This can become an individual practice that affects the school environment. Children can learn and benefit from mindfulness, which promotes self-awareness and wellness in children and is helpful in countering disruptive influences of social media from outside school.
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Discuss challenges like social media and dealing with bureaucracy.
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Explore ways of creating further high-quality learning opportunities with students through SESE curricular links wellness awareness.
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At the end of this course you will have the confidence, skills and resources to nurture natural talents that focus on the skills in the SESE curriculum and engages a multi-modal approach to learning about the environment.
Testimonials
We really enjoy the CPD courses and so do our participants. This is what they have said in the past:
A wonderful week’s course – I thoroughly enjoyed! Would highly recommend.
Thank you to Tom and Pam for a wonderful CPD course.
Excellent course. All teachers should do it compulsory at the end of each year. I have thoroughly enjoyed the course. I began a shell of myself, ended back to myself. Thank you.
Great atmosphere, really enjoyed the week with Tom and Pam. Will be back!
Very good course with enjoyable, engaging content.
Thank you for a beautiful week
Really enjoyed the week. It was relaxing, informative and great fun! Tom and Pam are passionate about what they do and this makes all the difference. Keep up the wonderful work.
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We are grateful to have been given an opportunity to gather with Brigidine sisters on 1 February to talk about changing perspectives and the future.
Approximately 30 Brigindine elders will visit Teach Bhride (Brigid's House) in Tullow to celebrate Brigid's feast day. After lunch we will reflect on the the world today and changes that must happen or might happen in the coming decades. In the room will be a collective experience of two and a half thousand years! It is sure to be fascinating.
If you would like to join, please contact us or Teach Bhride.
Envisioning a Future with Brigid
2.30pm, Thursday, 1 February 2024
Teach Bhride,
Chapel Lane, Tullow, Carlow, R93 W447
Proposed agenda:
Introduction and outline of various current systems and mindsets to share a common view of our situation.
Interdependent life systems
Life cycle dynamics
Emergence of consciousness
Holonic pattern of life
Alternatives
Discussion of future paths and how they might transpire.
Conclusions
Further reading:
Brigit: From Goddess to Saint via the Patriarchy
Happy St Brigid’s Bank Holiday