Going-Forth on deep ecology

Gandhi, Non-Violence & the Rainforest Movement

Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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 attribution as an example of “Going Forth” — translating insight into sustained, non-violent action.

Letter to John Seed, 7 September 1999

Dear Friend,

Would it be possible to write 50–100 words on the influence of M K Gandhi on the environmental movement in the rainbow region? We have been invited to participate in an expo on Gandhi, and we thought we would invite people from the alternative/environmental movement here to make a contribution on the topic of Gandhi and his influence, from a local, Australian perspective.

Letter from Gaia

Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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 the workshop.

Ask participants to get their journal, or a pen and paper, and give the following instructions:

Begin by writing “Dear [your name]” at the top of the page. Wait until everyone has done so before continuing.

Now write: “This is a letter from your Mother Gaia.” (Or “Father Gaia,” if preferred.) Wait until everyone has done so before continuing.

Corbett Process - Strengthening Our Intentions

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

From Coming Back to Life by Joanna Macy & Molly Brown (2nd ed., 2014, Chapter 10). Full instructions and further resources at the Work That Reconnects Network — the primary home for Joanna’s work online. “Corbett” is a place name — a town in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, where the practice was first workshopped — not a person. Please acknowledge the source when you use this practice.

The Work That Reconnects recognizes the intrinsic organizing power of intention. This practice amplifies a personal intention by testing it against several perspectives at once — roughly 45–60 minutes.