Burning Out is Burning the Planet: Changing the Conversation on Sustainability to Regeneration – Regenerating Self, Community, and Planet
This workshop presented by Washington Center Visiting Scholar Rachel Beth Egenhoefer offered by the Center for Community Based Learning and Action, will present tools and frameworks for identifying root causes of systemic issues, and finding leverage points to create impactful change.
When: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 25
Where: SEM II E2105
Burning Out is Burning the Planet:
Changing the Conversation on Sustainability to Regeneration – Regenerating Self, Community, and Planet
Our world is not sustainable. We extract labor, resources, and energy at a rate higher than we are able to maintain. Rather than try to sustain an unsustainable world, we must shift our mindsets to thinking regeneratively – renourishing, repairing, and replenishing. Just as we see the climate as unsustainable, many are experiencing unsustainability in their own lives leading to burnout. Often we are told to take a break, only to come back to the same routine that caused the burnout. The same can be said for our environmental crisis – quick fixes won’t solve it, we need to change the underlying systems to give our communities and larger environment support, rejuvenation and regeneration.
This work must start with the self, regenerating our own energy so that we have the capacity to regenerate the larger systems around us. This workshop will present tools and frameworks for identifying root causes of systemic issues, and finding leverage points to create impactful change. We will look at these ideas through the lens of self, community and larger environment.
