Resurgence Summer Gathering 2013

Thu 25 Jul at 15:00 until Sun 28 Jul 2013 at 15:00

The Resurgence Summer Gathering brings together Resurgence & Ecologist readers, speakers and supporters for a weekend of stimulating talks, discussion, music, craft and walks. The gathering is a small, friendly camp with a maximum of 140 people near Malvern, Worcestershire.

The event is run entirely off-grid and offers the chance to experience sustainable living in action. You can read more about the site at Green and Away here.

• Resurgence Summer gathering leaflet
• Full timetable is here

The Programme

Speakers

• Satish Kumar, Editor-in-Chief at Resurgence & Ecologist: Soil, Soul, Society
• Shantena Augusto Sabbadini, Associate Director of the Pari Center for New Learning: The Valley Spirit, Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching
• Donnachadh McCarthy, founder of 3 Acorns Eco-audits: How Do We Save the Planet from The Prostitute State?
• Natalie Bennett, Green Party Leader
• Miriam Darlington, creative writing tutor: Writing the wild: thinking with animals
• Mumta Ito, founder of the International Centre for Wholistic Law: Evolving Earth Law: Co-creating a new legal paradigm

Workshops

• Open Space workshops, facilitated by Tricia Lustig
• Botany and wild flower walks – Jon Every
• Green woodworking and craft
• Weave your own community action: Jan Copley
• Unlimited Growth vs. Rights of Mother Earth: Implications of Wild Law for the economic system - Linda Siegele and Christian Heitsch

Meditation, Movement and Voice

• Tai Chi Movement for Wellbeing, with Teena Gould
• Traditional Vietnamese Chi Gong with bamboo sticks, with June Mitchell
• Harmony Singing Around The Fire: Janne Tooby and Toni Gilligan
• Morning voice and body work: Janne and Will Tooby
• Indian Raga and embodied voicework: Will Tooby
• Chi Gong with bamboo sticks: June Mitchell

Performance Poetry and Storytelling

• Helen Moore and Niall McDevitt

Music

• Kora Colours: Ravi Ji and Tabla Tom entertain with songs, chants and music from around the world
• Open night session hosted by Helen and Niall including poetry, performance and song — bring something along to share!
• Caitlin and Tablatom: mantra concert
• Sophie Stammers, singer-songwriter

The Resurgence Summer Gathering is an opportunity to engage with Resurgence & Ecologist readers and to help raise money for The Resurgence Trust, an educational charity dedicated to raising awareness of the key ecological and spiritual issues of our time. Registered charity no. 1120414.