HOW TO BRING OUR PLANET BACK TO LIFE  

Balancing the outer and inner worlds of climate activism

Johan van den Berg and Mervyn Croft

Weekend ~Jan 13 – 15                

Standard rate: R2200 – R2600 (en-suite);
Generous Rate: R2700 – R3200(en-suite);
plus suggested
Teachers Dana: R400 – R2000

1.  Standard Rate – This includes accommodation, food and basic running costs for the centre plus a surcharge to cover travel for the teacher.
2. Generous Rate – This includes the above plus a dana contribution to Emoyeni for upkeep and improvements to the centre and other eventualities.
   Plus Suggested rate for Teacher’s dana: (not included in the above rates). This is a sliding scale suggestion as to how much to contribute to the teacher.

Climate Activism, as we all need to realise, is both External and Internal. On the one hand we need to build a sustainable world with specific energy forms and economic arrangement and, on the other, we need to find ways to remain balanced, joyful and filled with equanimity while we live through the early stages of climate breakdown.

This retreat will be exploring what we can do in our external world to promote the world we need to create, as well as what can be done internally. We will also try to understand what is happening in the psyche of the people who are obstructing progress and find our way to feeling compassion towards them. It is our practice, externally and internally, that will help us to remain joyful, inspired and compassionate to ourselves and our planet and to avoid the pit of over-engagement or over-detachment.