Wiseearth Education

Here's the latest WiseEarth Education E-news, including information about upcoming Outdoor Learning and Active Hope workshops:

Outdoor Learning & Active Hope Workshops and Other News I hope this email finds you well. I also hope that all First Nations people and allies reading this had a wonderful NAIDOC week celebrating '50 Years of Deadly' earlier this month. It seems more important than ever to be celebrating and honouring the oldest living culture on the planet in the fac...

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I'm looking forward to running this 'Successful School Gardening' Workshop on Saturday 21st March! 💚

Successful School Gardening School Gardens Rock!

This article on how to be a genuine ally to First Nations people is from a few years back, but with Jan 26 approaching, I think it's a good time to share it and reflect on it.
https://www.yarn.com.au/blogs/yarn-in-the-community/how-to-be-a-genuine-indigenous-ally
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How to be a Genuine Ally We know that this is a topic that is being explored and written about everywhere currently, however this is because being a genuine ally to First Nations people is hugely important now and always. It is amazing the volume of support and solidarity being expressed online at the moment, yet it is impo...

Wishing a 2026 full of peace, justice and love for all.

This past year has been a challenging one for many beings on this planet, from continued environmental destruction, wars, genocide, the rise of the far right and various expressions of hate. I think that the root of many of these issues comes down to othering of both human and more-than-human beings. We have forgotten that all beings are our kin - people of other races, faiths, etc, as well as the more-than-human world.

Sending love and care to all who have been affected by the impacts of this forgetting... First Nations people, Palestinians, Jews, Muslims, trans folks and all others who are affected by racism and hate… not to mention all the other life forms on this precious planet.

May we remember that we are bound together in this story of life. May we reach out across divides between faiths, races, and beliefs; between the human and more than human... and bring about the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible.

In the words of the incredible Joanna Macy, who passed away last year: “If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear.”

📷Including some pics here of my first day of the year in the Southern Downs of Queensland – appreciating and feeling the magic of this world. Having the chance to be in beautiful places like these and to encounter magic helps support us through these challenging times. I hope that you can find your own ways for restoring yourselves when times in the world are tough and overwhelming.💚

RIP Dr Jane Goodall. What a legacy she leaves our world. 💚
I love this story here - if only many of our world leaders could understand this kind of experience and worldview.

“Lost in awe at the beauty around me, I must have slipped into a state of heightened awareness. It is hard – impossible really – to put into words the moment of truth that suddenly came upon me then. Even the mystics are unable to describe their brief flashes of spiritual ecstasy. It seemed to me, as I struggled afterward to recall the experience, the self was utterly absent: I and the chimpanzees, the earth and trees and air, seemed to merge, to become one with the spirit power of life itself. The air was filled with a feathered symphony, the evensong of birds. I heard new frequencies in their music and also in singing insects’ voices – notes so high and sweet I was amazed. Never had I been so intensely aware of the shape, the color of the individual leaves, the varied patterns of the veins that made each one unique. Scents were clear as well, easily identifiable: fermenting, overripe fruit; waterlogged earth; cold, wet bark; the damp odor of chimpanzee hair, and yes, my own too. And the aromatic scent of young, crushed leaves was almost overpowering.

That afternoon, it had been as though an unseen hand had drawn back a curtain and, for the briefest moment, I had seen through such a window. In a flash of “outsight” I had known timelessness and quiet ecstasy, sensed a truth of which mainstream science is merely a small fraction. And I knew that the revelation would be with me for the rest of my life, imperfectly remembered yet always within. A source of strength on which I could draw when life seemed harsh or cruel or desperate.”

~ Jane Goodall, RIP

[Image: Courtesy of the Jane Goodall Institute]

There's a great Climate Cafe coming up in Kelvin Grove on October 16th. There you’ll find a supportive, facilitated conversational space for people to gather and share thoughts and feelings in response to the climate and polycrises of our time. Check it out here:

Climate Cafes Brisbane Climate & Earth Emotions conversations, to feel, liberate, contact meaning and open pathways to active hope.