Event

Living with uncertainty - Interactive session

Organised by Stichting Otherwise Wageningen
Date

Thu 14 May 2020 19:30 to 21:30

Do you worry about the state of the world? Have you ever wondered how to stay sane amidst global challenges? After three Inner Sustainability meetings full of inspiration, we will meet online to dive more in depth into the Work that Reconnects by Joanna Macy and share our own feelings around global crises, be it corona, climate change or social injustice. Lian Kasper will guide us through the spiral of the Work that Reconnects to discover how the capacity of 'feeling with' our world is actually a very healthy sign of our care and love, and how we can use this capacity constructively to engage and empower ourselves. We will go through the spiral using interactive exercises, experiencing the power of the four steps gratitude, mourning the pain for the world, seeing with new eyes and going forth in the world with new energy and inspiration.

The event will take place through zoom: https://zoom.us/j/99933832544

Meeting ID: 999 3383 2544


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iWEEK 2020: "A journey from I to We"

In July 2020 OtherWise organises the iWEEK, an interactive summer school on (re)connection. It is a full-week experience to explore inner sustainability and leadership in the context of major societal and environmental challenges of our time. We actively hope the iWEEK can take place this year, considering the regulations around the corona virus. For now we do not think cancellation is necessary, we will follow the development of the situation with care.

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What is Inner Sustainability?

Sustainability is oftentimes discussed within the realm of technological solutions, policy measures or innovations. This could be called the 'outside' of sustainability. However there is also a growing awareness that at the base we are intricately connected to all life. This could be called the 'inside' of sustainability. When the awareness of this interconnectedness is not experienced, this can give feelings of isolation, disconnectedness and a loss of respect for other lives, including natural environment. As long as other people and other life forms are recognized as part of a whole that we all belong to, it becomes very difficult to do harm to another being. When this connectedness is experienced consciously, decisions are made differently than when we presume to be on our own. This embodied sense of sustainability and interconnectedness is what we call 'Inner Sustainability'.