Caring for Mother Earth – a book group for our times

A different book, a new adventure

I have found the book group very nourishing and supportive. Connecting honestly and deeply
with others around the material of the book has been transformational. – Catherine

We enjoyed a lively and nourishing time with our first book, Active Hope by Joanna Macy and
Chris Johnstone. Now, the Earth Carer book group is ready for a new adventure with another
book – this time we’ll be reading: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. With its mix of
‘indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants’, our book promises to be
both fascinating and enriching.

The book group has been so rewarding – Barbara

We’re a small group of practitioners who come together each month to explore issues around
caring for the Earth, climate change, and environmental collapse, within the framework provided
by our book. Because we come together over several sessions, we develop trust and friendship
and in this way support each other in learning how to understand, talk about and transform our
often painful feelings around these issues.

I very much enjoyed being part of this special space – Leo

We can now invite new members to join our group. Meetings will be online, monthly, beginning
on Sunday 29 September, from 4pm-5.30pm, and will include time for meditation practice as
well as sharing and discussion.

If this group interests you, please contact earthcarerbookgroup@gmail.com and we’ll get back
to you with joining details.

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March 2023

Are you concerned about our beautiful planet? We know that Mother Earth is so much more than our
environment. Thay invites us to look deeply so that we experience the joy and happiness of life around
us and Mother Earth within us, and to take care of suffering and build deep and mutually supportive
relationships.

Yet right now, as the climate crisis builds, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and unsure how to see clearly;
how to live in the right way; how to talk about these issues and act most effectively. Especially how to
share with others in loving ways so that we can all awaken and adapt positively to help create a more
beautiful future.

This new book group will be a place to:

• share a book that addresses these issues in a confidential, supportive environment
• read and reflect on what comes up for us
• support each other towards new ways of thinking, being and acting.

Meetings will be online for one-and-a-half hours monthly and will include time for arriving and
sitting/contemplation as well as sharing and discussion.

If this group interests you, please let us know by emailing earthcarerbookgroup@gmail.com and we’ll
get back to you with more details.

A lotus for you and many sunny smiles.
Claire and Debs