From Climate Grief to a Resilient Future: A Community Workshop

Hearing about and experiencing climate change can bring up strong emotions such as grief, anxiety, and frustration. Suppressing these emotions can lead to burnout or even apathy. Through facilitated discussion, ritual, and nature-based practices, this workshop will be a space to share and collectively reflect on difficult thoughts and feelings. This framework and the resiliency practices offered will demonstrate how acknowledging challenging emotions can lead to a renewed commitment to purpose and energize participants to go forth to take collaborative action. We invite you to join us to share, connect, and re-ignite inspiration and possibility in your change-making work and personal life.

The class will take place indoors and outdoors.

Instructor bio

Lizabeth Kashinsky has worked in conservation in Hawai’i for over 25 years. She holds a Master's degree in Ecopsychology, is a certified Ecotherapist, and is training to be a grief educator. In addition to her day job working to recover endangered and threatened species, she teaches yoga, leads nature-based retreats and workshops, and facilitates The Work That Reconnects. This transformative process supports a more life-sustaining world.

Andrea Nandoskar (Co-facilitator)

Andrea Nandoskar is a community activist and educator dedicated to collaboration, possibilities, and creating catalytic events that inspire shifts in consciousness and vision for a peaceful, just, and thriving world for all.

Andrea was co-founder of MOGOLEHA (MOst GOod LEast HArm)Hawaii, a group of four feisty plant-based friends who launched Hawaii’s first Humane Education Week with Zoe Weil from the Institute for Humane Education; Speaker series manager for VegFest Oahu; a facilitator of Pachamama Alliance’s Awakening the Dreamer and Project Drawdown workshops; co-founder of Hawaii Reef and Ocean Coalition and co-founder of Wild Bird Rehab Haven.

Andrea is also a founding member of Climate Protectors Hawaii, a network of individuals across the state of Hawaiʻi who care deeply about climate change and provide a space for community support through shared inspiration, education, and opportunities to take action.

Cost: $15.00

What to bring

• Comfortable, closed-toe shoes with good traction (required). You should be prepared to walk on uneven terrain.
• Long pants (to keep mosquitoes off. Optional: a light jacket or long-sleeved outer shirt.)
• Bug Spray (optional but recommended)
• Rain jacket or poncho
• Water bottle (optional but recommended)
• Journal and pencil or pen

Refund policy: No refunds will be issued after 5/10/24

Please carefully review Lyon Arboretum's refund policy here: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/lyon/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2022/12/Community-Class-Cancellation-and-Refund-Policy-Effective-January-1-2023.pdf

For questions about the class content or logistics, please call Lyon Arboretum at (808) 988-0456 or email Education at [email protected]

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