Building Social Courage

Edgehill Mansion 75 Magnolia Street, at Palm Avenue, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA, United States

FIVE SECRETS OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION If you care about the environment, you care about communication.  And communication, with diverse stakeholders on issues of public health and community well-being, can be challenging! One of the most limiting factors in environmental advocacy is the fear of conflict.  What do we say when people disagree with us in unpleasant ways? […]

East Bay retreat

Oakland home Oakland, CA, United States

Planting seeds of wholeness.  Join us for three hours of stretching, relaxing, meditation, and reflection. Green Sangha retreats are our favorite time to come together for inner peace and fellowship. We are a diverse group of earth stewards and activists, bonded by our common love of the planet and community. Members take turns leading different […]

Renew and refresh

Member's home Oakland, CA, United States

Our chapter retreats are designed for refreshment, renewal, and connection with the community of awakened activists.  We gently stretch, we meditate, we share stories and successes.   Please bring a small potluck item to share.  We aspire for zero waste, so reusable packaging is always a plus! At a member’s home in Oakland.  RSVP for address & directions: […]

Summer coolness

Oakland home Oakland, CA, United States

Join us for an early evening's retreat with mindful walking, meditation, and visioning for the planet. Our chapter retreats are designed for refreshment, renewal, and connection with the community of awakened activists. Once again we will meet at the home of a member in Oakland, opening with a  mindful walk in the nearby forest, returning about […]

East Bay retreat – on mindful leadership

Berkeley

What does mindfulness look like in environmental leadership? Stuart Moody, Green Sangha director and lead trainer for the Mindful Ambassadors program of the University of Arizona, will share findings from his research, then lead a conversation on stresses, challenges, and coping techniques used by participants as well as by other Green Sangha members and community leaders. The retreat begins […]

East Bay retreat

Retreat into action! We're putting our hearts and our hands to work this weekend: 1. Phone bank for the bag ban, 10 am to noon. Miriam Gordon, California Director of Clean Water Action, will be our team leader. Miriam has been an activist for years, and helped when we were lobbying for bag and foam foodware ordinances […]

East Bay autumn retreat

Member's home Oakland, CA, United States

Our chapter retreats are designed for refreshment, renewal, and connection with the community of awakened activists.  We gently stretch, we meditate, we share stories and successes. Please bring a small potluck item to share.  We aspire for zero waste, so reusable packaging is always a plus!  At a member’s home in Oakland.  RSVP by Friday, Dec 9 […]

New Year’s retreat

Oakland home Oakland, CA, United States

Refresh, renew, and connect with the community of awakened activists. We gently stretch, we meditate, we share stories and successes. Please bring a small potluck item to share. Aspiring for zero waste, reusable packaging is always a plus! Love donations invited to support our programs. At a member’s home in Oakland. RSVP by Friday, Jan 6 at 5 pm […]

April retreat in the East Bay

Member's home Richmond, United States

Relax, refresh, re-connect.  This month we meet at a member's home near Pt. Richmond, a warm and comfortable place for three hours of meditation, conversation, potluck snacks, and renewal of our commitment to live wisely and inspire wise actions in our communities. RSVP to Corbina for directions and address:  (510) 282-5005. After Meditation How beautiful the morning, […]

Retreat with Jared Michaels, MFT

Berkeley

PEACE IN ACTION:  Berkeley retreat Green Sangha began with monthly retreats in members' homes.  These gatherings were the incubators of peace, clarity, and new ideas -- ideas such as the Magazine Project, Rethinking Plastics, and the Garden Wheel -- each a high-impact campaign. This month, Jared Michaels, licensed family therapist and ordained Zen priest, will […]