“All We Can Save” Book Circle – Virtual Online Sessions

Are you hungry for deeper dialogue about the climate crisis and building community around solutions?

We are too!

Back by popular demand after the very successful in-person and online circles in 2022/2023, we’re offering a second series of “All We Can Save” Circles – Like a book club, but a cooler, deeper version. Let’s strengthen the “we” in All We Can Save!

About the book: All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis (Edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinson) is an anthology of writings by 60 women at the forefront of the climate movement who are harnessing truth, courage, and solutions to lead humanity forward. This Circle is offered to answer the call by All We Can Save for more leadership and participation in responding to our climate crisis. Circles are 10-session small-group experiences that thousands have enjoyed and was created by Dr. Katharine Wilkinson (www.allwecansave.earth)

Caring about the climate crisis can be incredibly isolating. Polling tells us climate conversations are few and far between, yet we know folks are hungry for deeper, more generous dialogue on the topic and to circle up in ways that connect, nourish, and seed action. All We Can Save Circles are designed to meet those needs, using the book as a grounding and jumping off point. This kind of work is vital to grow and strengthen any movement for social change.

Following the flow of the book, the All We Can Save Circle curriculum includes:

• Begin: “My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyed”
• Root: A call, a welcoming, a place to ground – The foundation of Indigenous wisdom
• Advocate: How we hold the powerful to account and (re)write the rules with all people in mind
• Reframe: Language and story, creativity, and culture – Our means of making sense
• Reshape: Problems embedded in the contours of cities, transport, infrastructure, capitalism
• Persist: Standing for justice, for health, for the sacred – We don’t have to do this alone
• Feel: Awake, aware, attuned – Hearts break, souls shake with anxiety
• Nourish: Soil, food, water, sky—inseparable – The foundations of our aliveness
• Rise: For a future that holds us, all of us – This is the work of our lifetimes
• Onward: “There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep, and still be counted as warriors”

Who can join this circle?
Circles are for everyone! They’re for folks who’ve been working with climate issues for a long time and for helping those newer to climate work find their place. Participation and contribution by all circle members are key for these discussion sessions. Please extend an invitation to whomever you think would be interested in joining — friends, family, colleagues, collaborators, etc.!

Who is this circle facilitated by? 
Experienced members of the North County All We Can Save (AWCS) Circle

When does the in-person circle take place?
The virtual online sessions will take place on Mondays, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm over 10 sessions

• January 13th and 27th

• February 3rd, 10th and 24th

• March 3rd, 10th, 24th and 31st

• April 7th

Each time we meet, we’ll delve into a new section of the anthology. If you would rather attend in person, please take a look at the in-person session option.

Where will this take place?
The virtual sessions meetings will be hosted online using Zoom. Registrants will receive the link to join via email before the first meeting.
If you would prefer to attend in person, please take a look at the in-person session option.

Other important details: 

• Must have a hard copy or digital copy of the All We Can Save book for the duration of the Circle sessions
• Must be committed to being punctual and attending at least 8 of the 10 sessions
• Each group is limited to twelve (12) participants on a first-come, first-served basis
• A $50 suggested registration donation to Solana Center for ongoing environmental work is requested from each attendee. Books are purchased separately.

QUESTIONS? Email info@solanacenter.org