“All We Can Save” Book Circle – In Person (Encinitas)

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 were 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 in-person sessions will take place from 6:00 to 8:30 pm with 10 sessions occurring every 2 weeks

• January 15th & 29th
• February 12th & 26th
• March 12th & 26th
• April 9th & 23rd
• May 7th & 21st

Each time we meet, we’ll delve into a new section of the anthology. If you cannot attend in person and would prefer to attend a virtual session via Zoom, please take a look at the virtual online Circle option.

Where will this take place?
The in-person meetings will be held at Solana Center for Environmental Innovation
137 N. El Camino Real
Encinitas, CA 92024

If you would prefer to attend a virtual session via Zoom, please take a look at the virtual online Circle 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-serve basis
• A $50 suggested registration donation to Solana Center for ongoing environmental work is requested from each attendee. Books are purchased separately. If the cost of the registration donation is prohibitive we are happy to offer a pay-what-you-can donation alternative. If you are able to donate more, paying it forward helps us to cover the cost of other participants. Thank you for your support!

QUESTIONS? Email info@solanacenter.org