Circles Session 5

Reshape

Problems embedded in the contours
Of cities, transport, infrastructure, capitalism
Coastlines and landscapes where human-nature meet
Much to reconsider, rend, invert, remake

🌱 Opening

Read 1 poem or quote from this section to open.

💫 Check-in

Prompt: Share your name + something you have mended. Then pass to someone else. (Circle leader should go first and model this.)

🌻 Agreements

This is a good time to bring back the agreements, asking the group: 

• How are we doing on these? 

• Are there any that need attention?

☀️ Discussion

Move through 3 generous questions, ensuring everyone has a chance to share:

1. What fact about the climate crisis do you find hard to face? What makes it so hard?

2. How is the climate crisis challenging the meaning of home? How might we redefine it?

3. Where do you see necessary and effective “reshaping” taking place (at any scale)?

📓 Journal Prompt

Offer the following journal prompt, for those who may want to reflect and write between this session and the next one:

How does the place you call home need to be reshaped or transformed, given the climate crisis?

🌙 Closing

Read 1 poem or quote from this section to close.

🔧 Workplace Exploration

First, revisit the prompt from the last session.

Was anyone able to take up the workplace exploration prompt from our last session, on communication about climate? What did you learn?

Then, offer this next prompt for exploration between this session and the next one.

Explore the connection between climate and capital. Where does your organization bank and invest, and are funds divested from fossil fuels or supporting them? If applicable, can employees access climate-friendly retirement plans? Do any philanthropic dollars go toward climate?