Circles Session 9

Rise

Generations—growing, giving, gathering
Nurture community and transformation
For a future that holds us, all of us
This is the work of our lifetimes

🌱 Opening

Read 1 poem or quote from this section to open.

💫 Check-in

Prompt: Share your name + someone who inspires you to rise. Then pass to someone else. (Circle leader should go first and model this.)

☀️ Discussion

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

1. If you were to write a letter—a plea—about the climate crisis, to whom would you send it?

2. Can you imagine the community that will heal the climate crisis? Tell us about what you imagine…  

3. How might we widen our circles of action?

📓 Journal Prompt

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

What additional knowledge/skills/experience could aid your rising?

🌙 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, around the organization’s “ecosystem”? What did you learn?

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

Reflect on roles and responsibilities within your organization. At present, is climate part of anyone’s job? Can employees access climate learning opportunities? Is there climate expertise among the organization’s leaders/board?