Training Seminar
"People in Place: Environmental Sustainability in Social Service"
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Professional development for community, youth and social workers, counsellors and agency leadership.
Environmental challenges are increasingly impacting our clients and agencies. ‘People in Place’ is a positive, holistic approach that stimulates creative responses. This seminar will enable you to develop your own ‘green’ practice and to start formulating a ‘sustainability map’ for your agency. 1 day seminar: 9am - 4pm Includes morning and afternoon tea and a delicious lunch! Certificate issued for professional development (7 hours). Cost: $210 (no GST payable) Students: $50! |
Topics covered:
• Sustainability for community services • Client wellbeing and natural environments • Climate anxiety and mental health • Personal resilience • Kaitiakitanga: Bicultural perspectives • Climate change risks and inequalities • Reducing carbon and waste Trainer: Silvia Purdie
Place Consultancy Email: silvia.purdie@gmail.com Phone: 027 242 1113 Silvia Purdie is a sustainability consultant, trainer, counsellor and ordained minister. She is passionate about resourcing the social sector for environmental responsibility. |
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DUNEDIN
Monday 17 May Leith Valley Presbyterian Church 267 Malvern Street, Glenleith ... Green & peaceful! |
WELLINGTON
Monday 24 May Wadestown Presbyterian Church 118 Wadestown Road |
Seminar Registration
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Climate Change and Mental Health" |
Testimonials:
"Silvia built the workshop on the foundation of the values and experiences of everyone involved, making connections with the resource she brought to the table, and helping participants identify areas to address with action." Robyn McPhail
"Silvia spoke at our Young Adults gathering about Environmental Issues and Faith. She presented her topic extremely well and in a way that made it seem manageable and that we can make a difference environmentally without it feeling overwhelming." Jo Cotton, Young Adults Worker St. Barnabas Fendalton, Christchurch
"Silvia built the workshop on the foundation of the values and experiences of everyone involved, making connections with the resource she brought to the table, and helping participants identify areas to address with action." Robyn McPhail
"Silvia spoke at our Young Adults gathering about Environmental Issues and Faith. She presented her topic extremely well and in a way that made it seem manageable and that we can make a difference environmentally without it feeling overwhelming." Jo Cotton, Young Adults Worker St. Barnabas Fendalton, Christchurch
Comment by Joanna Macy: The Work That Reconnects
If you have an itch to display your expertise, that's counterproductive; it can get in the way of the work. What people most need to hear is inside them. It's their own inner voice, based on their own experience, their own perceptions. That is so often squelched and repressed that we tend to forget, and lose our own authority and energy to act to preserve our lives, our families, our world. So this is essentially truth work. We help people tell the truth about what they see and feel and know is happening to our world. And to tell the truth about their love for this world, and about their pain for this world as well.
If you have an itch to display your expertise, that's counterproductive; it can get in the way of the work. What people most need to hear is inside them. It's their own inner voice, based on their own experience, their own perceptions. That is so often squelched and repressed that we tend to forget, and lose our own authority and energy to act to preserve our lives, our families, our world. So this is essentially truth work. We help people tell the truth about what they see and feel and know is happening to our world. And to tell the truth about their love for this world, and about their pain for this world as well.