Climate Consciousness Summit

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Climate
Consciousness Summit

Day 5

Keynote Conversations

1

Reweaving the Web – Connected Healing for Complex Systems

with Nora Bateson

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2

Mushrooms as Deep Reservoirs for Medicine – Returning to the Web of Life

with Paul Stamets

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3

Radical Abundance & Fearless Generosity – Earth’s Way, Our Calling

with Pat McCabe

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Practice for Personal Balance & Agency

1

Awe and Wonder: Opening to the Mystery of Life

with David Young

2

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with Thomas Hübl

Live Event

1

SUMMIT OPENING: Title

with Matthew Green, Sonita Mbah & Kosha Joubert

Nature Inspiration

DAY 5: Starlings - The Beauty of Swarm Coherence ​

At dusk, thousands of starlings turn the sky into fluid geometry – each bird attuned to the motion of its nearest neighbors. From these local interactions, vast patterns emerge: waves of form that ripple without a leader. Information flows through the flock at remarkable speed, preserving cohesion while allowing freedom. In this dynamic equilibrium, movement becomes awareness – a living expression of collective intelligence in motion.

Reflection questions

  • When have I felt part of something larger moving through me, rather than by me?
  • How can I cultivate wonder and trust in what is emerging, even without full control?
  • What simple agreements – inner or outer – help coherence form naturally around me?
  • How does awe reawaken my sense of belonging to the wider living field?
  • What does it feel like, in body and mind, to be in formation rather than in control?

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