What a fantastic group of engaged and engaging change-makers turned up for the online event that Jo Peters and I ran on 23 June for London Climate Action Week!

In this taster session for our ‘Resilient Leadership for People and Planet’ workshop, we use Active Hope practices which help people to move from overwhelm, despair or inertia to renewed motivation, empowerment and agency.

We guided participants through several rounds of sharing, deep listening, and reflection, in small groups and in plenary. Here’s how the participants – who had not met each other before – described their feelings at the end of the one-hour session:

 ‘motivated’

‘connected’

‘understood’

‘grateful’

‘energised’

‘reassured’

Thanks to Jo for facilitating alongside me, and gratitude for the pioneering Active Hope work of Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone.