Celebrating the cycles of nature is a beautiful way to synchronize ourselves with our nature neighborhoods. Join eco-connection mentors Honey Sweet Harmony in honoring the Winter Solstice. Participants will be invited to slow down and sink into quiet, peaceful energy and activities, and to later draw inspiration from their participation in this gathering to design activities for their own programs with young children, youth and teens. To deepen the experience for participants, this online event will not be recorded. 

While there is no charge to attend, donations for this event help ANBE continue to offer high quality, accessible programs for everyone.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This online gathering is designed for anyone who facilitates nature-based education and outdoor learning, which may include: teachers and administrators in school and childcare settings; naturalists, environmental educators, outdoor educators; wilderness survival enthusiasts; nature connection mentors; community story, song, and movement/dance leaders; parents/grandparents/aunts/uncles.

MEET YOUR FACILITATORS

Honey Sweet Harmony is an interspecies creativity-catalyzing mentorship constellation. McCadden is the human spokesperson, collaborating with dog and cat helpers. Together kin* are committed to remembering regenerative cultural patterns, and have decades of experience with all ages from toddlers to seniors as deep nature connection mentors and ancestral skills facilitators specializing in stories, music, and movement, eco-spiritual healing arts, ceremony facilitation, and grief / peace tending. For 25 years kin have taught enrichment programs in a diverse range of public and private schools, camps, community centers, spiritual-based and nature-based organizations. McCadden has served as a facilitator for ANBE webinars, Village Talk (a weekly phone conference for adults committed to nature connection), Community Song Circles and Story Circles, Ancestor Suppers, solar and lunar phase ceremonies, and many more forms of multigenerational community events inspired by nature’s rhythms. You'll find seasonal Song Groves and activity ideas that kin have cultivated for ANBE in our Blog pages.

(*these nature-kinship signalling pronouns, ki/singular like s/he, kin/plural like they, come from Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass and Gathering Moss)