Being a good guest

As we embrace more authentic and equitable community-building techniques with our fellow humans, we must also consider how we can elevate our relationship templates with our natural environment. We are guests on Earth, and it’s time for us to move away from a framework of entitlement and towards a more symbiotic relationship with the Earth. This means developing deeper bonds and systems of care for the places we live and visit. When we are being good guests, we are aware of our impacts on a space and contribute to the upkeep, health, and wellbeing of the place we are occupying. This means committing to a culture of reciprocity over extraction in which we consider what we can give to a place, more than we consider what we can take. 

Being a Good Guest is about developing etiquette for our interactions on Earth and supporting local land stewardship in all the places we occupy.  It is an invitation for us to be mindful and intentional about how, when, and why we choose to travel or live in certain communities. This means acknowledging how capitalism and imperialism have strained our relationships with Indigenous ecosystems, and committing to being in Right Relationships with these communities moving forward.

Being a Good Guest 1.0

Tuesday, October 8th at 10 am PT via Zoom

Being a Good Guest 2.0

Thursday, October 17th at 10 am PT via Zoom

The registration link will become available 2 days prior to the live class.

If you're not able to make the live, the playback will be uploaded to the portal within 48-72 hours.