As we look at Internal Family Systems (IFS) within the context of climate psychology, we can see how this approach offers invaluable tools for transformative work at both personal and collective levels, particularly in communities working on climate and sustainability issues. IFS provides a structured approach to explore and address these dynamics, transforming both personal and professional relationships in the process.

A two-part dialogue exploring how climate change features in the imagination and how we might imagine ways to address contemporary ecological and social challenges. We will ask a number of questions: Is the climate crisis also an aesthetic crisis? Are we suffering from a scourge of literalism and technocratic idolatry? How might poetry, the imagination and myths help us make sense of our contemporary situation and challenges?

In this lecture that Michael Mead put together especially for the Centre for Climate Psychology, Michael will explore the theme of chaos and resilience in time of crisis. Michael’s work brings the medicine of myth and story in ways that bring deeply intuitive and intensely imaginal approaches at individual and collective levels of life and demonstrate how each person, regardless of age or background, is imbued with genius and able to contribute to a transformation of life on Earth.

The Radical Act of Dreaming: How might sharing dreams in community help us explore the relationship between humanity, technology and the shifting meaning of ‘connection’?

Join dream-activist Kate Alderton for a two-hour workshop that taps into the insight and power held in our collective dreaming.
In this session, we’ll gather together and take turns speaking our night-time dreams old and new, weaving a cohesive picture.  It’s not about interpreting personal meaning, but about listening to how our dreams connect with one another and how our inner worlds reflect the world around us. We’ll focus on the collective experience of dreams, rather than the individual dreamer, and look for connections between them.