Opening Session
Teachers: Ayya Santacitta, Carol Cano, Dean Hoaglin, James Baraz, and Kirsten Rudestam
Refuge & Response
Recordings from Spirit Rock's 2025 Refuge & Response gathering — offered freely to support practice, reflection, and engaged EcoDharma.
Refuge & Response: Loving Engagement in a Time of Transformation
In September 2025, the EcoDharma & Transformational Culture Program (ETCP) gathered in community for Refuge & Response: Loving Engagement in a Time of Transformation. Over the span of five days, attendees engaged with teachings, dialogue, and collective practice focused on meeting this era of ecological and social change with courage, clarity, and compassion.
Drawing on Buddhist and Earth-based teachings, the retreat followed the arc of Joanna Macy’s Spiral, moving through Gratitude, Honoring Our Pain for the World, Seeing with New Eyes, and Going Forth. Each day offered morning contemplative practices and afternoon symposiums that helped participants cultivate the inner resources and outer connections needed to meet this moment with resilience and skillful action.
We are grateful to our partners for their contributions and support of this gathering: Braided Wisdom, One Earth Sangha, Aloka Earth Room, and Awake in the Wild, along with our Core Planning Team—Ayya Santacitta, Bonnie Duran, Carol Cano, James Baraz, Kirsten Rudestam, Kristin Barker, Mark Coleman, and Yong Oh.
May these offerings nourish your practice and inspire grounded, wholehearted engagement.
Session Recordings
Below are the full recordings from the event. Click any session to watch or listen.
The Quivering Heart
Speakers: Lou Leonard and Kristin Barker of One Earth Sangha
The Dharma & Climate
Teachers: Ayya Santacitta, Carol Cano, James Baraz, and Kirsten Rudestam
Sankofa: A Return and Reweaving of Practices with Land and Community
Speakers: Deseree Fontenot, Mo Browne, and Minkah Taharka, moderated by Tara Marchant
The Earth Is My Witness
Speakers: Jack Kornfield and Rajiv Joshi
Jane Fonda in conversation with Greg Dalton
Speakers: Jane Fonda and Greg Dalton
Next Generation Voices: Leading the Way Toward Climate Justice and Regeneration
Speakers: Isabella Madrigal, Richa Kondapally, and Shreya Chaudhuri, moderated by Zi Terrence-Smith
Fierce Vulnerability: Building Resilience by Turning Toward Our Pain
Speaker: Kazu Haga
Strengthening the Roots under the Silt
Speaker: Christiana Figueres
EcoDharma & Deep Time: Conscious Use of the Imagination on Behalf of Life
Speaker: Deborah Eden Tull
Tracing the Tracks of our Ancestors Backwards and Forwards
Speakers: Amelia Butler, Renda Dionne Madrigal, and Dean Hoaglin, moderated by Isabella Madrigal
Planting a Seed for an Earth Sanctuary
Teacher: Ayya Santacitta
Where Do We Go From Here?
Teachers: Ayya Santacitta, Carol Cano, James Baraz, and Kirsten Rudestam
Closing Session
Teachers: Ayya Santacitta, Carol Cano, James Baraz, Kirsten Rudestam, and Wildchoir
About the EcoDharma & Transformational Culture Program (ETCP)
The EcoDharma and Transformational Culture Program at Spirit Rock supports teachings and community spaces that meet the ecological and cultural challenges of our time with wisdom, compassion, and collective care.
We are grateful to our partners for their contributions and support of this initiative: Braided Wisdom, One Earth Sangha, Aloka Earth Room and Awake in the Wild and the ETCP Planning Group that includes Bonnie Duran, Carol Cano, Yong Oh, Kirsten Rudestam, Kristin Barker, Ayya Santacitta, James Baraz, and Mark Coleman.
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