We are delighted to have Annie Spencer open our conference. Annie, the founder of Hartwell, is a renowned ceremonialist, shamanic teacher and beloved elder, leader of wilderness camps, vision quests and rites of passage.

Having been apprenticed in a Native American tradition in the '1980s and more recently studied Guatemalan Mayan teachings, Annie weaves these with the traditions of this land.

A well loved storyteller, Annie brings alive the old myths of this land, connecting us with the earth and its magic as she creates spaces for wisdom and change to emerge. As a teacher, Annie opens pathways for others - illuminating their life's journey.

Her primary interest is the renewal of ancient ceremonial forms for creating a path of beauty upon Grandmother Earth.

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We offer a warm welcome to Skeena Rathor, co-founder, spokesperson and strategist of Extinction Rebellion.

Being instrumental in the Extinction Rebellion visioning team and the visionary behind the Co-liberation movement, she is at the very heart of Extinction Rebellion (XR), a global environmental movement using nonviolent civil disobedience to compel government action to avoid tipping points in the climate system, biodiversity loss, and the risk of social and ecological collapse.

Deeply grounded in her Sufi heritage, which put heart, truth and beauty at its center, Skeena radiates compassion, understanding and wisdom, whilst being a courageous, truth speaking and fiercely loving activist.

Skeena will talk about Co-liberation, the concept of deep liberation of the individual within the group. 

Meet Jai, Miriam & Imogen, three conscientious, courageous and outstanding young women activists from the HS2 Rebellion who are best known for their direct actions aimed at protecting a 200 year old oak tree from HS2 jain saws, the largest ecocide project the UK government has done to date. All these amazing women will talk about their experiences as earth activists on the ground.

Jai Waters will talk about the 7Sisters Oak action and campaign.

Miriam Stone will talk about their eviction and the court case that followed.

Imogen May will also talk about her courageous ‘tax strike’ and how the Rebellion can, must and will move forward.

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We look forward to welcome Satya Robyn to the gathering. Satya is renowned Buddhist teacher and remarkable activist with Extinction Rebellion Buddhists. She  runs the Bright Earth Buddhist Temple in Malvern in the UK with her husband, works as a psychotherapist using Internal Family Systems and a gifted writer.

Her latest books are 'Dear Earth: Love, Grief and Activism' and 'Coming Home: Refuge in Pure Land Buddhism'.

Satya will be speaking about the daily Earth Vigil she held over the last year ‘Sitting with the Earth’, her experiences as an activist and how Buddhism underpins her tireless earth-activism.

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Chay Godfree, is a visionary and change-maker, aiming to bring the new earth cosciousness forward and into balance again. He is the visionary behind - and founder of - the exciting, inspiring and fast growing project ‘CropsnotShops’, a grassroots community outreach organisation dedicated to growing organic food in all available spaces possible, peoples gardens, window seals, allotments, disused public land, schools, and private land with a vision to create a super resilient FREE food sharing network.

Cropsnotshops works for the earth care principles of land preservation, soil health, re-wilding, creating and aiding biodiversity for nature to thrive again, seeing themselves as guardians and protectors of wildlife and plant species, and also for the permaculture principles of people care

Chay will be talking about his philosophy, beliefs and especially his vision of taking back our power and a society that facilitates us to evolve and progress into the new but ancient ways of the spiritual life.

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We are honoured to have Chief Phil Lane Jr. contributing to our conference. Brother Phil is a member of the Ihanktonwan Dakota and Chickasaw Nation, a global leader in human, community, and economic development and is a recognized as a Hereditary Chief of the Hinhan Wicasa and Deloria Tiospayes of the Ihanktonwan Dakota,

A tireless activist, leader, wisdom teacher and now Elder, Chief Lane has worked with Indigenous Peoples around the world. He served as an Associate Professor at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, founded the Four Worlds International Institute, has been one of the key indigenous leaders in resolving the Residential School issue in Canada, whilst also being a water- human rights and anti-racism activist.

Phil Lane Jr has received countless awards and is the host of the Shift Network’s Global Indigenous Wisdom Summits.

Brother Phil will share his experiences as an indigenous activist with us and why we must unite in these transformational times.

John Perkins, Chief Economist, Shaman, New Your times Bestselling Author, Founder of Pachamama Alliance.

A rare opportunity to meet the legendary John Perkins, an author and activist whose 10 books on global intrigue and economics, shamanism, and transformation including Touching the Jaguar, Shapeshifting and the classic Confessions of an Economic Hit Man have been on the New York Times bestseller list for more than 70 weeks, sold over 2 million copies and are published in 37 languages. 

As chief economist at a major consulting firm, he advised the World Bank, United Nations, Fortune 500 corporations, US and other governments. 

John has been initiated as a shaman in Amazonian and Andean Indigenous cultures. He has lectured at Harvard, Oxford, and more than 50 other universities, as well as at economic forums and shamanic gatherings around the world. He is a founder and board member of the Pachamama Alliance and Dream Change, and received the Lennon/Ono Peace Prize.

John will be speaking about the current ecological & economical issue and how we can use indigenous ways to transform our fears into individual and collective action.

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We are so pleased to have Ben Bowler joining us. Ben is the Founder and Executive Director of UNITY EARTH, empowering worldwide solutions for unity, purpose and peace, creating a global platform that supports and empowers the many grassroots movements working towards unity and peace in the world.

Ben has a history of innovation in spiritual tourism, and global events dedicated to healing, uplifting, uniting and inspiring.  Through his platforms, such as World Weavers, 1GOD.com, World UNITY Week and Peace Week, Ben is dedicated to facilitating a greater unity and wholeness of the human family and all Life, the subject he will be speaking about.

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We are delighted to welcome Dr Shelley Ostroff to the Sacred Earth Activism conference.

Shelley is a planetary activist, leadership consultant, social architect, mystic, artist and writer. She is the founder of Together in Creation, 7 Days of Rest, Codes for a Healthy Earth, Co-initiator of the Global Alliance for a World Water Law and other initiatives dedicated to the healing and replenishment of the planet and all its inhabitants.

Over many years she has evolved, practised and taught a unique holistic and integrative approach to whole-system healing and her global initiatives and writings are dedicated to supporting the much-needed shift from systems that dominate and exploit Life for the privilege of a few, to systems designed to cultivate and regenerate Life for the benefit of all.

Shelley will, in conversation with Jonathan, explore ‘Water as the Medicine of our Time’, and introduce us to the Global Alliance for a World Water Law.

We warmly welcome Joshua Konkakoh, an honoured African elder, indigenous wisdom keeper and experienced social change movement builder. He is the founder of ‘Better World Cameroon’, the ‘Spirit of Ndanifor’ and the ‘Indigenous & Modern Project’.

Joshua, who now lives, due to the civil war in Cameroon, in exile in Portugal, is internationally best known as the visionary behind BWC, his Eco-village permaculture projects, based on indigenous knowledge, and the “Spirit of Ndanifor’, designed to be a youth-led, solution based Permaculture and Ecovillage Alliance on an international platform. 

It is beyond a short blurb to do justice to a person with a lifelong history as a change-maker within very difficult circumstances.  His own words describe best the experiences, knowledge and gems that Joshua Konkahoh will share with us:

“The world is really at a cross-road and I’m thrilled about this opportunity for change. I’m passionate about indigenous knowledge because it is the missing link. We old people are the living libraries of the Universe, we are the masters of how to live in harmony with this Earth. So my passion is to bring this regenerative thinking to the world.”

“To say I am passionate about love is an understatement. I don’t know any other power that can weld this new global community together. This is maybe the mystery that we need to research, what we have, but have lost the ability to use – this mystical power of life.”  Website: Indigenous and Modern

Come and meet the remarkable earth activist, Ian Bray, a Quaker, member of XR Christian Climate Action and co-founder of XR. In April 2019, Ian was one of seven people arrested for criminal damage to the Shell Building in London. The case made headlines because the jury acquitted the activists, against the legal advice of the judge. 

He told the court ‘I am much more afraid of climate change than I am of arrest or going to jail and, to use some Quaker terms, I hope I’ve lived adventurously enough to speak a small amount of truth to power and that my body has stopped the wheels turning just long enough for us to be here.’ 

Ian will, in conversation with Christa, explore questions of faith, spirituality & direct action. 

We are honoured to have Mumta Ito speaking to us. Mumta is the Founder and CEO of ‘Nature’s Rights’ an international organisation dedicated to transforming society through legal and moral recognition of the integrated rights of Nature as the fundamental basis of our human right to life.

A former top-ranking city lawyer, she is one of Europe’s leading experts and advocates for Rights of Nature and initiator of a European Citizens Initiative to put rights of Nature on the legislative agenda of the EU. 

Mumta will be talking about how our laws legitimize an economic paradigm that is coupled with the destruction of Nature, how Nature's rights would form the basis of a new paradigm in law based on love and compassion for all beings and valuing life through "right relationship" and how her spiritual life forms the basis of her incredible work. She sees law as a vehicle for societal healing and transformation through aligning it with the universal principles hat govern all life in sacred reciprocity.

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Christa is the Co-founder of Sacred Earth Activism. She is a psychologist, therapist, shamanic teacher, author, speaker and earth activist, seeing herself as a Modern Medicine Woman, following her calling.

She is the Founder of ‘Bridging the Worlds’, which trains therapeutic professionals in shamanic approaches and Co-founder of ‘Women Weaving Change - A training school for Modern Medicine Women’. Christa facilitates courses & workshops and speaks internationally focussing mainly on shamanism, consciousness and lately also on sacred earth activism.

Christa has written three books, combining the ancient shamanic with the modern therapeutic. The book ‘Shamanism and Spirituality in Therapeutic Practice’ broke new grounds and the bestselling ‘Shamanism: Awaken and Develop the Shamanic Force Within’ was translated in to seven languages.

She will talk about how following her soul’s calling, which has informed all of her work, has led to co-founding Sacred Earth Activism and outline the vision and work of Sacred Earth Activism in these transformational times.

Christa Mackinnon

Jonathan is the Co-founder of Sacred Earth Activism

He is an experienced spiritual teacher, ceremonialist and sacred activist. He has shared his work all around the UK, connecting people with the land through ceremony and sacred practice. Influenced by training contemporary shamanic practice and Druidry, Jonathan believes that healing our connection to the land, to the ancestors and to the sacred will be fundamental in bringing about the change needed in the world.

Jonathan has supported different movements and campaigns, holding ceremony and weaving spiritual practice into direct action, and has spoken at conferences and gatherings about the importance of sacred activism in our efforts for change.

Jonathan will outline the future vision of Sacred Earth Activism and invite you to contribute and get involved.

Jonathan Weekes

Following Jonathan’s outline of Sacred Earth Activism’s vision for the future, we explore how you can get involved in the working groups of Sacred Earth Activism and also set a date to take this further. So please stay with us if you want to get involved or just receive some more information

This will be followed by the Closing Ceremony