coming probably soonish

Long Talks in the Woods was a speaker and discussion series from the start of 2020 through the end of 2021. Long Talks in the Woods has been a generative hive, a place for learning, a place for enskillment, a place where people can come to understand current issues in new ways and consider how they would like to engage. It is a capacity building space for enacting change.

In 2020, we envisioned this as a set of diverse conversations through which we could explore topics of interest and relevance to us as individuals and community members. We held five sessions in person before the pandemic changed the way we socialize and gather with others, and we got used to having our conversations on Zoom, with many folks watching through our YouTube channel as well. While we never anticipated digital communications technology to be as large a part of the conversations as they have become, we are grateful for the discussions, shared learning, and ideas we could consider with other folks online. The topics of interest that we started with soon evolved into themes of well-being, justice, climate action, and how to participate meaningfully so that our local communities and practices are part of the broader economic, ecological, and social transformations required of societies around the world.
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In 2021, we were more focused in our conversations as the themes that emerged from the previous year guided our discussions. We began by discussing theories of change, which included discussions of narratives of change, governance, political engagement or disengagement, ways of knowing, clarifying our motivations for change and our roles, and seeing solidarity in the diversity of approaches to change.

We took a break in 2022 through 2025 as we dove into our respective projects, and now we are reassessing what might become of future Long Talks in the Woods. Stay tuned.