From Eco-Grief to Building Community

On June 17-18, 2026, NSEN will host Let’s Talk Eco-Anxiety, a two-part virtual event featuring expert guest speakers in the following topics:

1. Eco-grief

2. Podcasting as a form of self-expression

Registration forms for each event are provided below.

Let’s Talk Eco-Anxiety is a two-day event that promotes discussions and a community to talk about eco-anxiety and methods to process it. Between Clinical Therapist, Ivan Drouin, who will discuss what eco-grief is and the normalcy of experiencing it. while encouraging others to share their stories. Followed by (TITLE), Sheena, who will share her method of expression, podcasting, to discuss eco-anxiety, (more to come when we hear from sheena). Listeners will learn valuable information, gain a community, and advice to take with them along their journey through the climate crisis. TO BE EDITED

Day 1: From Eco-Grief to Building Community

In a world where global warming and multiple crises have an impact on our general mental health, how can we move from eco-grief to having meaningful conversations and build community?

The Warm Data Lab proposes a framework for engaging in such conversations. Rooted in storytelling and systems theory, it is based on the principle that human beings are an intrinsic part of land, nature and planet. The Warm Data Lab and its on-line version of People Need People were developed by the International Bateson Institute and Nora Bateson, who continued the work of her father, the anthropologist and systems theorist Gregory Bateson.

In this workshop, Clinical Therapist, Ivan Drouin will lead a presentation and break out rooms where we will be invited to share stories and discuss the contexts of our ever-changing world.

Day 2:

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