August 2025 EcoSpiritual Calendar

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Here's a list of some upcoming online and Rogue Valley in-person eco-spiritual activities that may interest you. Check back, as this post will be updated during August as we get additional information, and a new calendar listing will come out in late August 2025. Don't be intimidated by the scope of this list; choose to participate in just what calls to you.

August 7, 2025, at 3 p.m. PDT - The Climate Reality Project is having a webinar: Your Climate-Friendly Wallet, where you will learn if your bank or retirement fund supports the planet or harms it. In this climate finance webinar, CRP will help you make sure your money matches your climate values. This hands-on workshop will walk through how to move your money to climate-friendly banks and institutions, offer tools and tips to help you check the impact of your financial choices, and discuss the role of pension funds, insurers, and banks in shaping the future. Register here.

August 14, 2025, at 3 p.m. PDT - The Climate Reality Project is having a webinar: Financing Climate Solutions. Learn the basics of financial carbon footprint, hear case studies of successful climate projects and what made them successful, and discover available tools. Register here.

August 15, 2026, at 10 a.m. PDT - ProSocial World is presenting The Science of Imagined Worlds: Evolution and Ecology for World Builders. Join David Sloan Wilson in conversation with Carlo Maley and Vaughn Aktipis-Maley as they explore how evolutionary science can inspire deeper, more internally consistent worldbuilding. Register here.

Based on their recent publication Evolution and Ecology for World Builders, this episode blends fantasy storytelling with real-world biology to ask: What makes a creature believable? What makes a society work? And what can fiction teach us about cooperation in reality?

August 20, 2025, at Noon PDT - Pachamama Alliance is presenting Resilience and Possibility in These Times with Rev. Cameron Trimble, a writer, spiritual leader, and serial entrepreneur who supports faith communities in adapting to a rapidly changing world. Register here.

August 21, 2025, at 2 p.m. PT - Third Act’s Sun Day Messaging & Media training. This virtual training builds on our recent July event—Sharing Your Story in the Public Square—and will focus on how to talk to the press and the public about your Sun Day activities. Registrations are limited—sign up today to secure your spot!

August 21, 2025, at 3 p.m. PDT - The Climate Reality Project is having its final climate finance training of the season: Smart Investments in a Changing Climate. Climate Reality Staff will show you how to make smarter and more ethical financial choices that align with climate goals. Register here.

August 23, 2025 - Sustaining Climate Activists provides monthly gatherings with social time, resilience tool education, and sharing. We will meet at the Talent Public Library. Contact Ken for details. Facilitated by Maud Powell and Ken Deveney.

August 26, 2025 - ProSocial Action Lab Groups from around the world will come together to learn, research, play, and practice their collaborative skills. More information here.

August 26, 2025, at 6 p.m. PDT - SOCAN meets monthly in person at the Medford Public Library with speakers on topics related to climate change. These meetings are free and open to the public. This month Dr. Chris Adlam, Regional Fire Specialist, Oregon State University Extension Service, will talk about Southern Oregon Wildfire Risk: The Climate Connection.

August 28, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. PT - Center for Christogenesis is presenting a webinar with Robert Nicastro: The Art of Becoming Fearless. This webinar invites us to resist that gravitational pull by reclaiming the prophetic imagination and Teilhard de Chardin’s vision of relational holism. Register Here.

August 28-31, 2025 - The annual Wild Goose Festival is being held in Harmony, NC. "Every person is created to be an active participant in the infinite, life-generating, constantly evolving, and cosmic process of creation. At the festival, we value and promote co-creation and interactivity at every possible level." All Wild Goose Festival videos may be found on the Wild Goose YouTube Channel. Click here for more information.

September 1, 2025 - The annual ecumenical celebration of Creation Day. This tradition was initiated by the Orthodox Church in 1989 and later embraced by other bodies such as the World Council of Churches in 2008 and the Catholic Church in 2015. The theme for 2025 is Seeds of Peace and Hope.

September 4, 2025 - Becoming ProSocial: Building Trust and Collaboration in our Groups and Networks. More information here.

September 2025 to June 2026 - The Center for Wild Spirituality is now making plans for their Seminary of the Wild Earth program (their foundational, year-long, eco-spirituality certificate) and their Vocational Eco-Spirituality certificate (specializing in Eco-Spiritual Direction or as a Wild Guide). Click here to join the waitlist for their 2025 cohort.

September 22, 2025 – September 12, 2026  -  The Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) offers an online course Essentials of Engaged Contemplation, featuring: Brian McLaren, James Finley, Richard Rohr, Dr. Barbara Holmes, Carmen Acevedo Butcher, Randy Woodley, and more. Cost: $2,100, $1,575, or $1,050. More information and registration are available here.

September 24, 2025, 6 a.m.–2 p.m. PDT  - The New York Times flagship live event, Climate Forward, will feature a full day of interviews with world leaders, executives, activists, and lawmakers about our rapidly warming planet. You can apply to attend in person or register to be notified about the livestream here.

September 20-30, 2025  - Faith in Place's Annual Environment & Spirituality Summit will feature Keynote Speaker Robin Wall Kimmerer. Session 1 will be with Rev. Dr. Randy Woodley (a virtual session exploring the interwoven paths of Indigenous wisdom, faith, and Earth justice); Session 2 with Dr. Carolyn Finney (storyteller, author cultural geographer) who is passionate about interrogating our past and dreaming of a future that is liberatory, just, and green, and Session 3 is with Lyanda Lynn Haupt. (award-winning author, naturalist, and ecophilosopher). Register here.

October 16, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. - Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. (PT) - Tripp Fuller will produce Theology Beer Camp online. "Theology Beer Camp is a unique three-day conference that brings together of theology nerds and craft beer for a blend of intellectual engagement, community building, and fun. Organized by Homebrewed Christianity, this event features a lineup of well-known podcasters, scholars, and theology enthusiasts who come together to "nerd out" on theological topics while enjoying loads of fun activities."

October 24-26, 2025 - The Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) is holding its annual fall conference, ReVision: What Do We Do With Christianity?, in person in New Mexico and online. More information and registration are available here.

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