January 2026 EcoSpiritual Calendar

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 January as we get additional information, and a new calendar listing will come out in late January 2026. Don't be intimidated by the scope of this list; choose to participate in just what calls to you.

January 5, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. PST - Steve Farrell and Charissa Sims of Humanity's Team are offering a kick-off to Sacred Beginnings 21-Day Challenge. Be a part of this community gathering and opportunity to reconnect with your Higher Self, Divine guidance, and everyday sacredness.

January 6 - February 24, 2026, from 4-5:30 p.m. PST - Spiritual Paths Institutes is offering their InterSpiritual Meditation (ISM) Course, A Holistic 7-Step Meditation Practice (8-Weekly Tuesday sessions via Zoom). More information and registration here.

January 7 - January 28, 2026 - Earth Literacies is offering a program of Poetry, Science and the Cosmic Imagination with facilitator Judith Keller, on four Wednesdays: January 7, 14, 21 & 28th, 2026 at 4 p.m. PST. Their sessions will resonate with Thomas Berry’s call for a new story, one that integrates ... Read More 

January 8, 2026, 4 p.m. PST - Faith in Place's monthly call: State of the Climate 2026 will feature Dr. Steve Vavrus, State Climatologist of Wisconsin, and Senior Scientist at UW—Madison’s Division of Extension and the Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research. He is an expert on Wisconsin climatology, extreme weather, global climate change, and Arctic climate. Register here.

January 10, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. PST - Citizens' Climate Lobby Southern Oregon is meeting at Pony Espresso, 175 Lithia Way, Ashland, OR. Brett Cease will debut CCL's new Building Relationships in Dialogue, Growth, and Engagement program. To learn more, download the CCL Action Sheet by clicking "Get the Action Sheet.", click here

January 11, 2026, at 12:30 p.m. PST - U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley is hosting his 619th open Town Hall since first being elected to the United States Senate, at Ashland High School Gymnasium,201 S Mountain Ave, Ashland, OR 97520

January 12, 2026, at 9:30-11 a.m. PST - SOCAN Climate Coordination members will meet online with Erin O’Kelley Muckhas acting as Facilitator and Kathy Conway as Scribe. Here's the Zoom Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6509798112

January 13 - March 24, 2026, at 4-5:30 p.m. PST - Deeptime Network is offering a course on eleven Tuesdays: Activating Cosmogenetic Experience with Brian Swimme, Carolyn Cooke, Ezekiel Fugate, Jennifer Morgan, and a team of responders: Orla Hazra, Kyle Herman, Ann Amberg, Sarbmeet Kanwal, and Stephan Martin. More information here.

"We are in the Next Major Transformation of Consciousness, one that has many names; for our course, we identify the emerging consciousness as "planetary," "noospheric," and "cosmogenetic."

January 14, 2026, from 4-5:30 p.m. PST - The American Teilhard Association is presenting Dr. Robert Nicastro on Zoom to consider Teilhard’s response to this question: What if the terror we feel about artificial intelligence is not paranoia but prophecy? Drawing on Teilhard’s evolutionary mysticism and biblical theology, this presentation reframes our deepest fears about AI and technological disruption as evolution becoming conscious of itself through our awareness. You can register here.

January 15, 2026. at 9 a.m. PST - The Environmental Voter Project is having a panel on organizing older climate voters. This will be a short data briefing on their latest report: Gray is the New Green: The Growing Strength of Older Climate Voters, followed by a conversation with four expert panelists who will discuss their extensive experience organizing older climate activists. Register here.

January 15, 2026 - February 12, 2026, three Thursdays at 4 p.m. PST - Creation Spirituality Communities is offering a three-week course - ReImagine: Self & Worldview with Theodore Richards. The first two courses have five sessions. Participation in the third course is contingent on completing the first two and involves collaborative, network-building, project-based work with mutual support.

Registration here.

January 17, 2026 - Despite the cut of Federal support in 2025, PBS says it is doubling down on its work in 2026, and the PBS News team will debut two new television and podcast programs for its weekend audiences.:

• Horizons, premiering January 17, will focus on science, health, and technology, hosted by PBS NewsHour correspondent William Brangham.

• Compass Points, premiering January 18, will focus on foreign affairs, hosted by PBS NewsHour foreign affairs and defense correspondent Nick Schifrin.

"Alongside Washington Week with The Atlantic on Fridays, these programs allow us to further serve our growing audiences with deep, nuanced conversations to help shed light on the most critical issues of the day."

January 19-23, 2026 - Bloomberg House in Davos, Switzerland, is a hub where global leaders connect against the backdrop of the World Economic Forum. More information here.

January 22, 2026, from 6-7 p.m. PST - Rogue Climate! is having its Legislative Session Launch webinar online. Learn about important bills coming up in the 2026 Oregon legislative session and take action.

January 23-24, 2026 - Humanity's Team is having a two-day Planetary Citizen Summit. Visionary leaders like Gregg Braden, Neale Donald Walsch, Suzanne Giesemann, and more invite us to reclaim our agency and take action that is rooted in unity consciousness. Register here.

January 24, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. PST - The Work that Reconnects is presenting a webinar: Falling in Love with the Future: A Time Traveller’s Guide to Changing the World with Rob Hopkins and Kathleen Rude. "What would the world look like if we all got to work imagining—and then building—a world we were deeply in love with? What would our activism in the Great Turning look like if we truly believed we could inhabit the future we actually long for?" More information and registration here.

January 26, 2026 - Sounds True is offering The Spirituality of Internal Family Systems with IFS Founder Richard C. Schwartz, PhD. In this inspiring new program, the creator of IFS explores the spiritual and energetic dimensions of Self and its relationship to helpful nonphysical guides, shamanic and psychedelic methods, healing multi-generational and societal burdens, and much more. More information and registration here.

January 27, 2026 - Third Act Faith will have a conversation about Indigenous voices and perspectives concerning spirituality, Earth care, eco-justice, and interreligious dialogue. The guest speaker will be Rev. Dr. Randy Woodley, a scholar and activist, and founder, with his wife, of Eloheh Indigenous Center for Earth Justice and Eloheh Farm & Seeds in Oregon.

January 27, 2026, at 4 p.m. PST - Elders Climate Action is having their Monthly National Call & Action Party at 5 p.m.: How Mobilizing Voters Can Make a Difference in 2026 with Nathaniel Stinnett from the Environmental Voter Project. Register now here to receive a link to join the session or to receive a recording following the National Call.

January 27, 2026, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. PST - SOCAN is having its General Meeting at the Medford Public Library, 205 South Central, Medford, OR. This will be a community screening of Youth v. Gov, a powerful documentary following a group of young Americans who take the U.S. government to court over its failure to protect their constitutional right to a livable future. The film offers an inside look at youth-led climate litigation, civic courage, and the growing role of the courts in addressing the climate crisis. A timely reminder that civic engagement doesn’t stop at the ballot box—and that young people are helping reshape what accountability looks like.

February 2, 2026 – July 2026:The BTS Center is offering a series of Chaplaincy Conversation Circles in 12 sessions over 6 months on: Being Chaplains in a Climate-Changed World. "The multi-faceted work of spiritual care is increasingly buffeted by the effects of climate change. In response," Applications are open until January 16th. More information here.

February 3, 2026, from 4-5:30 PST - Center for Christogenesis is offering a webinar How Christianity Got Jesus Wrong with Reggie Williams. "Throughout history, shifting social, political, and economic circumstances have brought new interests and anxieties to the surface, shaping the questions each era brings to the story of Jesus." More information and registration here.

February 3, 2026 - The American Teilhard Association will be hosting its Annual Members’ Meeting 2026. The topic for our discussion that evening is To See as Teilhard Sees. Before gathering in Breakout Rooms, they will listen to a few of our members who will share with us their answers to questions that we will be posing. After time in the Breakout Rooms, they will open the floor to a general discussion and sharing from members. You can register here

February 3, 2026, from 10 a.m. to noon - Earth Literacies is offering a four-week program, Thomas Berry: Spiritual Master of the Emerging Ecozoic Age, on Tuesdays, February 3 – 24, with Sister Kathleen Deignan. More information and registration here.

February 5, 2026 - Convergence is offering Leading with Spirit: Six Initiations into Soul-Grounded Leadership, a new 6-week online course co-taught with Dr. Margaret (Meg) Wheatley and Rev. Cameron Trimble. The course will make reference to Wheatley's 2010 book Perseverance.

February 10, 2026, at 11 a.m. PST - Garrison Institute is having a virtual forum: A Conversation Exploring the Living Earth Community, with Garrison Institute cofounder Jonathan F.P. Rose and Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker, cofounder of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology, that helped create the Living Earth Community.

March 16, 2026, at 11 a.m. PST - IFTF is presenting Fast Futures: Foresight for Beginners - a fast-paced, 90-minute, online learning experience taught live by Jane McGonigal about signals and drivers of change. $99

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