Earth Church

EarthChurch understands ‘Church’ as a space that offers a sacred moment of reflection. In a world of militarised capitalism and hyperconsumption, alienation from self, community and nature has become the norm. This event invites attendees to reclaim worship as resistance, and experience the ‘third space’ that has been lost to many. This event is split into three sessions that focus on the ‘holy trinity’ of connection: connection to self, others, and **nature. **The day will begin with a tea meditation accompanied by poetry and the cello, a nourishing vegetarian communal lunch (optional), and close with a collective altar building accompanied by the yangqin, a Chinese hammered dulcimer. EarthChurch seeks to support moving past the trauma so commonly held in relation to religion, and reconnect instead to the divinity inherent to the natural world as a practice of resisting extractivism and depletion. Together, we hope to build capacity for the collective strength needed to continue the fight for liberation through re-nourishment, communal healing, joy and celebration.

Text by Marie-Therese Png, Imogen Malpas, Joycelyn Longdon