Eco-Chaplaincy Courses
NEW: CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: OFFERED ONLINE – SEMESTER TWO ENROLMENTS ARE NOW OPEN FOR A MAY-JULY PRESENTATION OF LEVELS ONE AND TWO, WHICH BOTH INCORPORATE AND EXPAND ON THE MATERIALS ON ECO-ANXIETY, CLIMATE-DISTRESS AND ECOLOGICAL-GRIEF.
For this coming Semester, the Course is being offered on a Scholarship.
PLEASE EMAIL JULIE TO INQUIRE, AND TO REQUEST AN ENROLMENT & SCHOLARSHIP FORM: infogreenchaplains@gmail.com
Green Chaplains 1 is the entry level to Green Eco-Chaplaincy, and is the first of 3 stages. It includes the full skill-set for Green Chaplains at Stage 1 level.
The Level 1 Training covers Skills, Theory, Practice and Experience, and consists of 6 Core Units and 2 Electives. It is taught online over 1 semester of ten weeks, and takes 3 to 4 hours per week.
The Topics deal with the Green Eco-Chaplain subjects of Mediation and Education, and move on to explore Ecological Awareness; Ecosphere Thinking; Earth Systems Science; Modes of Awareness toward the Nondual: Perception and Being in Nature; Contemplative Practices; Eco-Anxiety, Climate-Grief and Eco-Distress.
The cost for this course is intentionally very low to enable access to those of you who feel you have a vocation for this work. After you have submitted your enrolment form, an interview will be arranged. At present the course is being offered on a Scholarship basis.
In the current offering of a two-level course from May to July, Level 1 will be followed by Level 2 in a 3-month Semester. The prerequisite for Level 2 is the completion of Level 1. Dates for both levels will be advised upon enrolment.
