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2 and 2X: Eco-Mentor Activist (Self-Empowerment Activities; Eco-Relational Living)


37 Lessons

All Levels

Stoke Your Passion for Eco-Relational Living and Mentoring!

The activities in this course offering are designed to support you in cultivating an eco-relational lifestyle. Use them to Identify your interests and nurture your talents in the realm of eco-relational living. Be the eco-learner and Eco-Mentor you were born to be! ACTIVITIES IN PART 2 INCLUDE: • Mother Earth’s Resume • Giving Nature a Voice • Are You Eco-Phobic? • Are You the Earth’s C



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About This Course

Learning Objectives
  • Become aware of the inner relationships that govern the well-being of your personal ecology (your body, mind, emotions, and spirit) and the relationships that govern the well-being of the planetary ecology that you're an integral part of.
  • Be inspired to create a more eco-relational mindset and lifestyle.
  • Use your understanding of eco-relational living to encourage eco-relational awareness in others whose health and well-being you care about.
2 and 2X: Eco-Mentor Activist (Self-Empowerment Activities; Eco-Relational Living) Details
37 Lessons
Level: All
Estimated Time To Complete
Course Description

The activities in this course offering are designed to support you in cultivating an eco-relational lifestyle. Use them to Identify your interests and nurture your talents in the realm of eco-relational living. Be the eco-learner and Eco-Mentor you were born to be! ACTIVITIES IN PART 2 INCLUDE: • Mother Earth’s Resume • Giving Nature a Voice • Are You Eco-Phobic? • Are You the Earth’s Caretaker, or its Conqueror? • Healing Our Relationship with Nature Is a Decision • Do You Need to Re-Possess Your Biophilia? • Sensing Nature with Your Eyes Wide Shut • Exploring the Earth as a Role Model for How to Live • What Elephants Know about Living in Ecological Harmony That We Have Forgotten • The Sacred Give-Away • Celebrating the Feminine, the Masculine, and All of Life’s Diversity • Exploring the Male and Female Qualities that Set Us Apart • Diversity Is Whom You Represent, and It Isn’t Meant to Cause You Pain • Exploring the 8 Multiple Intelligences • What is Eco-Intelligence, and How Does It Inspire Us to Live Whole? • Is Your Brain as Diverse as the Earth’s Ecosystem? • So, Do You Want to Become an Ecopsychologist? • Do You Have a Poetic Perception of the Planet? • Creating Nature-Inspired Sculptures • Embracing Mother Nature's Seasonal Wisdom ACTIVITIES IN PART 2X INCLUDE: • The Nature of Reality and the Reality of Nature • Forming a Sacred Partnership with the Earth in the 21st Century • Connecting with and Giving Back to the Land • How is Your Lifestyle a Relationship? • Earth Walk, Earth Talk • Are You Crowding Out the World with Cell Phones? • Are You Frying Your Brain with a Cell Phone? • Sleeping with the Enemy Known as EMF and Radiation • Does a Wireless World Connect Us to a Looming Disaster? • What Racehorses Are Teaching Us about the Hazards of Wi-Fi • Are You Anxious, Depressed, or Deprived of Nature? • Getting Rooted in Earth’s Electromagnetic Energy

Instructors

  • Candia Lea Cole

    Candia Lea Cole, the founder of Eco-Learning Legacies, is known by her peers within the holistic health community as the eco-intelligent lifestyle mentor. She creates educational tools that support individuals, families, and wellness educators to learn (and teach) about the why and the how of creating a clean, green lifestyle that nourishes wellness in body, mind, heart, and soul, as well as the earth and all living things. Candia's experience with environmental illness while growing up led her to awaken her innate eco-intelligence and to embark on a path of self-learning and self-healing. Her inspirational books, teaching infographics, video cooking classes, lifestyle podcasts, and her Eco-Mentor Leadership Trainings, all of which reflect her passion and compassion, have invited praise from many global change-agents.

Course Outline

It's Time to Walk the Path of Eco-Relational Living


2 INTRODUCTION TO SIDE DISHES


0: Side Dishes for Whole Living & Learning


2 SELF-EMPOWERMENT ACTIVITIES


2 OVERVIEW (Self-Empowerment Activities)


2_01: Mother Earth’s Resume

Mother Earth’s Resume – Write a resume for Earth. Include detailed accomplishments that have persisted throughout the course of history. Consider man’s inhumanity to be a recent occurrence. In this activity, speak for the Earth as you feel it speaks to you.


2_02: Giving Nature a Voice

Giving Nature a Voice – Give a voice to a select part of nature, whether it be plants, animals, or ecosystems. Allowing the “ecos” to speak, this activity will allow you to gain an awareness of what is alive and exchanging energy just like ourselves.


2_03: Are You Eco-Phobic?

Are You Eco-Phobic? – Explore the fears and phobias that may arise in your mind because of a lack of harmony between your body and Earth. How do natural catastrophes and diseases affect people and the planet? Do you see these events as warning signs or messages from Earth? Learn how valuable calming and healing the mindset connected to eco-phobia can be with this activity.


2_04: Are You the Earth’s Caretaker or Its Conqueror?

Are You the Earth’s Caretaker, or its Conqueror? Explore your worldviews relating to politics, religion, and science. Through this activity you will be able to determine whether you rely on a masculine or feminine belief system when concerning Earth. Discover the two dualisms of humanity that include the male and female energies which are necessary for harmony and balance. How might you work with the opposite sex to create positive change?


2_05: Healing Nature is a Decision

Healing Our Relationship with Nature Is a Decision – How do you visualize your role when it comes to taking responsibility for healing your relationship with nature? Imagine your power to negotiate peace and healing for Earth and yourself with guidance from this activity.


2_06: Do You Need to Re-Possess Your Biophilia?

Do You Need to Re-Possess Your Biophilia? – Biophilia is an inherent love for all living things that some researchers have concluded is wired into our biology. However, spending too much time indoors preoccupied with technology, our biophilia is suppressed. This activity presents methods for treating a lost connection with nature to regain your appreciation of this world.


2_07: Sensing Nature with Your Eyes Wide Shut

Sensing Nature with Your Eyes Wide Shut – You can have a relationship with nature solely based on your kinesthetic senses. Through this activity, put your senses to the test by connecting with the natural world to increase the feelings of security, belonging, and aliveness.


2_08: Exploring the Earth as a Role Model for How to Live

Exploring the Earth as a Role Model for How to Live – Earth presents itself as a perfect role model for living with its ability to process and adapt to nature's changing cycles. Write about a childhood experience of nature in which you found a companion and role model that gave you permission to explore your connection to the environment.


2_09: What Elephants Know about Living in Ecological Harmony that Humans Have Forgotten

What Elephants Know about Living in Ecological Harmony That We Have Forgotten – Think like an elephant in this activity to learn about the original consciousness that allows the sense of being a part of an ecological whole. Additionally, consider the separation underlining the theme of good and evil throughout history. Has this division enabled people to become unconscious of their connection to the greater whole?




2_10: The Sacred Give-Away (Explore Wisdom for "Giving Back" to the Earth what You Take From It)

The Sacred Give-Away – What will you give to Mother Earth? Traditionally, Native American cultures have a ritual called the Sacred Give-away. It serves as a gesture or offering made to the Earth to display respect and thanksgiving. Reflect on the ritual in this activity.




2_11: Celebrating The Feminine, The Masculine, and All of Life's Diversity

Celebrating the Feminine, the Masculine, and All of Life’s Diversity – Each of us are born with a male and female counterpart that contributes to our balance. This harmony offers us perceptions that may have the power to heal the broken relationship with the world. However, masculine, and feminine energies typically are at odds with one another, meaning we are either at odds with energies inside of us, or energies within another person or sex. This activity answers why and explains how we can heal cultural misperceptions about gender.




2_11+: Exploring the Male and Female Qualities that Set Us Apart

Exploring the Male and Female Qualities that Set Us Apart – Our generation is busy trying to prove that women can do everything men can do. But just because they can do many things that men can do doesn’t mean they need to disown their feminine qualities. In this activity, you will answer 21+ questions that help you to see the male and female energy that you identify most with, and get a sense of why embracing (rather than disowning) your feminine energy is important to your health and well-being and the well-being of the world.


2_ 11++: Diversity Is Whom You Represent, and It Isn’t Meant to Cause You Pain

Diversity Is Whom You Represent, and It Isn’t Meant to Cause Pain–Our diversity encourages us to recognize and respect “ways of being” that are not necessarily our own. In this activity, you will explore why diversity is important. You will also learn about the shadow side of diversity, which is the result of people disagreeing with or misunderstanding the choices of others. You’ll also get insights into why the LGBTQ is facing ongoing discrimination, and why a growing number of young people are choosing (and later regretting) gender reassignment.


2_12: Exploring the Eight Multiple Intelligences That Support Diverse Learning and Living

Exploring the Eight Multiple Intelligences that Support Diverse Learning and Living – Harvard Professor Howard Gardner devised a formula to categorize intelligence into eight different sectors. His conclusions helped learners of all ages to make an acquaintance with the different pathways open for connection with one's head, heart, and physical body. In this activity, learn which of the eight intelligences you identify with the most and how they can help you survive and thrive.




2_13:What is Eco-Intelligence? (How Does It Inspire us to Live Whole?)

What is Eco-Intelligence and How Does It Inspire Us to Live Whole? – What do you define as the philosophical meaning of eco-intelligence? Round your response around the material this activity offers about the life force animating your body, mind, emotions, and spirit. This is the same life force that is working in harmony with all forces of nature to allow you a spiritual experience of life.


2_14: Is Your Brain as Diverse as the Earth's Eco-System?

Is Your Brain as Diverse as the Earth’s Ecosystem? – The brain is a complex biological organism, much like the rainforest. Our brains are thought to be just as diverse as the ecosystem. For this reason, we should celebrate differences instead of medicalizing them. In this activity, you are encouraged to recognize how your brain maintains functional capacities apart from any other brain in existence.


2_15: So, Do You Want to Become an Eco-Psychologist?

So, Do You Want to Become an Ecopsychologist? – Learn about the career goals of an ecopsychologist and understand the way in which nurturing your relationship with Mother Nature promotes wellness. Most modern psychological therapies are insufficient treatment because they are rooted in a disconnect from nature. This activity teaches that by integrating organic psychology into our lives, we address the underlying causes of our suffering to heal.




2_16: Do You Have a Poetic Perception of the Planet?

Do You Have a Poetic Perception of the Planet? With our thoughts and actions, we can either harm or heal the Earth. What is your perception of the Earth you live on? Do you see it as a dead rock floating through space, or is it a living organism in which you participate? Use this activity to describe how Earth takes on a living, poetic, presence.


2_17: Creating Nature Inspired Sculptures

Creating Nature-Inspired Sculptures – There is an art exhibit where 30 individuals from around the world utilized natural objects from their landscape to create intricately crafted design installations and sculptures. What materials might you find in the natural world to create art with this activity?


2_18: Embracing Mother Nature's Seasonal Wisdom

Embracing Mother Nature’s Seasonal Wisdom–Every season holds a special significance in our lives; they play a vital role in influencing our emotional temperament. If we deny our connection to nature, we deny our connection to ourselves. This activity invites you to become attuned to the seasons and check in with yourself about how you feel at certain times of the year. You’ll develop clarity about the spiritual significance of each season and be encouraged to embrace the wisdom that Mother Nature shares with you that supports you in creating a balanced life.




2X SELF-EMPOWERMENT ACTIVITIES


2X OVERVIEW (Self-Empowerment Activities)


2X_01: The Nature of Reality and the Reality of Nature

The Nature of Reality and the Reality of Nature – Explore the nature of your reality by connecting with your feelings on life's mystery. Is your relationship with life scientific or spiritual? Maybe both?




2X_02: Forming a Sacred Partnership with the Earth

Forming a Sacred Partnership with the Earth in the 21st Century – What do you think it means to experience a sacred partnership with Earth? Dive into ways that a successful partnership with Earth relies on cooperation, trust, and equality. In this activity, build your understanding of the similarities between human relationships and nature.




2X_03: Connecting with, and Giving Back to the Land

Connecting with and Giving Back to the Land – You maintain a connection to land; therefore, it is up to you to determine when it is wise to develop on land versus conserving it. This activity depicts the real value of land by defining how it offers to help you find a sense of belonging.




2X_04: How is Your Lifestyle a Relationship?

How is Your Lifestyle a Relationship? – The relationships you have with yourself, others, and the world are mirrors of your lifestyle. Consider how positive lifestyle changes could enhance a desire to develop a healthier relationship with Earth.


2X_05: Earth Walk, Earth Talk

Earth Walk, Earth Talk – Consult with your head and heart to better understand how the mental and emotional connections you have with Earth shape your perceptions of life and influence your behaviors in this activity.


2X_06: Are You Crowding Out the World with Your Cell Phone?

Are You Crowding Out the World with Cell Phones – What kind of society are we developing? Do you think it is odd that we find ourselves connecting over the phone even when we are surrounded by other people? What kind of impact does this have? Answer these questions and more about the world inside of our cell phones in this activity.


2X_07: Are You Frying Your Brain with a Cell Phone?

Are You Frying Your Brain with a Cell Phone? – Your cell phone has the potential to interfere with your brain, body, and energy systems through the emission of radiation. With the supplied material, do further research on the health threat that our phones pose.


2X_08: Sleeping with Enemy: EMF

Sleeping with the Enemy Known as EMF – EMF stands for low-intensity electromagnetic fields. These are emitted by sources including electronic computers, TV sets, and clock radios. This activity arms you with guidelines for reducing your risk of brain tumors and other cancers that these devices that the US Environmental Protection Agency has labeled as Class B Carcinogens because of their adverse health effects.


2X_09: Does a Wireless World Connect us to a Looming Disaster?

Does a Wireless World Connect Us to a Looming Disaster? Symptoms of EHS- Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity Syndrome- can be related to one's exposure to wireless Internet. This activity shares how you can increase your overall health by keeping your immune system strong through the removal of toxic metals, maintaining a healthy diet, and getting plenty of rest.


2X_10: What Racehorses Are Teaching Us about the Hazards of Wi-Fi

What Downed Racehorses Are Teaching Us About the Hazards of Wi-Fi Radiation Exposure –Ever wonder if Wi-Fi radiation is really all that bad for your health? Just ask a dead horse. In this activity, you will read an article written by the head of an organization that studies the impact of radiation on health. You’ll learn the stories of several racehorses that have died because of being fitted with cell phones. You’ll do some additional research to learn about how cell towers and Wi-Fi are harming the health of other creatures.


2X_11: Are You Anxious, Depressed, or Experiencing Nature-Deficit?

Are You Anxious, Depressed, or Experiencing Nature-Deficit? Did you know that your brain is hardwired from an evolutionary standpoint to experience health, creativity, and productivity when it’s interacting with the natural world? Our early ancestors instinctively knew this was true. In today’s modern world, however, many people forget the importance of interacting with nature to cultivate their sense of health, belonging, and happiness.


2X_12: Earthly Attraction: Getting Rooted in the Earth’s Electromagnetic Energy

Earthly Attraction: Getting Rooted in Earth’s Electromagnetic Energy – You’ll gain an understanding of how the Earth’s electromagnetic energy grid is vitally essential to your well-being in this activity. Reflect on your exchange of energy with the Earth that keeps you healthy.


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