A Regenerative Training for Environmental Professionals
with Mark Coleman, Kristin Barker and Bonnie Duran

For environmental professionals carrying the weight of environmental destruction, we invite you on a six-month journey to meet the ecological crisis from a place of steadiness, balance, and resilience rather than depletion and burnout. This program weaves Buddhist wisdom, nature-based practices, and a community of peers to nourish and support you through these difficult times while strengthening the impact of your leadership.

The earth has always known how to renew itself. So can you.

Environmental work asks everything of the people who do it. You hold the science, the policy, the deadlines, the overwhelm, the grief. What often gets left out of the equation is the human doing the work—you.

Leading with Mindfulness & Wisdom is a training designed to put your humanity back at the center of your work. Over six months, this hybrid program weaves together three complementary streams: Buddhist wisdom and mindfulness practices, community building, and a unifying regenerative arc that connects inner renewal with outer impact.

When the moment is urgent, we turn to what is timeless.

What Makes This Program Special: Three streams. One regenerative arc.

• A Field for Renewal: Burnout, overwhelm, and ecological grief are not signs that you’re doing the work wrong—they are the cost of caring deeply in a time of unraveling. This program offers contemplative practices as the foundation for clear, grounded, values-aligned leadership that can last. Just as ecosystems do not simply sustain themselves but continuously renew and evolve, you are invited to cultivate that same regenerative capacity within.
• Wisdom from the Living World: We pair inner practice with insights from nature itself: how living systems adapt, collaborate, and regenerate. Through facilitated retreats, you’ll be supported to bring lessons from your personal practice and the natural world directly to the challenges you face in your organization and community.
• A Community of Environmental Leaders: You’ll move through this 6-month program alongside a cohort of environmental leaders and professionals who share your values, your struggles, and your commitment—building relationships rooted in shared practice and mutual accountability that can sustain you well beyond the program.

How the Program Works

• 2 Five-Night Retreats: Immersive, in-person retreats at Mount Madonna Center (California) & the Garrison Institute (New York) offering deep renewal, contemplative practice, and community.
• Monthly Online Sessions: Live online gatherings offering guided practice, community connection, and Q&A with faculty and guest teachers to help you integrate the teachings into your life.
• Practice Support & Resources: Curated readings, podcasts, videos, and reflection prompts to deepen the journey between gatherings.
• Optional Peer Groups: Participant-organized spaces for shared inquiry, mutual support, and integration of practice into daily life.