Event Calendar

2025 Calendar 

Registration for most paid events closes one week prior to start date.

Sep. 23^rd (Tues.) The Heart and Soul of Memoir Writing via Zoom $39. (registration info here) in collaboration with Chuckanut Writers/Village Books and Whatcom Community College
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pacific
This class focuses on the emotional, psychological, and spiritual aspects of memoir writing. Intended to be a very practical, hands-on guide to the process of memoir writing, students will have the opportunity to engage creative and nature-based ways to handle the inevitable inner landscape difficulties that arise as we delve into writing our stories.

Sep. 27^th (Sat.) Hike for Hunger Meet at Mandus Olson Parking Lot of the Grand Forest Hosted by Bainbridge Island North Kitsap Interfaith Council
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Pacific
Together, we'll help feed those who are hungry in our community and the world! Bring *cash or a check made out to Church World Service, and/or nonperishable food donations. (*Donations matched up to $20,000.) If you can't attend and still want to support the effort, please click here (or go to - https://events.crophungerwalk.org/crophungerwalks/team/hike-for-hunger). For more info about the gentle, mostly level forest walk, send an email to: tealarborstories@gmail.com

Sep. 29^th (Mon.) Web of Life Event: Reverence for Fire: Honoring Its Transformative Nature  St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Bainbridge Island Free Hosted by the Bainbridge Island North Kitsap Interfaith Climate Circle
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Pacific
Together, we'll explore the spirit of fire in restoring our climate-challenged world.


Sep. 30^th (Tues.) Writing the Season of Autumn via Zoom $39. (registration info here) in collaboration with Chuckanut Writers/Village Books and Whatcom Community College
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pacific
This class focuses on the season of autumn in the natural world and how we can draw from ecological wisdom for our own writing projects, regardless of genre. This will be a very practical, hands-on guide to the process of abiding in, gleaning lessons from, and applying the insights from time in the outdoors just outside our homes.

Oct. 6^th (Mon.) Compassionate Spiritual Ecology: A Virtual Gathering via Zoom Free (register to get access)
7:00 – 8:30 AM Pacific / 9:00 - 10:30 AM Central  Hosted by Jennifer Wilhoit (TEALarbor stories Spiritual Ecology Training Founder/Mentor) and Brooke Gilley (Naturalist, Spiritual Ecology Training Graduate, Forest Bathing Guide)
Come gather with us for ninety nourishing minutes every first Monday of the month for an exploration of Compassionate Spiritual Ecology. Together we will engage the many ways of embodying Spiritual Ecology values, practices, and rituals to enhance our everyday connections with the sacred in the Earthy wild within and outside of us. Please bring a journal, pens, and a sacred-to-you item to each gathering. 

Oct. 7^th (Wed.) Writing Through the Seasons: Autumn Blooded Reserve, Bainbridge Island registration closed
12:30 – 2:00 PM

Oct. 21^st (Wed.) Writing Through the Seasons: Autumn Blooded Reserve, Bainbridge Island registration closed
12:30 – 1:30 PM

Nov. 3^rd (Mon.) Compassionate Spiritual Ecology: A Virtual Gathering via Zoom Free (register to get access)
7:00 – 8:30 AM Pacific / 9:00 - 10:30 AM Central  Hosted by Jennifer Wilhoit (TEALarbor stories Spiritual Ecology Training Founder/Mentor) and Brooke Gilley (Naturalist, Spiritual Ecology Training Graduate, Forest Bathing Guide)
Come gather with us for ninety nourishing minutes every first Monday of the month for an exploration of Compassionate Spiritual Ecology. Together we will engage the many ways of embodying Spiritual Ecology values, practices, and rituals to enhance our everyday connections with the sacred in the Earthy wild within and outside of us. Please bring a journal, pens, and a sacred-to-you item to each gathering. 

Nov. 4^th (Wed.) Writing Through the Seasons: Autumn Blooded Reserve, Bainbridge Island registration closed
12:30 – 2:00 PM

Please note: we will not have our December Compassionate Spiritual Ecology Gathering. Join us next year, 2026! 

Online Courses
The following courses are "on-demand" (register and take the class at your own pace).

Compassionate Spiritual Ecology $150. More info here.
This foundational course provides an overview of spiritual ecology, with practices for compassionate engagement with the more-than-human world. This course is also one of the prerequisites for Spiritual Ecology Training. 

Growing Words of Compassion: Nature and Writing Practices to Love By $65. More info here.
Deepen your innate capacity and expression of tender compassion. 

Writing on the Landscape: The Book Experienced $50. More info here. 
Let the author guide you through her book, Writing on the Landscape: Essays and Practices to Write, Roam, Renew. 

Instructors' Guide to Writing on the Landscape $25. More info here. 
This instructional aid is for professors/facilitators using Writing on the Landscape in their curriculum/group work.