Workshop 1, May 18
Climate Forum Follow-on Workshop which orients participants toward the inner work that sustainable collaboration requires.
This workshop locates the climate crisis within a deeper crisis of separation from the land, from one another, and from ourselves. This framing orients participants toward the inner work that sustainable collaboration requires. Participants will take away:
A deeper Understanding of Self-Authorship as the Foundation of Collaboration - Naming the traps that emerge in collaborative spaces.
Move from Transactional to Transformational Contact - Sustainable collaboration is made possible not by avoiding activation, but by catching the moment it arises in the body and speaking from that place.
Build the Collective Scaffolding for Collaboration - Practicing these capacities contributes to the scaffolding the broader movement depends on. Newcomers land more gently in communities where mutual aid, trust, and reciprocity are modelled from the inside out.
Adopt Presence Over Performance - To practice non-purposivity, the session closes with a circle where participants share what is true in the moment.
Facilitator Bio
Michael McAmmond has spent three decades in leadership roles across technology, organizational development, and relational practice. He facilitates Circling, meditation, and transformational group experiences, with formal training through Circling Europe and the Integral Circling School. His approach sits at the intersection of non-dual philosophy, developmental psychology, and embodied presence. Michael is as comfortable in a boardroom as he is in a circle, and brings the same quality of grounded attention to both. He leads with a Zulu proverb top of mind: Ubuntu — I am because we are.
The Climate Paradigm team would like to extend a warm invitation to attend a free public workshop series following the 2026 Greater Victoria Climate Forum.
a free public workshop series following the 2026 Greater Victoria Climate Forum.
The Greater Victoria Climate Forum was event hosted on April 30th, 2026 at theDock Center for Social Impact which gathered leaders from 60 unique organizations for an evening of heart-centered discussion and workshops centered around Cultivating Collaborative Organizational Ecosystems within the 'climate community'.
The intention of the follow-on workshop series is to create an opportunity for the general public to connect, while increasing the potential for new collaboration to take shape. Please check out the follow-on Workshop Registration Page and sign up for individual sessions.
Note! The workshops are centered around collaboration, embodiment, and economics. If you do not work in sustainability / climate / environment - Please know that this is still a space designed for you.
Follow on Workshop Schedule
May 18, From Self to We - Navigating the Inner Landscape of Climate Collaboration
May 25, Turning Climate Map Data into Real Community Projects
May 28, Forming a Cohesive Narrative of Community Collaboration
June 02, Misalignment Mapping - How Money Both Helps and Hinders our Movements
June 04, Creative Expression - An Embodied Exploration of Collaboration
Date and Location TBC, Facing it Together - Grief and Community Resilience in Perilous Times
A few housekeeping notes for the workshops:
• Bring a refillable water bottle and a notebook.
• Workshops will begin 15 minutes after doors open.
• All workshops will be taking place at theDock - Center for Social Impact at 722 Cormorant Street.
• Please bring an open heart and an open mind.
If you have any questions or would like to connect anytime for any reason, feel free to reach out to nick@climateparadigm.ca.
