Grace Burford, Ph.D., brings to our workshop a lifetime of experience in Deep Ecology. In this approach to learning about ecological relationships, we integrate personal and scientific perspectives to deepen our human connections with the natural world and each other. Grace’s experience of Deep Ecology is enriched by her lifelong engagement with traditional Buddhist teachings and practices. She has this in common with Joanna Macy, who first developed the four-stage Spiral Journey model of practicing Deep Ecology in the 1980s. Since Grace met Joanna and participated in some of Joanna’s early workshops and facilitator trainings, she has led Deep Ecology community gatherings and has applied the Spiral Journey structure in her college and university courses. Grace sees this work as mutually beneficial for all beings in the interdependent web of life. She is delighted to share this healing experience with the Prescott community she has been part of for over 25 years.

Carol Russell is a Prescott artist, architect, and facilitator. Having lived in Prescott for 43 years, she is steeped in the natural environment of Prescott. Her work as a painter, sculptor and architect has been informed by the land, the changing light, rain and drought, and the rich and varied community of life around us. Unsettled by the devastating global crises we are facing along with the increasing division between people, Carol has focused on creating opportunities for connection, mutual understanding, and resilience through workshops. She completed the Facilitation Training with the Work That Reconnects Network in 2021.