09/09/2026
Join us on 9/16 for this generative, hopeful event!
How can we remain resourced, connected, and purposeful amid ecological loss and political uncertainty? Join Jess Serrante and Stephen Posner, for an engaging event exploring how we experience this moment—and how attention, story, and community can sustain meaningful and creative action. Through discussion, collective sense-making and a guided community practice inspired by the work of Joanna Macy, participants will explore how to turn our attention toward the outcomes we want, without negating the dangers we face or bypassing into a naive kind of hope.
Jess Serrante is a ritualist, cultural regeneration facilitator, and leadership coach working at the intersection of grief, imagination, and how we come together to meet the challenges and the extraordinary regenerative potential of these times.
Stephen Posner, PhD, is a senior fellow for planetary health at the Garrison Institute, where his work aims to transform how we understand, value, and care for nature.
Wednesday, September 16 2026
12:30-2:00pm ET
Sugar Maple Ballroom
Davis Center, UVM
Register here: https://go.uvm.edu/power-up-seminar
Co-presented by the UVM Institute for Agroecology, Leadership for the Ecozoic, Gund Institute at UVM, Osher Center for Integrative Health, Office of Sustainability, and Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources.
