Ecological Grief Studio
Join us for an evening of reflection and art-making to process the grief of living in a hurting world.
Ecological Grief Studio
Many of us are carrying grief we haven’t fully named: grief for disappearing species, polluted water, uncertain futures, and the feeling that the world is changing faster than we can process.
We created the Ecological Grief Studio to allow ourselves to honestly feel what it means to live in relationship with a hurting world.
Through guided reflection, creative expression, ritual, and community witnessing, we will move from numbness toward connection, presence, and meaningful action.
Logistics
Date:
Monday, June 22
Time:
6pm MT
Location:
Virtual
Price:
We offer this gathering on a sliding scale in the spirit of accessibility, mutual care, and community support.
$20 — Sustaining Rate
The true cost of attendance. Choosing this rate helps sustain the space and fairly compensate the facilitators.
$30 — Community Supporter Rate
For those with greater financial flexibility who would like to help make this gathering accessible for others in the community.
*If this price still represents a financial hardship, please contact us to discuss options.
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Who this is for
Together, we will create space to honestly feel what it means to live in relationship with a hurting world—not to fix everything in a single evening, but to move from numbness toward presence, connection, and meaningful participation in the communities and ecosystems we are part of.
This gathering is designed to help participants reconnect not only with grief, but with tenderness, creativity, responsibility, and the possibility of living differently in a time of ecological and social rupture.
The Ecological Grief Studio will include:
- grounding & nervous system regulation exercises
- guided reflection and facilitated conversation
- an ecological grief framework exploring the relationship between grief, disconnection, community, and collective action
- open creative processing time (writing, drawing, painting, movement, collage, poetry, etc.)
- community witnessing & optional group sharing
- reflection on community-based care, resilience, and local action
- a closing ritual & integration practice
What to expect
The Ecological Grief Studio will include:
- grounding exercises
- guided reflection
- ecological grief framework
- open time for art-making (write, draw, paint, dance)
- community sharing
- closing ritual
About the Facilitators
Lexie Banks
Lexie Banks is a storyteller, death doula, grief worker, and artist from Astoria, Oregon, USA currently living in Antigua, Guatemala. Her work explores the intersection of grief, ritual, creativity, and what it means to remain emotionally alive in a rapidly changing world.
Through writing, community gatherings, grief studios, and one-on-one support, Lexie helps people process loss, reconnect with themselves, and create meaning through life’s transitions. Her approach blends reflection, artistic expression, community care, and honest conversation around the realities many people are carrying but rarely given space to name. Her work is deeply rooted in the belief that grief is not something to “fix,” but something to witness, honor, and move through in community.
Joaquin Carboni
Joaquin Carboni is an environmental activist, sailor, musician, and community organizer originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina. After spending several years sailing and traveling around the world, his work became increasingly focused on the relationship between ecological collapse, human disconnection, and the need for community-based resilience and care.
He is the creator of Compañía Simbionte, an ecological activism initiative rooted in environmental awareness, storytelling, and collective action. His work began with a documentary about the fire on Volcán de Agua in Antigua, Guatemala, which has since been presented internationally and helped spark conversations around ecological responsibility, local resilience, and community care. Through his work, Joaquin encourages people to reconnect not only with the natural world, but with one another.