Spring EcoProphet Series (Webinar) with Ignatius Farm

Join us for a series of hour-long online evening sessions exploring the lives and work of influential ecological thinkers and practitioners, people whose prophetic vision and work show us ways to understand and care for the Earth. Each session introduces participants to one such prophet whose work has healed ecosystems, established organizations that address particular ecological threats, and resulted in positive change for people and the planet. Their work invites us to make practical and spiritual connections between humans, ecosystems, and all the beings on our planet.

Each session includes a short presentation on the featured person and their work, followed by guided reflection and group conversation about how their ideas and methods can be applied in our own contexts. There will also be a short quiet reflection period, offering space to pause, absorb, and consider how this work connects with our own values and commitments. We will close with brief takeaways and a farewell.
After each session, participants will have access to a collaborative resource portal and are invited to add additional resources that support continued learning.

Sessions are Pay-What-You-Want with a suggested price of $15.00 per session or $50.00 for the Spring 2026 program. Once you’ve registered, you’ll receive a Zoom link for each meeting by email.

March 12 — Wangari Maathai
Founder of the Green Belt Movement, she mobilized thousands of people to restore ecosystems through large-scale tree planting across Kenya, receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her contributions to sustainable development, democracy, and peace.

April 9 — Bill Mollison and David Holmgren
The co-originators of permaculture, they developed a design approach to sustainable agriculture and human settlement that draws on ecological principles and long-standing land-based knowledge, including Indigenous practices.

May 7 — Vandana Shiva
An Ontario-educated Indian scholar, her productive life has encompassed environmental activism and food sovereignty advocacy from an ecofeminist and anti-globalization perspective. Among her most celebrated accomplishments is making indigenous and heritage seed saving a global justice issue.

June 11 — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
His blend of science and mysticism once viewed with suspicion; is now widely seen as a vital and prophetic voice in conversations about sustainability and humanity’s relationship with the Earth. Teilhard’s writings influenced the development of integral ecology, the concept of the “Noosphere” — the planetary-level layer of human thought, culture, and technology that now wraps around the biosphere — and today’s growing recognition of the need for shared, long-term hope for our common future.