Earth Cafe

Earth Cafes

The Earth Cafe is a peer support arena to cultivate a Regenerative human presence on Earth.

A Regenerative Culture practices ecoresilience, decolonises, learns from Indigenous wisdoms and stewards a thriving planet for all, through the deep adaptation of human systems.

Regeneration puts LIFE at the centre of every act and every decision, ***Degeneration is stealing the future, Regeneration is healing the future.***

In this cafe we practise empathic listening to our hearts pains and desires, to share our feelings about the climate emergency, ecological degradation, disaster recovery, political and social unrest, to support each other to feel, vision and make space for the Regenerative world that is calling to be borne. When feelings are felt and released, deeper wisdom can be contacted, active hope is cultivated and the regeneration is catalysed!

"Times are urgent, we must slow down" ~ Bayo Akomolafe: Emergence Network~

"Climate [and Earth] emotions conversations ARE a political act" ~Margaret Klein Salamon: Climate Awakening~

"This is a dark time, filled with suffering and uncertainty. Like living cells in a larger body, it is natural that we feel the trauma of our world. So don’t be afraid of the anguish you feel, or the anger or fear, because these responses arise from the depth of your caring and the truth of your interconnectedness with all beings...

Out of this darkness a new world can arise, from our dreams." ~Joanna Macy: The Work that Reconnects~

Facilitators

Aurora Gyorffy

Aurora is passionate about cultivating Regenerative Cultures. “Regenerative human cultures are healthy, resilient and adaptable it cares for the planet and it cares for life in the awareness that this is the most effective way to create a thriving future for all of humanity.” - Daniel Christian Wahl, Designing Regenerative Cultures. Aurora facilitates spaces that cultivate connective relationships with our deep core selves, community and country, so that we can design with all life. Aurora is completing her Masters in Psychotherapy and a has a Bachelors in Environmental Engineering. She also brings experience from Renewable Energy Engineering, ecopsychology education, sustainability leadership, Non-Violent Communication, Possibility Coaching and conflict transformation. Her main focus is to nurture active hope and design within local communities, toward an environmentally regenerative, socially just, economically circular and fulfilling human presence with the planet.
Email : BeRegenPro@gmail.com

Melinda Knudsen

Melinda Knudsen began her journey with Nonviolent Communication (NVC) in London in 2016 with Daren De Witt and has since learned from trainers she deeply admires, including Jeff Brown, Kathleen Macferran, Kirsten Kristensen, Gina Lawrie, Miki Kashtan, and Liv Larsson. She has completed 18 formal NVC courses, many of them residential retreats, and has enjoyed collaborating with the Danish Association of NVC (LIVKOM).

Through her business, Empathy Catalyst, Melinda shares her love of NVC with individuals and groups. She offers empathy sessions, communication coaching, workshops, and multi-day courses, both online and in person — including walk-and-talk sessions in Byron Shire and South Australia. Her work supports people to move beyond patterns of people-pleasing, self-criticism, or conflict, towards authentic self-expression and more supportive relationships.

For Melinda, NVC is not just something she teaches but a lifelong path of learning and unlearning that she integrates into her daily life.

Email: empathycatalyst@gmail.com