The Revillaging Winter Gathering

Join us for an informative and interactive gathering to explore the big questions, complexities, and overlapping intersections in sustainability that surround the vision-matrix of The Revillaging Project

THE DEETS

DATE: Saturday 29 July 2023

TIME: 10am- 3pm

LOCATION: The Revillaging Project, 182 Browns Road Boneo

PRICE: $20 Adults / $8 Children (includes lunch) 

LITTLE HUMANS: Attendees are encouraged to come without children as this is a beautiful opportunity for self love, to be present and connect with community. However as a family centered project we wish to support caregivers who cannot leave their children behind, so we have a limited number of spaces for children in the Children's Village from 1030am-12 during the talk. Parents are encouraged to bring their children only if alternate childcare is not possible. 

GEAR: The event is rain or shine and will take place half indoors (10am-noon) and the other half outdoors. Remember your gumboots and rain gear!

EVENT DESCRIPTION

The Revillaging Project’s seasonal sustainability gatherings are an opportunity to come together in community to experience the overlapping limbs of The Revillaging Project in action which include:

• Full-Spectrum Human Wellness
• Indigenous Wisdom
• Regenerative Agriculture
• Landcare
• Early Childhood alternate pathways

Honoring this Winter Season (and the extreme output and rapid growth since this project’s formation just over 1 year ago) we have decided to change up our Seasonal Sustainability Festival Format for this Winter.

What to Expect

930am: Doors open. Welcome tea served. BYO cup.

10am: Acknowledgment of Country and brief embodiment “warm up”

10:30-12 (90 min) Panel Discussion- How do we create a sustainable future that supports thriving life? Join Revillaging Co-founder Josh Melnick in conversation with key collaborators in each of the major pillars of the project. Through open-ended conversation, we will land the vision and intention of The Revillaging Project, while raising the big questions, complexities, and overlapping intersections in sustainability and impact that define this project.

12-1:00pm: Catered Lunch & Fireside Yarn. Warm up with a bowl of Ayurvedic, vegetarian food by the fire pit and bring your questions for our panelists. In an effort to be a waste free event, please BYO bowl, cup and spoon. These will not be available so don't forget.

1-4pm: Embodiment Stream: Here’s where we get out of our heads and into our bodies, grounding the theory of the morning session in our hands and hearts while working off our lunch. Participants will have a choice to join us in 1 or 2 of the following afternoon activity streams

• 1-2PM Vision Crafting with Carol Liknaitdsky: Join in felting craft and to continue the discussion. Move your hands and open your heart to the possibilities In the Children’s Village, as together we will create felted bangles, choosing colours that speak to our hearts at the present moment and adding slivers of shiny silk to highlight the light we have experienced at the Winter festival. Gentle movement and music, sharings and song are invited to move through our space together.
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• 1-2PM Movement and Dance: mini workshop with Howard Wilkinson that will leave your feeling joyous and grounded. Play with direction and connection to others, and how we communicate ideas and inspiration. All ages welcome.
  
• 1-3PM Farm Planting: Join Ramana and Josh on the farm as we plant a native windbreak together.
• 3-4PM Breathwork & Yin Yoga: We come together as a group to close the day. Rebalance the nervous system and drop in to a deep restorative practice with Narelle and Tarlina.

Lunch is included. Please BYO Bowl and spoon

* PLESAE NOTE: this is an intimate gathering with limited spaces. 

The Winter Gathering is not-for-profit. Tickets are offered to cover some of the associated food and travel costs of our speakers. No one turned away for lack of funds. Please reach out if you need additional support. 

About: The Revillaging Project is an independent initiative. We don’t have staff, and are not yet an organization, nor are we funded by grants or otherwise. We are quite simply a family moving forward as quickly and passionately as we feel this urgent time requires. 

Our plan is to continue to call in values aligned co-creators and community to enable new pathways forward. To collaborate. To walk in authenticity. And to improvise, as necessary. 

We’re working to create a sustainable, abundant space that supports You, our family and all the co-creators who work together on this land, for this land.

Thank you for your support. Thank you for walking on this journey with us. 

Let’s build a hopeful future together. 

ABOUT THE COLLABORATORS / FACILITATORS

Lionel Lauch

Lionel Lauch is a Gunditjmara Kirrae Wurrung-Bundjalung man, residing on Boon Wurrung Country on the Mornington Peninsula. The Peninsula has been home to Lionel since he was 6 years old, here he was drawn to exploring the land and natural environment developing a deep connection and understanding of Country. Lionel now runs Living Culture, a not-for-profit organization based on the Mornington Peninsula, providing Cultural, Environmental, Educational and Holistic Healing programs to schools, organizations and the general public.

Carol Liknaitzky

Carol Liknaitzky is an educator, development consultant, and creative artist with a background in child development and child rights. She co-founded the first Steiner teacher training college in South Africa in 1985, as well as founded a Steiner school in Johannesburg. Known as a “teacher of teachers,” she has taught at Victoria University, and led the Nourishing Early Childhood Course at the Steiner Seminar in Melbourne and the Course for Early Childhood Educators in Albert Park. Carol’s passionate concern is that all children should be given appropriate care and nourishment of body, soul and spirit so that they can become resilient and courageous in the face of their future challenges.

Glen Brooks-Macmillan

Glen Brooks-Macmillan is currently a programs manager for the Western Port Biosphere Reserve Foundation and landcare facilitator with the Southern Ranges Environment Alliance. Glenn spends considerable time voluntarily & professionally working with local communities in the NRM area including Landcare, conservation, and sustainability groups. He holds leadership roles and regularly organises and co-ordinates forums, field days and discussion groups to help the community better understand the impacts of climate change and ways to mitigate any risks identified.  Glen has been successful in delivering on-ground works through Government programs, including Bush Tender, Soil Carbon, Carbon Abatement, Environment Restoration and Land Stewardship programs. Project management is a key skill for Glenn with successful delivery of a number of large, State & Federal Government programs. Glenn is a qualified Electrical & Computing Automation Engineer with further post graduate studies in Maintenance Engineering Management and Natural Resource Management. He has completed a Diploma in Conservation & Land management at Swinburne University and conducts greenhouse gas and carbon abatement auditing and water management advice services for farming communities. If he’s not delivering projects with community, then he is off managing and enhancing his families conservation covenanted properties throughout Victoria.

Uma Neave

Uma Neave has been passionately sharing Yoga for more than 15 years. Specialising in Non-Dual Philosophy, Shakta Mythology and Transformational Breathwork, her unique Trainings & Courses bridge the ancient with the modern, jumpstarting powerful self enquiry and Spiritual evolution.

Ramana Dean

Ramana Dean is an educator and Biodynamic Farmer with a passion for sustainability. He works as a Design and Technology teacher at Sophia Mundi Steiner school in Melbourne and has worked as a Steiner Early childhood and Class teacher. Ramana is also the co-founder of Infinity Regenerative Farm, a regenerative community market garden - the at the Revillaging Project. "Biologically Dynamic farming and gardening are passions of mine and, after working on farms in the Otway Ranges and on a family farm on the Morning Peninsula, I have always had a desire to work on a farm. I am looking forward to building a community of like-minded gardeners and nature lovers through share farming and regular workshops." Ramana lives in Melbourne with his partner and four children.

Howard Wilkinson

Howard Wilkinson Is an artist and educator specializing in Creative Dance, inspired by the transformative qualities of music and movement and its inclusion in educational settings. Since 2016 he has presented an early childhood ‘Music and Movement’ unit as part of Victoria University’s Bachelor of Education. He also has run dance and yoga workshops at the Kianh Foundation school for children with special needs in Hoi An Vietnam. He currently works in special needs schools, teaching movement to children of all ages.

Narelle Melnick 

Narelle Melnick is the co-founder of The Revillaging Project and the founder of Sagemamma. Narelle has a background in yoga, meditation and Ayurveda. She is a post natal Doula specializing in innate wisdom for maternal well-being from womb to tomb.

Josh Melnick

Josh Melnick is the co-founder of The Revillaging Project, along with his wife Narelle. Josh‘s background is as a visual artist, photographer and commercial filmmaker. With a passion for all things meditation and personal development, Josh’s current mission is to create a vibrant hub that inspires, serves, and educates the Mornington Peninsula community towards a regenerative future on a personal family and planetary level.