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"An unexpectedly beautiful and life affirming film"

Jim Griffin. Journalist

"Important. Brilliantly done. Necessary. A crucial story at a crucial time."

Dr Christine Gibson, MD

"When viewed with an open heart, this film has the potential to change one's life" 

Deb Ozarko, Author 

Living in the Time of Dying
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Living in The Time of Dying is an unflinching look at what it means to be living in the midst of climate catastrophe and finding purpose and meaning within it.

Recognising the magnitude of the climate crisis we are facing, independent filmmaker Michael Shaw, sells his house to travel around the world looking for answers. Pretty soon we begin to see how deep the predicament goes along with the systems and ways of thinking that brought us here. 

It becomes clear that climate change is going to ruin our way of life but this then opens up a whole new set of questions: How did we get here? How do we choose to live and what actions make sense at this time? The people interviewed in the documentary, all highly regarded and well known spokespeople on the issue, argue it's too late to stop catastrophic climate change but in no way too late to regain a renewed life giving relationship with our world.



 
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INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS
Online work meeting
SUPPORTGROUP
This is  a support group, where our intention is to be with our feelings about the climate / societal situation. Feelings about our predicament  are still largely being denied and so,  in our regular conversations, they can be very hard to contact or share. This can leave us both unmet and disconnected. Yet, these same feelings, expressed in the  safety of community can bring us together. Sharing our grief and honest responses in this way  is both healing personally and also helps us to play a stronger role in our communities.
 
We are offering monthly online support groups to build a solid community of like minded people.  A group of people  brave enough to lead the way in meeting the crises we are facing and so to be able to hold space for others. 

Upcoming Events

  • Grief Ritual for the Equinox
    Grief Ritual for the Equinox
    Multiple Dates
    Sat, 21 Sept
    Zoom
    21 Sept 2024, 10:00 am – 11:30 am AEST
    Zoom
    Grieving together in community can be regenerative and life giving. We gather to mark the many personal and ecosphere losses we are facing at this time.
  • Closed Climate / Collapse Support Group
    Closed Climate / Collapse Support Group
    Sat, 07 Sept
    Zoom
    07 Sept 2024, 10:00 am – 11:30 am AEST
    Zoom
    Being a part of a likeminded community where you can express and explore feelings and meaning making in these times has never been more important. This support group is an open, safe space to do that.
  • Climate / Collapse Support Group
    Climate / Collapse Support Group
    Multiple Dates
    Sat, 03 Aug
    Zoom
    03 Aug 2024, 10:00 am – 11:30 am AEST
    Zoom
    Being a part of a likeminded community where you can express and explore feelings and meaning making in these times has never been more important. This support group is an open, safe space to do that.
  • Collapse Aware Sharing Group
    Collapse Aware Sharing Group
    Sat, 02 Mar
    Online Group
    02 Mar 2024, 10:00 am – 11:30 am AEDT
    Online Group
    A closed sharing group to explore our responses to collapse and meeting the times we’re in with an open heart. 6 sessions fortnightly for 3 months.
  • Climate / Collapse Support Group - Europe Time Zone
    Climate / Collapse Support Group - Europe Time Zone
    Sun, 04 Feb
    Zoom
    04 Feb 2024, 9:00 am – 10:30 am GMT
    Zoom
    Sunday morning (UK Time Zone). Numbers are strictly limited and booking is essential. So many of the feelings we are having are more shared than most realise. This online support group is a place to express these and to feel held in a community.
  • Climate / Collapse Support Group
    Climate / Collapse Support Group
    Sat, 03 Feb
    Zoom
    03 Feb 2024, 10:00 am – 11:30 am AEDT
    Zoom
    Being a part of a likeminded community where you can express and explore feelings and meaning making in these times has never been more important. This support group is an open, safe space to do that.
  • Grief Ritual
    Grief Ritual
    Multiple Dates
    Sat, 16 Dec
    Zoom
    16 Dec 2023, 10:00 am – 11:30 am AEDT
    Zoom
    A monthly practice for meeting the many personal and ecosphere losses. In the spirit of ceremony, with a deep regard for safety, we open to the regenerative and life giving capacity of grief. Attendance price $20 AUD for those in hardship please pay what you can afford or attend at no charge.
  • Climate / Collapse Support Group - Europe Time Zone
    Climate / Collapse Support Group - Europe Time Zone
    Sun, 10 Dec
    Zoom
    10 Dec 2023, 9:00 am – 10:30 am GMT
    Zoom
    Sunday morning (UK Time Zone). Numbers are strictly limited and booking is essential. So many of the feelings we are having are more shared than most realise. This online support group is a place to express these and to feel held in a community.
  • Climate / Collapse Support Group
    Climate / Collapse Support Group
    Multiple Dates
    Sat, 02 Dec
    Zoom
    02 Dec 2023, 10:00 am – 11:30 am AEDT
    Zoom
    Being a part of a likeminded community where you can express and explore feelings and meaning making in these times has never been more important. This support group is an open, safe space to do that.
  • Climate / Collapse Support Group - Europe Time Zone
    Climate / Collapse Support Group - Europe Time Zone
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, 05 Nov
    Zoom
    05 Nov 2023, 9:00 am – 10:30 am GMT
    Zoom
    Sunday morning (UK Time Zone). Numbers are strictly limited and booking is essential. So many of the feelings we are having are more shared than most realise. This online support group is a place to express these and to feel held in a community.
  • Grief Ritual
    Grief Ritual
    Multiple Dates
    Sat, 16 Sept
    Zoom
    16 Sept 2023, 10:00 am – 11:30 am AEST
    Zoom
    A monthly practice for meeting the many personal and ecosphere losses. In the spirit of ceremony, with a deep regard for safety, we open to the regenerative and life giving capacity of grief. Attendance price $20 AUD for those in hardship please pay what you can afford or attend at no charge.
  • Climate / Collapse Support Group - Europe Time Zone
    Climate / Collapse Support Group - Europe Time Zone
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, 03 Sept
    Zoom
    03 Sept 2023, 9:00 am – 10:30 am GMT+1
    Zoom
    Sunday morning (UK Time Zone). Numbers are strictly limited and booking is essential. So many of the feelings we are having are more shared than most realise. This online support group is a place to express these and to feel held in a community.
  • Climate / Collapse Support Group
    Climate / Collapse Support Group
    Multiple Dates
    Sat, 02 Sept
    Zoom
    02 Sept 2023, 10:00 am – 11:30 am AEST
    Zoom
    Being a part of a likeminded community where you can express and explore feelings and meaning making in these times has never been more important. This support group is an open, safe space to do that.
  • Grief Ritual - European Time Zone
    Grief Ritual - European Time Zone
    Sun, 04 June
    Zoom
    04 June 2023, 9:00 am – 10:30 am GMT+1
    Zoom
    A monthly practice for meeting the many personal and ecosphere losses. In the spirit of ceremony, with a deep regard for safety, we open to the regenerative and life giving capacity of grief. Attendance price $20 AUD for those in hardship please pay what you can afford or attend at no charge.
  • Grief Ritual
    Grief Ritual
    Sat, 03 June
    Zoom
    03 June 2023, 10:00 am – 11:30 am AEST
    Zoom
    A monthly practice for meeting the many personal and ecosphere losses. In the spirit of ceremony, with a deep regard for safety, we open to the regenerative and life giving capacity of grief. Attendance price $20 AUD for those in hardship please pay what you can afford or attend at no charge.
  • Climate / Collapse Support Group - New Europe Time Zone
    Climate / Collapse Support Group - New Europe Time Zone
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, 07 May
    Zoom
    07 May 2023, 9:00 am – 10:30 am GMT+1
    Zoom
    Sunday morning (UK Time Zone). Numbers are strictly limited and booking is essential. So many of the feelings we are having are more shared than most realise. This online support group is a place to express these and to feel held in a community.
  • Climate / Collapse Support Group
    Climate / Collapse Support Group
    Multiple Dates
    Sat, 06 May
    Zoom
    06 May 2023, 10:00 am – 11:30 am AEST
    Zoom
    Being a part of a likeminded community where you can express and explore feelings and meaning making in these times has never been more important. This support group is an open, safe space to do just that.
  • Mid month Climate / Collapse Support Group
    Mid month Climate / Collapse Support Group
    Multiple Dates
    Sat, 15 Apr
    Zoom
    15 Apr 2023, 10:00 am – 11:30 am AEST
    Zoom
    We're now added a second monthly meeting in the Australian / USA time zone to accomodate more people that wish to attend. These meetings are a way to freely explore our responses and reactions to our shared ecological predicament.
Grief Ritual for the Equinox
Grief Ritual for the Equinox
Multiple Dates
21 Sept 2024, 10:00 am AEST
Zoom

COLLAPSE COUNSELLING

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 I am a firm believer in the necessity  of meeting in communities to be with the many faces of grief in these times. Yet, as a trained  trauma therapist, I also have a real understanding of the value and importance  of working one on one.

Some may need the space to feel into what it is they  want to give at this time. We all have our own unique gifts to offer,  and landing in a sense of purpose as we move forward  is so important. Others may need to give themselves the time and space  to  untangle old wounds and create a more resilient nervous system. In this way  we can recover our vitality, even in the midst of all we are seeing, and  become more available to life and  others.  Being able to respond with even a little more strength and kindness in times of heightened threat is a gift to all those we have contact with. 

So, it isn't necessary that someone seeing me in this way has to work  only with  climate issues.  I understand there's many griefs and wounds  to work through. There is though a shared understanding of the reality of the global backdrop we are living in and  that mutual recognition can be its own medicine regardless of the topic. 

My costs are on a sliding scale according to income. If you are so called, please email me in the link below and we can set up a session. 

Warmly
Michael Shaw
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We are at a critical, grief filled, junction in human history and this message it too important not to share.  Your support will help us to continue to offer our interviews and support groups free of charge to people who are awake to this issue and looking for a community to share with. 

Any support you can offer is gratefully received. Larger funders are warmly invited to contact me regarding finance of the next documentary....more info for funding, distribution and media

Thank you!
Michael Shaw
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