Make an Inner Difference.
This highly interactive 6-week course will support you to:
• Strengthen the inner skills necessary for impactful, sustainable action.
• Understand the current state of our planet and the role you want to play in making a difference.
• See the world through new eyes and feel connected to yourself, others, and the planet.
• Work skillfully with climate anxiety, and worrisome thoughts.
• Collaborate with like-minded people.
• Listen to nature’s wisdom and what she has to teach us.
• Take systemic action together.
• Learn evidence-informed, mindfulness-based practices and other holistic methods that can lead to a shift in consciousness and agency.
Why might I take this course?
Shift to a Greener Mindset.
• The intention of this course is to offer a transformational process for a mindset shift leading to long-term and systemic thinking and acting, fostering a transition towards more green and fair societies.
• This course is open to anyone who is drawn to meeting like-minded people, worries about the state of our planet, and wants to turn feelings of helplessness into agency and action through mindfulness- and compassion-based practices
The curriculum emphasizes the power of small changes to influence larger systems and invites you to deepen your connection with yourself, others, and the natural world. By the end of the course, you’ll be equipped with practical tools and renewed purpose to design a personal or collective initiative that contributes to a more sustainable future.
Learn more about the Inner Green Deal Journey regarding eco-anxiety in this video with Liane Stephan (co-founder and co-director of Inner Green Deal).
Course overview:
Week 1 | Sept 27, 2025: Getting Started and The Awake Mind
Week 2 | Oct 3, 2025: The Intelligence of Emotions
Week 3 | Oct 10, 2025: My Calling & Contribution
Week 4 | Oct 17, 2025: Self-efficacy and Systems Thinking
Week 5 | Oct 24, 2025: Collaboration to Solve Complex Problems
Week 6 | Nov 1, 2025: Action and Integration
Your instructors:
Mirjam Luthe, MA
Shannon Jordan, MA
This Mindful Sustainability class is provided at UCI-SSIHI, California, in partnership with UC San Diego Centers for Integrative Health.