Description

Experience Deep Restoration with Nature

Held at the award-winning Wye Valley Sculpture Garden in the UK, the Winter Solstice Competency: Biophilic Conservation sits at the darkest point of the year. This immersive event supports the “Change Agent” in the low-energy season—helping you protect your energy, recover, and stay connected to purpose, without sliding into a slump.

9:30 – 13:00 In Person-In-Nature

You can choose this or any of its companion events individually or the whole programme. If you can’t make it this season not to worry, it’ll be back around next season. Why not Keep in Touch for this and other events.

Terms & Conditions:

Payment:  Include payment for each person attending.

Refunds: We want to be fair and upfront.  If for any reason this Event cannot go ahead on the date given at the time of booking we will reschedule or refund in full.  If our rescheduled date is unacceptable a 50% refund is available.  A full refund is available within 14 days after the purchase date unless the purchase date is 14 days before the Event start date; otherwise refunds are not available for any reason other than those given.

Safeguarding: The contents on this course are for educational purposes in Sustainability only and not as substitute professional or otherwise healthcare advice.

Event Highlights

• Type: Professional Education for Sustainability (EfS).
• Location: Location – Wye Valley Sculpture Garden, SE Wales (2018 Sustainable Venue Award winner). We encourage shared transport. Nearest train station is Chepstow then 69 bus, ask for Tintern Old Station request stop. Onsite parking available. Toilets onsite.
• Certification Path: Integrated with, but separate from, Carbon Literacy and Wellbeing for Organisations certification.

What You Will Gain

• The Six Key Techniques: Learn and practise: Permissioning, Concentration, Returning, Patience, Enjoying, and Letting Go—skills for slowing down and restoring during the low-energy months.
• Verified Knowledge: Clear, research-backed insight into how nature-friendly spaces can support wellbeing and better choices when low, informed by ongoing AoS Sensemaking research.
• Creative Incubation: Move from “Professional Exhaustion” to Subterranean Strength—building the inner reserves you need for the next growth cycle.

Why This Competency Matters

At the Winter Solstice, we don’t just learn about nature—we practise working more like nature. By matching our pace to the darkest, quietest point of the year, participants build Biophilic Conservation: a practical way to recover and avoid the drain that comes from running as if at “peak season” speed all year.

Take a Moment with the Key Techniques

Our Commitment to Transparency

• Measurable Outcomes: We utilise the Cynefin® SenseMaker® tool to track both quantitative and qualitative shifts in “Nature-Connectedness” during these specific solar peaks.
• Defined Terms: “Sustainable Being” is strictly defined as the practical Ontological Shift of a practitioner’s internal ecology; it is not a “net-zero” environmental claim.
• Full Lifecycle Awareness: We conduct a full assessment of the workshop’s environmental footprint, covering everything from digital hosting to venue sourcing.

Glossary of Terms

Term	Category	2026 CMA-Compliant Definition
Biophilic Abundance	Summer Solstice	A framework for high-intensity cognitive output supported by nature-based interaction at the solar peak.
Biophilic Stillness	Winter Solstice	An approach for neurological recovery and strategic reflection during the shortest days of the year.
Solstice Hinge	Framework	The practice of using the extreme points of the solar cycle to regulate professional pace and prevent depletion.
Restorative Productivity	Winter Solstice	The documented ability to generate internal growth and clarity during periods of low external activity.
Ontological Shift	Theory	The transition from an atomised “self” to a “Self” deeply woven into the living web; moving from viewing nature as a backdrop to an immersion.