BOOK TO ATTEND
To book a place, either book online or print the booking form and return it to Confer by post.
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Please note - this link takes you to a secure partner website where your booking will be processed.
Please note - this link takes you to a secure partner website where your booking will be processed.
SCHEDULE
FRIDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 18.30 to 22.30
SATURDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 09.00 to 23.00
SUNDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 09.00 to 16.15
VENUE
The Eden Project
The Core, Eden Project, Boldeva, Cornwall, PL24 2SG
Sponsored by The British Holistic Medical Association.
www.edenproject.com
The Core, Eden Project, Boldeva, Cornwall, PL24 2SG
Sponsored by The British Holistic Medical Association.
www.edenproject.com
DIRECTIONS AND MAP
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Train fares of £48.50 return Paddington to St Austell can be booked in advance at www.nationalrail.co.uk or www.thetrainline.com. Coaches will be provided to collect and return participants from both St Austell and Fowey 45 minutes before the beginning of each day, and at the end of each day. Details will be provided nearer the time. Eden recommends www.biotravel.co.uk - a Biodiesel taxi fleet
Car share
If you are willing to share your journey you might try www.carsharecornwall.com to look for a suitable match or add your own journey.
Bike Raffle If you come by public transport, you will be eligible to enter our raffle to win a bike of your choice worth up to £150
Car share
If you are willing to share your journey you might try www.carsharecornwall.com to look for a suitable match or add your own journey.
Bike Raffle If you come by public transport, you will be eligible to enter our raffle to win a bike of your choice worth up to £150
ACCOMMODATION
There is plenty of self-catering accommodation in the area. Try and book in Fowey, Par, St Blasey or St Austell to be nearby and to take advantage of our pick up service. Want to share? Please email info@confer.uk.com and we will circulate your details to others interested.
Places to stay:
Accommodation website
Places to stay:
Accommodation website
PROGRAMME DETAILS
FEES
BMHA members
Transition Town members
Self-funded
Organisationally-funded
- £250
Transition Town members
- £150
Self-funded
- £275
Organisationally-funded
- £500
FEES INCLUDE
Conference fees include entry to the conference and all areas of the Eden Project, all refreshments apart from lunches, which can be bought at various cafes within Eden.
INVOICING
If your place is being funded by an organisation and you wish to request an invoice, please email the contact details of the person who is handling your payment to bookings@confer.uk.com
CPD HOURS 10
Certificates of Attendance will be provided at each event.
BOOKING CONDITIONS
A 50% refund will be given if you cancel in writing before 10 August 2009. After then, regrettably, no refunds can be given in any circumstances. If you find you cannot attend you may pass on your ticket to another person if you give us 24 notice of their name. A place at the whole conference cannot be shared. You agree to pay the organisational rate if your place is being funded for you by an organisation. Confer reserves the right to alter the programme if a speaker cancels.
Confer Ltd is a registered company no: 4962966
VAT number: 823594025
Confer Ltd is a registered company no: 4962966
VAT number: 823594025
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
CONFER takes its responsibility for environmental impact very seriously, and we welcome further suggestions.
LANDSCAPES OF THE MIND CONFERENCE
Does our mental health depend on our relationship with the natural world?
Does our mental health depend on our relationship with the natural world?
FRIDAY 25 - SUNDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2009
ABOUT THIS EVENT
Chaired by Professor David Peters and Nick Totton
As the planet is poised at the tipping point of irreversible climate change, we struggle to conceptualise this potential catastrophe and its consequences. Too awful, perhaps, to deeply contemplate the consequences of inaction, we bury this awareness in order to re-establish the emotional comfort zone of denial. Believing, perhaps, that we are individually helpless to impact on this terrifying escalation, this helplessness is often felt as despair and moral confusion.
How profoundly does this drama play out in the psyche and in our emotional health? Do psychotherapists have the listening and vocabulary in place yet to relate to fears about environmental degradation at a sufficiently deep level? How can we develop this skill? Could an enriched sensibility to our place in nature enable us to shift from passive anguish to psychologically-healthy problem solving and greater emotional health? What is the relationship between therapy and nature? Between deep ecology and well-being?
This conference will examine how we can creatively harness our awareness of our relationship with nature - rather than suppress it - and will question whether we develop our mental health and cultural depth by relating to nature as a subject to be nurtured rather than an object to be exploited.
SPEAKER'S BIOGRAPHY
PROGRAMME BROCHURE
Our brochure contains information about the full Intergenerational Trauma event.. NB this file is large and may take time to download.