Inner Green Deal Journey

Inner Green Deal Journey

A Mindfulness-Based Sustainable Transformation Programme

Online course • 8 weeks • starting on March 29, 2027

Today’s polycrisis (climate, ecological, social and economic) is not only an outer crisis. It is also an inner one. This course helps you meet anxiety and helplessness with care, turn them into clear, compassionate and effective action, together with others. Experience the transformative energy of connection and collaboration.

Make an Inner Difference.

Make an Inner Difference.

This highly interactive 8-week course supports you to:

  • Strengthen the inner qualities that sustainable action needs: awareness, connection, insight, purpose and agency.
  • Understand separation as a root cause of the ecological and social crises we face, and its implications for our planet and societies.
  • See the world through new eyes and reconnect with yourself, others and nature.
  • Meet climate anxiety with care rather than avoidance.
  • Clarify the role you want to play in the transition.
  • Cultivate mindfulness-based and other holistic practices that support a shift in consciousness and agency, and practise them together.
  • Take systemic action within your own ecosystem through your Handprint project.
  • Meet like-minded people, because you are not alone.

Shift to a Greener Mindset.

Shift to a Greener Mindset.

The course offers a transformative process: a shift in mindset towards long-term, systemic thinking and acting, and towards greener and fairer societies. It is grounded in a simple insight from research and practice: our inner condition shapes our outer actions, on the individual, collective and systemic level.

Who is it for? The course is open to anyone who wants to meet like-minded people, is affected by eco-anxiety and wants to move from helplessness to agency.

Info for mindfulness teachers. The course is also the prerequisite for mindfulness teachers (MBSR, MBCT or an equivalent background) who wish to join the Mindfulness-Based Sustainable Transformation teacher training, next starting in 2028.

Grounded in research. The Inner Green Deal Journey was developed in a five-year partnership with the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS), working closely with Prof. Christine Wamsler, who helped set its framework.

Course Dates:

Course Dates:

Eight weekly online modules, every Wednesday, 7:00–9:00 pm Central European Time (CET).
From Module 3 times are given in summer time (CEST).

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm CET / 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm GMT

In this first module you will meet your fellow participants, explore the key themes of the course and begin to map the terrain we will be working with.

Any transformation and change of behaviour needs time to learn, reflect and act consciously. That is why we begin with a practice that creates space in body and mind.

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm CET / 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm GMT

In this module we explore how inner transformation is linked to outer transformation, and what role a conscious mind plays in changing habits at the individual and collective level.

We become aware of how we relate to the current state of our planet, and learn to meet it with more clarity, confidence and determination. We deepen our practice, and you begin to think about your Handprint project and how it can come to life.

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm CEST / 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm BST

Facing the state of our planet and scientific projections can be overwhelming. It can trigger anxiety and other strong emotions, often leading to automatic fight, flight or freeze reactions. Fear may get us moving, but it rarely leads to effective, sustainable action.

In this module we explore how emotions work, and how contemplative practices help us regulate them so we can act with a clear and conscious mind.

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm CEST / 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm BST

What is calling you? What do you want to let go of, and what wants to be born? What are you taking responsibility for, and what do you want to bring into the world?

The traditional Wheel of Realization shows how deeply everything and everyone is interconnected, and sets you on the path to finding your role. A supportive practice of compassion helps us not only understand this interdependence, but also feel it, and move into mindful action.

7.00 pm – 9:00 pm CEST / 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm BST

Faced with the scale of the crisis, we often feel powerless as individuals and cannot see how our actions could contribute to a larger sustainable transformation.

In this module we are inspired by the systemic effect that even small changes can have, and often have had. We explore how you can think and act systemically within your own ecosystem, and how we can move beyond individual habit change towards collective engagement.

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm CEST / 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm BST

How do we work well together in diverse groups, in our ecosystem, in times of high uncertainty and volatility?

We practise the qualities of mindful collaboration and experience the transformative effect of mindful listening, because we cannot solve complex problems such as the polycrisis on our own.

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm CEST / 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm BST

In this module you work on your Handprint project or initiative: one that embodies awareness, compassion, courage, integrity and resilience in the spirit of a sustainable future, and fosters mindful collaboration with others.

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm CEST / 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm BST

In this final module we reflect on our shared journey and integrate what we have learned. We celebrate your Handprint project idea, however far you have taken it, and in a deep listening circle we speak from the heart about how we want to move on.

Meet your facilitator.

Meet your facilitator.

Liane Stephan

Liane Stephan builds bridges between what we know and how we act. Former CEO of Awaris GmbH and co-director of the NGO Inner Green Deal, she brings 40 years of systemic consulting, leadership development and coaching, and 38 years of contemplative practice.

She helps individuals and groups reconnect what has become separated, change their habits, draw on their inner wisdom and think in long-term, systemic ways, so that this planet stays liveable for future generations.

This programme includes:

This programme includes:

18 hours online live sessions spread over 9 weeks with one week pause.
Recordings available if you miss a session.

Template to create your climate action plan.

Access to a social learning platform to communicate with other participants across this world and deepen your expertise on climate change and sustainable transformation.

Prep-material for each module.

Guided audio practices like meditations, compassion practice but also specific nature walks on the accompanying Inner Green Deal app.

Resources: PDF downloads, articles and guides.

Key Indicators.

Key Indicators.

Here are the key results from our first programmes research:

19%

Reduction in eco-anxiety and 9% increase in compassion (towards self and others).

16%

Increase in meta-awareness (the ability to stay and observe mental experiences instead of automatically reacting to them).

27%

Reduction of the feeling of helplessness – instead gaining clarity on your role and feeling self-effective.

8%

Uplift in pro-environmental action and even 31% reduction in material consumption and 23% in waste.

Investment and Payment Options

Investment and Payment Options

We understand the importance of flexibility and offer various modalities of payment to suit your individual needs.

Reduced
Rate

€ 230

Target Audience:

  • Students
  • Individuals from emerging or moderate economies or currencies
  • People facing financial challenges

Standard
Rate

€ 330

Target Audience:

  • General public
  • Individuals living in countries with strong economies or currencies
  • People who experience a steady financial situation

Generosity
Rate*

€ 450

Target Audience:

  • Organizations
  • Companies
  • Individuals willing and able to support others
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*By choosing the Generosity Rate, you help us make the course accessible to individuals with limited resources.

Lack of access to financial capital should not prevent anyone from participating. Please contact us if you need financial assistance to enroll in the course to this email contact@innergreendeal.com.

Testimonials

Testimonials

“Super well balanced between content, reflection, exercises and sharing in full and small groups”

“Before I would often feel overwhelmed and stressed about the enormity of the crisis. Now I feel more connected, more balanced and inspired to be part of a generation who can still make a difference”

“Really liked the format and the space for self-reflection and connection with others”
“Even if I now know much more about the scale of the crisis, I feel less anxious because it is now clearer to me how I can contribute in a meaningful way”
“Super well balanced between content, reflection, exercises and sharing in full and small groups”
“Before I would often feel overwhelmed and stressed about the enormity of the crisis. Now I feel more connected, more balanced and inspired to be part of a generation who can still make a difference”
“Really liked the format and the space for self-reflection and connection with others”
“Even if I now know much more about the scale of the crisis, I feel less anxious because it is now clearer to me how I can contribute in a meaningful way”

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