Zak Avery - men’s work & Ecocycle

Zak Avery is an event producer, community builder, menswork facilitator and nature-based practitioner. Zak runs a co-created men's rites of passage pilgrimage called The Menspedition and is the Cofounder and Codirector of Medicine Festival, a not-for-profit, alcohol-free gathering to inspire authentic connection and regeneration for people and planet. Zak's passion lies in interweaving communities, bridging cultures and inspiring a deeper understanding of how to tread lightly and live harmoniously on our planet

Zak is also an eco-psychologist in training and will be sharing the Structure Ecocycle Planning is about exploring what it is that you’re keeping in the air (but shouldn’t), and what it is that you aren’t (but should).

The framework borrows from the ecological cycle of life. Plants, for example, grow from seeds when they land in fertile ground (incubation). When the ground is fertile enough, seedlings will sprint that in turn depend on sufficient sun, shelter and minerals to grow (birth). When these conditions have been met, seedlings grow into plants that bear fruits and/or spread new seeds (maturation). But eventually, even mature plants die and are composted to become energy for new plants. Or their removal simply makes place for new seeds to grow (creative destruction)