Deep Reconnection With Our Human Nature

Live Online Course with Andrew Howley
November 2–23, 2026
Mondays 10 - 11:30 am (PT)
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In this four-week course, anthropologist and science communicator Andrew Howley invites us to step back and see ourselves as living organisms shaped by the same forces as every other species. Through evolutionary insight, sensory awareness, and practical observation, we’ll explore how deepening our understanding of our own biology can transform how we relate to the more-than-human world. 

Reconnecting with nature is often framed as something external — something we step into when we leave our daily lives behind. But what if it begins with recognizing that we are not separate from it?

In this course, we’ll explore what it means to understand ourselves as organisms within the living world. Drawing on evolutionary biology and anthropology, we’ll trace how human traits and adaptations have been shaped over time, deepening awareness of the biological systems that sustain us, most of which operate beyond conscious attention.

We’ll expand how we perceive and engage with the world around us, moving beyond a reliance on sight and sound to reawaken a fuller sensory awareness. Through observation and inquiry, we’ll develop new ways of noticing landscapes, orienting to place, and understanding the lives of plants, fungi, and animals.

Grounded in this expanded awareness, we’ll begin to reconsider how we relate to other species and the broader community of life, opening up more intentional and reciprocal ways of being in the world.

This course runs from November 2–23, 2026, with live classes held on Mondays from 10–11:30 AM (PT) via Zoom. Recordings will be available for registrants who miss a session.

Bioneers Learning offers a limited amount of scholarships for individuals to attend this course. These scholarships are meant to ensure diverse participation and representation, prioritizing financial support for persons from under-resourced communities. Bioneers values bringing together people from a multiplicity of identities and backgrounds. We encourage persons from ALL backgrounds/identities/communities to apply! You are welcome here, apply now: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSHt4ethzuvGe4QTN0bTMEJD4FSBlwW7WSBcwlED0S_SrHkw/viewform?usp=header