The Relationship Between Technology, Spirituality, and the Earth | Tech in Transition Panel

How can we navigate the relationship between technology, spirituality, and the living Earth? To close the Tech in Transition series, this panel discussion explores the deeper questions surrounding the role of technology in shaping our relationship with ourselves, each other, and the planet.

Featuring Wakanyi Hoffman, Angel Matilla, Dennise “Kuku” Dueñas, and Nicole Civita, this open-ended conversation explores how ancestral wisdom, Earth-based practices, collective awareness, and shared action can help guide humanity through times of rapid technological and ecological change.

Rather than viewing technology as separate from nature and culture, the discussion invites us to examine the values, intentions, and worldviews that shape the tools we create and use. Together, the panelists explore how we might cultivate more conscious relationships with technology—ones rooted in reciprocity, responsibility, and care for the Earth.

Themes explored include:

• The intersection of technology, spirituality, and ecological awareness
• Ancestral knowledge and Earth-centered approaches to innovation
• Collective responsibility in times of technological transformation
• How communities can shape more regenerative futures
• Moving beyond efficiency and progress toward deeper questions of meaning and relationship

This conversation is ideal for Transition practitioners, educators, technologists, activists, and anyone interested in regenerative technology, ancestral wisdom, ecological futures, and creating a more harmonious relationship between humans, technology, and the Earth.