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Global Earth Exchange for a former perlite mine
Date: June 22, 2019Author: Kaysie Dannemiller
Location: Former perlite mine, Tinemaha Pit, Fish Springs District, Owens Valley, California
Wounded Place: Mineral extraction
Experience: this dispatch is being made via cell phone so will be short and sweet. I walked up to the mine in the heat of the afternoon from my campground. It would have been easier …
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Chesapeake Bay Earth Exchange
Date: June 22, 2019Author: Annie Hess and Elvin Hess
Location: Savage Neck Road, Cape Charles, VA, USA
Wounded Place: Animals + Birds + Insects | Oceans + Lakes + Rivers
I went to the site of our very first adventure with Trebbe on the Chesapeake Bay in the fall of 2009! (And the site of several Global Earth Exchanges since!) I hadn’t been to Savage …
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I Vow to Develop Compassion
Date: June 22, 2019Author: shemmaho goodenough
Location: Hugh Keenleyside Dam, Castlegar, BC Canada
Wounded Place: Industry & Development | Oceans + Lakes + Rivers
On the morning of June 22 thirteen people gathered at Portuguese Point, a fishing place near the Hugh Keenleyside Dam, on the Columbia River upstream from Castlegar, B.C. Our first activity was for each …
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Resilient Place…Heals Hearts
Date: June 23, 2019Author: Colter Schroeder
Location: Japhet Creek
Wounded Place: Animals + Birds + Insects | Historic & Cultural Sites | Industry & Development | Oceans + Lakes + Rivers | Trees | Waste
Although we were a small group, we had a very meaningful impact with our radical joy event. We selected an area of the park that worked for all our members and cleaned up the garbage …
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Journey to the Spring
Date: June 21, 2019Author: Laurie Martinez and Jess Kovach
Location: Wekiwa Springs, Apopka, Florida
Wounded Place: Oceans + Lakes + Rivers
Our Global Earth Exchange was held at Wekiwa Springs in Apopka, Florida. We chose this site because Florida’s freshwater ecosystem is suffering increased wounding by the unnatural amount of nitrates and pollutants that enter the …
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Daring to bear witness to Baseline Creep
Date: June 22, 2019Author: Harriet Sams
Location: Barnard Castle
Wounded Place: Animals + Birds + Insects | Children's Events | Climate change | Industry & Development | Waste
The day of June 22nd dawned bright and fair after weeks of cold and dismal rain. A lovely day for sitting in the woods. A small group of people met in the woods around Barnard …
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Honoring the River
Date: June 22, 2019Author: Polly Howells
Location: Falling Waters Preserve, Glasco, New York
Wounded Place: Oceans + Lakes + Rivers | Plants | Trees
There were twelve of us who gathered in a small cove on the Hudson River, after following the Father C. Jorn Trail from the parking lot of the Falling Water Preserve in Saugerties, New York. …
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Standing for Staying Awake and Connected
Date:Author: Judy Todd
Location: At the Sandy River
Wounded Place: Other
In the presence of ‘strangers’ also in the park along the river’s edge, we shared our stories of places we have known, loved, wept over, and re-visit still. Our connection to one another was new; …
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For a local grocery
Date: June 22, 2019Author: Beatrice Pook
Location: Stanford, Western Cape, South Africa
Wounded Place: Other
When wondering which wounded place is calling today,the recently burned down main grocery store/supermarket in the center of our little village came to mind. There had been much unhappiness about the services of the shop.The …
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A Bird for the Rafters
Date: June 22, 2019Author: Frank Goryl and Lissa Jeannot
Location: Moscow Clayworks, Moscow, PA
Wounded Place: Climate change | Natural disasters | War & Violence
Lissa has been able to join us in Moscow and get some distance from the social upheaval in Haiti.* The clay bird she made today has found its way into the rafters of our back …
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Lake Superior Earth Exchange
Date: June 22, 2019Author: Sheila Coughlin
Location: Wisconsin Point Lot # 1, Superior, WI
Wounded Place: Industry & Development | Mineral extraction | Oceans + Lakes + Rivers | Other | Waste
It was a beautiful, sunny day with powerful winds on Wisconsin Point Beach in Superior, WI. The waves crashed to shore with great strength speaking of the power inherent in Gichi-gami. The 2019 Lake Superior …
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Honoring the Ocean
Date: June 22, 2019Author: Nancy Margulies
Location: Montara State Beach, Montara, CA
Wounded Place: Oceans + Lakes + Rivers
Ten of us gathered on the beach on a warm sunny day and began by searching for litter we could pick up. Great news: there was NONE! We then gathered to share stories of hope …
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Treephilia
Date: June 22, 2019Author: Jennifer Wilhoit
Location: Edge of the Grand Forest
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Das abgeholzte Tannholz
Date: June 22, 2019Author: Yvonne Meyer
Location: Tannholz, CH-3214 Ulmiz
Wounded Place: Trees
Wir treffen uns und laufen durch Feld und Wiese los, ein Reh springt vor uns auf. Beim Einfang zum Wald tanzen wir einen Dankestanz für die Elemente. Danach singen wir das Lied: “Meine Füsse fest …
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The River Is Us
Date: June 22, 2019Author: Joy Kreves
Location: The Delaware Riverbank at Washington Crossing Park, NJ, just south of Titusville, NJ
Wounded Place: Historic & Cultural Sites | Oceans + Lakes + Rivers
The weather was perfect today, after many, many days of torrential rains in the area. Everyone who had expressed interest in joining me today bowed out, so only my husband and I went to our …
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Global Earth Exchange for an old candy factory
Date: June 22, 2019Author: Reggie Marra
Location: Peter Paul Mounds Factory, Naugatuck, CT
Wounded Place: Historic & Cultural Sites
I did a solo Global Earth Exchange today, June 22, at the former site of the Peter Paul Mounds factory in Naugatuck, CT. Opened in 1922, closed in 2007, razed in 2011 and still a …
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Baseline Creep for the Black River
Date: June 22, 2019Author: Sasha Daucus
Location: Sportsman Park in Poplar Bluff, MO
Wounded Place: Animals + Birds + Insects | Climate change | Natural disasters | Oceans + Lakes + Rivers | Plants | Trees | Waste
Annette Joseph, an Episcopal Priest working in rural Missouri, and I met at Sportsman Park in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to do a Global Earth Exchange. Our focus was on “Baseline Creep”, a term that describes …
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Healing the Waters of the World
Date: June 22, 2019Author: Marla Ferguson
Location:
Wounded Place: Oceans + Lakes + Rivers
This year my friend, Laura and I did a ceremony honoring all of the waters of the Earth for our Global Earth Exchange. I labeled 4 jars with labels of Rivers, Lakes, Oceans and Drinking. …
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Larchfall: Beauty in and for a Damaged Larch Forest
Date: June 22, 2019Author: Trebbe Johnson
Location: Florence Shelly Wetlands, Thompson, PA 18465
Wounded Place: Trees
Although I have walked in this preserve, just a mile from my home, many hundreds of times over the past 30 years, there are always surprises. Today was no exception. First, I woke up in …
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Ten Years in a Row
Date: June 22, 2019Author: Michael Beck
Location: Navarre Beach, Florida USA
Wounded Place: Natural disasters Read more »
Saint Barbara of the Polish Miners
Date: June 22, 2019Author: Federico Hewson
Location: Bogatynia, Poland
Wounded Place: Historic & Cultural Sites | Industry & Development | Mineral extraction
Mining for brown (lignite) coal is a main industry of Poland despite EU fines. Local activists including those in the Czech Republic and Germany are working on strategies to change this and bring in a …
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Solastalgia
Date: June 22, 2019Author: Glenn Albrecht
Location: Duns Creek, NSW, Australia
Wounded Place: Climate change
This year we photographed a dead female Wallaby at the top of Wallaby Close. She must have hopped into the path of a car last night. Road kill is a huge issue in our part …
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Beach Clean Ardnahinch Beach,Ballycotton Bay Cork Ireland
Date: June 22, 2019Author: Paul Fearon
Location: Caring for the Sea/Beach Clean Ardnahinch,Cork
Wounded Place: Animals + Birds + Insects | Climate change | Oceans + Lakes + Rivers | Waste
At 11 am on 22 June Elmo our 15 yr old dog and Deborah my wife of 19 years spent time on Ardnahinch beach. This is close to our home and a favorite place to …
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Puri Lumbung Global Earth Exchange
Date: June 19, 2019Author: Yudhi Ishwari
Location: Munduk, Bali, Indonesia
Wounded Place: Climate change
This year of June 2019 the clove harvest has decreased due to uncertain weather. The conditions are different from a few years ago where the wet and dry seasons were surely come on time. When …
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Afghan Peace Volunteers Global Earth Exchange
Date: June 7, 2019Author: Afghan Peace Volunteers
Location: Kabul, Afghanistan
Wounded Place: War & Violence
As usual, young members of the Afghan Peace Volunteers worked together in their permaculture garden in Kabul. The mission of the Afghan Peace Volunteers is as follows: We believe that revolution for a better world is …
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Climate Change Communication Class Global Earth Exchange
Date: May 3, 2019Author: Joanna Huxster
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Wounded Place: Climate change
I teach a course at Eckerd College every Spring semester entitled “Climate Change Communication.” At the end of the semester we talk about our own feelings of hopelessness and loss and how we can move …
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Reweaving the World: Healing and Renewal in Troubled Times
Date:Author: Lara Lwin Treadaway
Location: Lockwood, CA 93932
Wounded Place: Other
This weekend retreat took place at Loving Earth Sanctuary, a beautiful 40 acre property in the foothills of the Santa Lucia mountains. Structured around deep ecologist Joanna Macy’s framework of The Work That Reconnects, we …
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The Wild, Sad Beauty of Gulf Coast Rising
Date: October 30, 2010Author: Radical Joy for Hard Times
Location: Gulf Coast Rising Event
Wounded Place: Animals + Birds + Insects | Industry & Development | Oceans + Lakes + Rivers
On Saturday, October 30, 2010, three months after the disastrous BP oil spill that had spewed 130 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico was finally stopped, Radical Joy for Hard Times presented …
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Indigenous Soul Awakens at Black Rock
Date: May 7, 2019Author: Kinde Nebeker
Location: Indigenous Soul Awakens at Black Rock
Wounded Place: Oceans + Lakes + Rivers
I am sitting in the late afternoon sun of a summer evening on ancient limestone rocks on the shores of the Great Salt Lake— a vast desert lake, 7 times saltier than the ocean, an …
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Forest Ninja Summer Camp
Date: April 23, 2016Author: Daniella Roze
Location: Forest Ninja Summer Camp Global Earth Exchange
Wounded Place:
Thriving Roots Wilderness School offers the Forest Ninja Summer Camp with our amazing lead instructor, Alaina Hallett, and 15 awesome children in Victoria British Columbia. The children gathered materials for and created an owl together …
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A town affected by violence
Date: April 17, 2019Author: Diana Teresa Gutierrez
Location: A town affected by violence
Wounded Place: War & Violence
From the 2016 Global Earth Exchange Un pueblo afectado por la violencia (A town affected by violence ) (translation below) Este pueblo está afectado por la violencia donde precisamente vamos a hacer el Museo de …
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For the Hayarkon River and the Young Woman Who Almost Drowned in It
Date: June 1, 2013Author: Fran Sorin
Location: Hayarkon River in Tel Aviv, Israel
Wounded Place: Oceans + Lakes + Rivers
We chose the Hayarkon River as a wounded place for 2 reasons. First, it has gone through periods where it has been extremely polluted and toxic. The second reason is because of its relationship to …
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Beauty for the Country of Ukraine June 21, 2014
Date:Author:
Location:
Wounded Place:
Ukraine joined June 21 for worldwide movement Global Earth Exchange. This bird is placed on burnt ground. We were creating this bird with thoughts about the injuries that people and the land of Ukraine have …
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Date: June 1, 2013Author: Fran Sorin
Location: HaYarkon River - Tel Aviv, Israel
Wounded Place: Oceans + Lakes + Rivers
We chose the Hayarkon River as a wounded place for 2 reasons. First, it has gone through periods where it has been extremely polluted and toxic. The second reason is because of its relationship to …
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For a Slashed Forest and Slain Wolves
Date: April 3, 2019Author: Thea Levkovitz
Location: For a slashed forest and slain wolves—Teanaway, Cascade Mountains, Washington
Wounded Place: Animals + Birds + Insects
From the 2017 Global Earth Exchange: Last week, I spent 3 days camping and hiking with two of my closest women friends. We all needed some girl time and some time in the wild. We …
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Writer’s Brook
Date:Author: Susan Gillotti
Location: Writer's Brook, Norwich, VT
Wounded Place: Oceans + Lakes + Rivers
In our village there’s a path that leads to a running brook. There’s not a house in sight. I go there after a day of writing. I take off my sandals, slip my feet into …
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Climate Change Communication Class
Date: June 1, 2018Author: Jo Huxster and Students
Location: Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida
Wounded Place: Climate change | Oceans + Lakes + Rivers
The class is called Climate Change Communication and the students spent the semester learning about public understanding of climate change, social scientific studies of climate change denial, and effective communication techniques for climate change.
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Healing Ceremony
Date: June 1, 2018Author: Lynn Wadsworth and Monroe Spivey
Location: The Willows At Red Oak—Leicester, North Carolina
Wounded Place: Other
On Global Earth Exchange Day, the women of The Willows at Red Oak Recovery sat in circle, contemplating, witnessing, and giving voice to our inherent connection to the Earth and each organism upon it.
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Weltenwandler Ausbildung
Date: June 1, 2017Author: Helen Cat Beckers
Location: Wiesbaden, Germany
Wounded Place: Other
Together with the students of our yearlong program we gathered between a field of monoculture and a raised blind. The two days before we had spent a lot of time on the land, in group …
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Rhino RadJoy
Date: June 1, 2014Author: Janet Frangs
Location: Weenen Nature Reserve, South Africa
Wounded Place: Animals + Birds + Insects
I am a wilderness guide and I watch in horror as the animals I love are being destroyed before my very eyes.
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Sea Turtles
Date: June 1, 2013Author: Simone Lipscomb
Location: West Beach, Gulf Shores, Alabama
Wounded Place: Animals + Birds + Insects | Oceans + Lakes + Rivers
We had a small gathering and we met at our section of beach in Alabama… where we monitor and support nesting loggerhead sea turtles.
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Lake Michigan Earth Exchange by Children
Date: June 1, 2012Author: Andrea Friedman
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Wounded Place: Oceans + Lakes + Rivers
The kids and I go to the lake in the morning. It stretches, vast and shining, beyond the horizon. I am overcome with its stillness and quiet. And yet, it’s waters are in constant, rhythmic …
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For Forests Harmed by Drought, Fire, and Pine Beetle
Date: June 1, 2012Author: Rob Meltzer
Location: Steamboat, Colorado
Wounded Place: Animals + Birds + Insects | Natural disasters | Plants | Trees
As you probably know, there are currently over a dozen forest fires burning here in the state of Colorado. Many thousands of people are evacuated and several hundreds of homes have burned. My close friends …
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Remembering Victims of the Tsunami
Date: June 1, 2012Author: Hide Enomoto
Location: Tohoku region near Kyoto, Japan
Wounded Place: Industry & Development | Natural disasters
I want to make beauty for the people in the Tohoku region who were hurt in the tsunami-earthquake-nuclear disaster last year, to pray for their peace of mind and for their unwillingness to give up …
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For the Gulf of Mexico
Date: June 1, 2000Author: Mike Beck
Location: Navarre Beach, FL
Wounded Place: Industry & Development | Oceans + Lakes + Rivers
Our beaches are being swarmed almost daily since the end of the first week of the sinking of the Deep Water Horizon with gatherings of people of all stripes: protests, prayer groups, volunteers, rallies for …
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