But the trees never came back
There are woods in back of my house that are very dear to me—I walk on the trails most of the year, and cross-country ski on them during the winter. Those woods and trails are [...]
Honoring Healing Waters
We met in the early morning on the summer solstice at the river. Our group included elders, parents and children. Together we created a ceremony where all participants added to our communal offering to acknowledge, [...]
Radical Joy
This year’s Global Earth Exchange found me in a beautiful place in West Virginia—Dolly Sods Wilderness Area—a place once deeply wounded, but now transformed by loving intentions and nature’s resilience. I’ve been returning there whenever [...]
Global Earth Exchange for a former perlite mine
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 [...]
Lake Superior Earth Exchange
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 [...]
Saint Barbara of the Polish Miners
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 [...]