Acts of Beauty around an old recovering Olive Tree
First photo: In the middle is a black hole of a burned old tree. A Long time ago, it was an strong olive tree, but a big fire took it away 70 years ago, (along [...]
Sand dune healing
The exchange was enacted at a place where vehicles have torn up the landscape, destroying stability and biodiversity for military practice. Giving the gift of the colour organge for healing trauma, I created a mandala [...]
River Bird
Standing on the banks of the lower Savannah/Westobou River right below the Houlihan Bridge at the public boat ramp, looking southeast I stand with Ernie by my side pondering the enormous industrial cranes of the [...]
For Travelers at the Border
Carol Zuccarino is volunteering and living at a shelter on the border of Mexico to work with asylum seekers. She sent the following description of their Global Earth Exchange: Yesterday our small group of three [...]
Forgiving and figuring out
I have had a very difficult time doing this practice this week. I loved the zoom introduction and speakers last week and followed all of the questions and responses online even though I haven’t participated [...]
Wounded Rivers/Wounded People
Story & Experience This year, 2020, I once again, returned to the banks of the Ohio River near Green Bottom, WV for my Global Earth Exchange. The Ohio River is the most polluted River in [...]
Wounding and Beauty on the Jordanian-Palestinian Border
Earlier this month I was part of an extraordinary international delegation of spiritual leaders, musicians, diplomats, and environmental and peace activists traveling through Jordan, Palestine, and Israel. The trip was organized by Unity Earth, EcoPeace [...]
Empty Bus Seats Honor Rosa Parks
On December 1, 1955, a black seamstress named Rosa Parks got on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama and refused to move when the bus driver told her to give up her seat to a white [...]
SEWING THE STORIES OF GRIEF AND TRAUMA
The fabric art above was made by a young woman who was 16 years old when she was abducted, raped, beaten, and held captive in Congo. She became pregnant and gave birth. Because the parents of [...]
Warrior Woman for the Missing
This week's story comes from a woman called Thyme Eternity, who lives in British Columbia. Her heartbreak over the ongoing crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls took a newly personal turn two [...]