July 14th-17th 2017 – PLEASE SHARE Greetings folks, I’m heading up to Maine for the prophecy-based ceremony, Healing the Wounds of Turtle Island. Sherri and I put on a call about this not too long ago, listen to an excerpt here and the whole story here. As I started putting together We Are Nature Rising, I was looking […]
How are we all related? Whether from an indigenous perspective or from an ecology perspective, things point towards the truth that we are all intimately linked in a living system of relationships. Join Sherri and I on this webinar about Indigenous Core Values and the vision of We Are Nature Rising. Wednesday June 7th, 2pm […]
My name is Kawisente, I’m a Kanienkehaka (Mohawk) Clan Mother from Kahnawake, a Mohawk reservation just across the bridge from Montreal. I’m a mother of two: a daughter, age 17 and a son, age 14. My children and I have always been active in social and environmental causes. Culturally we were taught to be responsible for caretaking […]
What would it be like if all people could return to being guardians of human and biological diversity on the planet? It’s this generation that will bring out of the box solutions to today’s global challenges. A portion of this workshop will be experiencing the woods and fields through nature mentoring activities that include wandering […]
“From Standing Rock to Queensland, colonized and indigenous people are demanding new relationships to water that sustains the life and land which provides for the people. This approach entails returning lands and resources to indigenous control and rethinking our relationship to the environment by recognizing and protecting indigenous values and the rights of nature through […]
“The deeper we understand ourselves, the more of the world we identify with and, as a result, the wider our circle of relationships and belonging.” – Bill Plotkin We Are Nature Rising at it’s core is about leadership identifying with something greater than the self. It’s about identifying with community, with difference, with the greater collective […]
When asked, “How can we know if a nation or culture will survive or not?” the Buddha answered: “As long as a society holds regular and frequent assemblies, meeting in harmony and mutual respect, can they be expected to prosper and not decline. As long as a society follows the long held traditions of wisdom, […]
Good Morning! It’s a good day to live. Warrior up. Live from a place of action based on principles. Join others in what matters. Connect outside with those you love and in your own. Thanksgiving begins today as a daily practice. As I think of Standing Rock, the destabilizing election and the future potential, I […]