Other sites of interest
Peace Pilgrim: From 1953 to 1981 a silver haired woman calling herself only “Peace Pilgrim” walked more than 25,000 miles on a personal pilgrimage for peace. She vowed to “remain a wanderer until mankind has learned the way of peace, walking until given shelter and fasting until given food.” In the course of her 28 year pilgrimage she touched the hearts, minds, and lives of thousands of individuals all across North America. Her message was both simple and profound. It continues to inspire people all over the world. (www.peacepilgrim.com)
Earth Charter: a declaration of fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society for the 21st century. Created by the largest global consultation process ever associated with an international declaration, endorsed by thousands of organizations representing millions of individuals, the Earth Charter seeks to inspire in all peoples a sense of global interdependence and shared responsibility for the well-being of the human family and the larger living world. The Earth Charter is an expression of hope and a call to help create a global partnership at a critical juncture in history. (www.earthcharter.org)
Carolyn McDade is a lover of language and sound. She is committed to the power of the human voice singing and speaking truth to move society to just and liberating transformation. Through song and singing she helps us deepen human consciousness and understand ourselves as part of a living planet. For over three decades she has brought circles of women together to sing songs rooted in women's experiences. A social activist, she weaves together the spiritual and the political - integrating personal, social, planetary, cosmic. She describes herself simply as a woman of faith seeking with others to touch what matters. “ ...I often wonder what it would be like if we dared to love this life ~ the fragile and the vulnerable, the endangered, daring to be humble before the magnitude of our beginnings, daring to lean our species into a stubborn and pliant wonder, until reverence shines in all that we do ~ until we live an economics of reverence, a theology of reverence, a politics of reverence ~ until it permeates education, development, and health care, homes and relationships, arts and agriculture ~ a reverence for life, for planetary, social, and personal wholeness. This is our purpose now. May we do it well, with thoroughness and love.” (www.gis.net/~surtsey/mcdade/)
Joanna Macy: Over the past thirty years many thousands of people around the world have participated in Joanna's workshops and trainings, while her methods have been adopted and adapted yet more widely in classrooms, churches, and grassroots organizing. Her work helps people transform despair and apathy, in the face of overwhelming social and ecological crises, into constructive, collaborative action. It brings a new way of seeing the world, as our larger living body, freeing us from the assumptions and attitudes that now threaten the continuity of life on Earth. (www.joannamacy.net)
The Sun Magazine: My favorite magazine in this world. Founded in 1974, The Sun is a non-profit, ad-free monthly magazine that publishes an eclectic mix of personal essays, fiction, interviews, poetry, and photographs. “What is to give light must endure burning” (Victor Frankl). (www.thesun.com)
Miniature Earth Project: The idea of reducing the world’s population to a community of only 100 people is very useful and important. It makes us easily understand the differences in the world. See where you stand in the global village. “Appreciate what you have, and work toward a better world.” (www.miniature-earth.com)
Charityfocus: An Experiment in the Joy of Giving. Imagine a virtual organization, entirely run by volunteers and soliciting no money, which leverages technology to provide people with opportunities to serve. Receive an inspiring quote every day via email. (www.charityfocus.org)