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Archive for July 1, 2021
This week’s inspiring video: The City Planting a Million Trees in Two Years
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Video of the Week
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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The City Planting a Million Trees in Two Years
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| As described so eloquently here by the mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, the loss of forest due to the impact of climate change is about much more than the loss of beauty and shade. Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr is leading her city’s efforts to make Freetown a tree town by planting one million trees in two years, increasing the vegetation cover by 50%. The goal is to reduce the risk of landslides and flooding and to reintroduce biodiversity. Loss of forest is about the loss of ability to live and Freetown is on its way to insuring the ability of all of its residents to live. |
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The soul speaks its truth only under quiet, inviting, and trustworthy conditions.
– Parker J. Palmer –
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The Clearness Committee: A Communal Approach to Discernment
“I want to describe a method invented by the Quakers, a method that protects individual identity and integrity while drawing on the wisdom of other people. It is called a Clearness Committee. If that name sounds like it is from the sixties, it is–the 1660s! From their beginnings over three hundred years ago, Quakers needed a way to draw on both inner and communal resources to deal with personal problems because they had no clerical leaders to solve their problems for them. The Clearness Committee is testimony to the fact that there are no external authorities on life’s deepest issues, not clergy or therapists or scholars; there is only the authority that lies within each of us waiting to be heard.” Parker Palmer shares more in this thoughtful piece. { read more }
Be The Change
When was the last time you felt your inner teacher emerge? When was the last time you held that space for another? How might you practice inviting the soul to “speak its truth” today? |
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Sangha of Auspicious Companions 