Co-creating earth-honoring ecstatic culture
- What if culture embedded in nature was not a relic of the past but a living reality?
- What if you did not have to travel thousands of miles to experience indigenous wisdom but felt it in your heart?
- What if you knew in your bones the ‘rightness’ of learning sustainability from the inside out?
The invitation here is to allow nature and direct experience to determine what kind of Earth-Honoring culture is best suited for your particular community. There is a place for everyone in helping to sculpt a diversity of cultures where the health of the land and the people is primary. Each person is encourages to bring their own gifts into play.
“The growing desire to create a new, living culture—one that is (dare we say) ecstatic—is a response to the tremendous environmental and social pressure we are all experiencing. That pressure makes the vision of a life lived in balance with the rest of nature ever more compelling. Anyone who has really investigated the monumental trends that are shaping our world knows that changing how we live is imperative. But the re-creation of a living culture is considered by many to be the thorniest of problems. The critics balk: “It’s impossible, idealistic, and utopian. Don’t waste your time.” They are voicing a pervasive sense of hopelessness that can paralyze one’s best intentions to work to change things for the better. However, the brilliant work of Joanna Macy, John Seed, John Perkins, and other Western eco-spiritual activists showed me that the feeling of hopelessness was just that—a feeling—and not an immutable truth. Furthermore, the track record of thousands of indigenous tribes who have lived lightly all over the planet is evidence that a dynamic balance between humans and nature is not some weird anomaly but a living reality.” -Bill Pfeiffer
