A thorough house cleaning, internal as well as external, is a fabulous way to delineate the purpose of our lives. Letting go of the inessential creates an elegant order to our existence. An orderly house always seems like the invitation to a fresh start, which is why so many cultures incorporate a thorough house scrubbing,…

Today is Nagasaki Day. Last Friday was Hiroshima Day. Sixty-five years ago, the United States dropping atomic bombs on these two Japanese cities killing upwards of 245, 000 people. The tragedy of these war bombs — and of all the subsequent bombs, large or small, meticulously manufactured or funkily homemade, that have fallen on soldier…

We are the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers. We have united as one. Ours is an alliance of prayer, education and healing for our Mother Earth, all Her inhabitants, all the children and for the next seven generations to come. The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers brings together respected wise women elders from…

SAVING MOTHER EARTHby Mary Saracino A single day in April isn’t enoughto honor our Mother, save the planetthat is her body, restore her ocean womb,revitalize the atrophied arms and legsof her continents, remove the smogfrom her pristine lungs, replenish all that’sdepleted by the lust for profitover prosperity. Human hearts so greedyfor commerce they call deforestation…

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