Explore Earth Eden Sanctuary
I am a mom and artist by nature, a farmer by choice, an ordained minister by calling, and a dedicated earth-care activist in purpose. For the last 25 years I’ve been practicing and teaching organic gardening, sustainable living and earth stewardship and been deeply engaged in environmental issues affecting the health of this region dominated by industrialized agriculture. I’ve led presentations for schools and public service organizations to raise awareness of the impacts of human behavior on the health of planetary ecosystems. I’ve taught classes on organic gardening, sustainable living, vegetarian lifestyle, water quality, and spearheaded the movement to pass legislation prohibiting hydrofracking in three local towns. I am also a volunteer facilitator for the Pachamama Alliance’s Awakening the Dreamer-Changing the Dream Symposiums.
I’ve built my life around honoring the natural world, creating beauty, advancing social and environmental justice, and helping educate kids and adults about Earth stewardship. What I discovered through my developing relationship with life here is a deeply satisfying sense of responsibility and purpose. My immense joy and gratitude for the blessings of witnessing the beauty, wisdom and perfection in Nature have inspired a profound sense of awe, respect and appreciation for the elegant intricacies of interdependent systems in the greater web of life. It has truly transformed my awareness of who I am in relationship with the world and in service to some larger, mysterious and sacred process…
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We are located in a rural agricultural district where tens of thousands of acres of natural diversity have become industrialized monocultures. Soil, plant and animal health has been severely impacted by the production of chemical-reliant crops. This is a world where farmers climb into haz-mat suits to sit in closed-cab tractors to spray toxic chemicals on crops meant for human consumption. There are signs posted around orchards warning of hazardous chemicals. These crops are meant for our table.
The increasing number of children suffering from physical, cognitive and emotional issues may be directly linked to their environment. Kids aren't encouraged to go outside to explore the great outdoors anymore, if there is any, or to venture into nature to exercise their bodies and minds, their curiosity and imagination. Parents don’t have the time, knowledge, experience or inclination to guide them there. Something very important is being lost. That thing is our contact with nature. We've separated ourselves from that.
Many people today aren't aware of how or where their food is sourced or its impact on the environment. So much of the food we eat comes from places we've never seen, is processed, wrapped in plastic or Styrofoam and shipped to grocery stores or fast food restaurants and delivered to us for our convenience. We never see the land or know the animals that nourish us. We don’t see the conditions under which this food was raised. There’s a real disconnect. I want to help reconnect the people with the source of their food and the life of the land where it grows and help re-weave the broken strands of the Web of Life.
I’ve built my life around honoring the natural world, creating beauty, advancing social and environmental justice, and helping educate kids and adults about Earth stewardship. What I discovered through my developing relationship with life here is a deeply satisfying sense of responsibility and purpose. My immense joy and gratitude for the blessings of witnessing the beauty, wisdom and perfection in Nature have inspired a profound sense of awe, respect and appreciation for the elegant intricacies of interdependent systems in the greater web of life. It has truly transformed my awareness of who I am in relationship with the world and in service to some larger, mysterious and sacred process…
More info:
We are located in a rural agricultural district where tens of thousands of acres of natural diversity have become industrialized monocultures. Soil, plant and animal health has been severely impacted by the production of chemical-reliant crops. This is a world where farmers climb into haz-mat suits to sit in closed-cab tractors to spray toxic chemicals on crops meant for human consumption. There are signs posted around orchards warning of hazardous chemicals. These crops are meant for our table.
The increasing number of children suffering from physical, cognitive and emotional issues may be directly linked to their environment. Kids aren't encouraged to go outside to explore the great outdoors anymore, if there is any, or to venture into nature to exercise their bodies and minds, their curiosity and imagination. Parents don’t have the time, knowledge, experience or inclination to guide them there. Something very important is being lost. That thing is our contact with nature. We've separated ourselves from that.
Many people today aren't aware of how or where their food is sourced or its impact on the environment. So much of the food we eat comes from places we've never seen, is processed, wrapped in plastic or Styrofoam and shipped to grocery stores or fast food restaurants and delivered to us for our convenience. We never see the land or know the animals that nourish us. We don’t see the conditions under which this food was raised. There’s a real disconnect. I want to help reconnect the people with the source of their food and the life of the land where it grows and help re-weave the broken strands of the Web of Life.
