“Let the beauty we love be what we do
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground”
– Rumi
The Green Exodus is convening those who, to their surprise, find themselves falling deeply in love with the Earth; profoundly touched by the Earth’s beauty, fragility and mystery.
How can we be good soil for this new view and love of Earth and for all that might arise?
During the winter and spring of 2021 the Green Exodus hosted online gatherings on Fridays. We used various practices to realign our relationship with the earth: meditation, poetry, land acknowledgment, land embodiment, contemplative photography, deep time walk, community conversations and hospitality. We were nurtured by Indigenous, Christian and Buddhist wisdom traditions and by conservationists and earth keepers.
Over the next three months we will be creating ways to participate in the Season of Creation, officially from Sept. 1 – Oct. 4, but for our purposes will be extended to Thanksgiving on Oct. 11. Explore here to learn more and stay tuned!
Season of Creation
Sept. 1 – Oct. 11, 2021
LATEST NEWS
- PERSONAL PLACE
One of the members of the Green Exodus community has been reflecting on the opportunity to create a personal land acknowledgement. In the following comments she expresses poignantly where many of us start from as settlers or immigrants when we think about how we want to honour the place we inhabit now, the place which … CONTINUE READING - LOVE, PETS AND THE EARTH
Green Exodus meditation leader and participant Ken Madden, writing on the site The Tattooed Buddha, shared this meditation for developing four core Buddhist virtues: compassion, empathic joy, loving-kindness and equanimity. In the presence of our pets, we can deepen our capacity to receive reality just as it is – with love. “I offer this as … CONTINUE READING - LAND STORY
In our Green Exodus Gatherings we have been considering our personal land stories and land acknowledgements. Suzanne V. took that challenge (Thank you, Suzanne!) and responded with the following words and artifacts (pictured): The red basket, for fire, has a lava rock in it.It represents the earth’s core of molten lava, flowing and erupting.We have a … CONTINUE READING
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