We believe in the power of our breath. We believe in using our hands and hearts to feel and heal. We believe in building resilience in ourselves and our communities. We believe in kinship. We believe caring for the environment will allow us to show each other greater care. We recognize plants, the soil, and the sky as our teachers.⁷ We believe in the transformative power of watching the rising and setting sun. We believe the world is infinitely abundant; there is no limit to the wind and the sun. We believe we are abundant. This is our natural state. We believe in regeneration. Of ourselves. Of the economy. Of our ecosystems. We believe in rest.⁸ We believe the more we care for our souls, the more we can care for the planet.
We believe in generosity and making way. We believe in cooperation, not competition. We believe in our interconnectedness with all things. We work like a mycelium network. ⁹
Our current ecological crisis is our spiritual training ground, calling us to evolve. We owe it to future generations to throw everything we've got at making a better world. We owe it to ourselves. 10 ⁷ Robin Wall Kimmerer says, "The land is the real teacher. All we need as students is mindfulness." Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, (Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions, 2013) ⁸ Social justice movements recognize rest as both a resource and a political act. Rest replenishes us, supports our transition from surviving to thriving, and enables us to honor ourselves individually and the collective work we have ahead. ⁹ Peter Wohlleben's book, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate ― Discoveries from A Secret World (United States: Greystone Books, 2016), shares the story of the fungal networks linking tree roots, forming a web of underground relations that has been dubbed the "wood wide web." ¹ ⁰ "As an artist and a mother of a one-and-a-half-year-old child, I am compelled to throw everything I've got at creating a world that is cared for and endures for future generations." —Monica Lynn Manoski (EVOLVE COLLECTIVE Founder)
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