"I find working with youth and refugees very rewarding because both groups are eager to engage in training and are willing to learn from their peers," writes Sr. Zipporah Ngoiri Waitathu of Uganda.
The term organic was uppermost in all that Earthrise Farm expressed for many years. Yet an even more dynamic term was coming onto the horizon: regenerative!
The only way to achieve a good and truly human life in a place like the Andes mountains, far from the cities that have more resources, is the support and protection of the community.
I have made it a point of urgency to speak to people about care for the Earth by engaging them in making concerted efforts to plant more trees, reduce water wastage, and keep the environment clean.
Rereading Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" recently, I realized that many seeds for the consciousness we're struggling to act out of today may have been germinating back when it debuted in 1938.
In Kenya, sisters coordinated training to regenerate degraded soil and grow organic food and entrepreneurial skills to help people start projects and generate income.
The Ursuline Sisters of Mount St. Joseph have been taking care of 750 acres of land in Kentucky since 1874. The farm is in our blood, and as we moved to leasing it, our questions centered on protecting the land.
A recent splash in a flowing stream of cool water gave me a renewed sense of inner peace and harmony with all of creation, a feeling of coming home to my true self.