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February 3, 2012
The Toolkit, authored by Children of the Earth youth, Corina Simon, was born out of the desires of the organizers of the youth project European Consciousness Through Peace Actions to share their learning and support the intentions of some participants to carry forward the methods with other groups of youth in their communities. More broadly the toolkit is targeted for European youth facilitators, educators and trainers.
February 3, 2012
Occupy Wall Street is a social movement that started in New York City in the summer of 2011. Although the movement has no centralized message, the common theme of frustration at the economic gap between rich and poor and the lack of social services for many citizens is apparent. According to the Declaration of the Occupation of New York City the New York City General Assembly (NYCGA), the protesters are gathered together by “a feeling of mass injustice… at a time when corporations, which place...
December 2, 2011
On the 13th of November 2011, Mark Conrad and Christian Marx (Chapter Leaders in the Philippines) went on another M.A.D adventure together with 19 passionate youth volunteers.
After 2 hours journey, a boat ride, hiking and crossing 2 rivers on their bare feet, they all arrived at a remote village called Sapang Munti carrying 40 sets of school supplies and materials for the children in the community.
The M.A.D workshop was a total success! The children learnt the importance of living their life...
November 28, 2011
COE Nepal Chapter Leader, Jimmy Lama, continues to inspire us by turning spirituality into action through his passionate and effective projects throughout rural villages in Helambu, Nepal. Most recently, the COE family received a letter from Jimmy sharing with us his future plans.
Last year Jimmy's project in Nepal called HELP was approved of a Grant through the Mondochallenge Foundation to fund the construction of a building for education and training purposes in one of the rural areas of...
November 19, 2011
Evolutionary Leaders In Service to Conscious Evolution
The 2011 Evolutionary Leaders Retreat (of which Nina is a board member) was held at Mayacamas Ranch in Calistoga, CA, from October 31 to November 3, 2011. The Source of Synergy Foundation is responsible for organizing the Evolutionary Leaders annual retreat, as well as basic operations, such as the nomination and selection process for new ELs and the management of the website and new communications platforms. At this meeting, approximately...
November 16, 2011
On October 14th, the Vermont Chapter, and dedicated young volunteers, orchestrated a
successful silent auction at a local waterfront venue, Splash. With the space graciously
donated by owner, Barbara Bardin, the space boasted a stunning view of Lake Champlain.
From spa retreats, to stunning artwork donated by local artists, friends of COE came
together to donate a plethora of enticing goods and services.
Meredith Burak acted as the Master of Cermony and Shyla Nelson graced the stage as our...
November 15, 2011
Thinking holistically means knowing that everyone and everything is part of a wider system. It means understanding that if we're going to help children break free from poverty, we must first empower their mothers, improve their schools, outfit their health clinics and build their water facilities. It means making change sustainable so that children can realize their rights, get their education and live to their full potential. Sustainable Change! Attainable Change!
In El Salvador Children’s...
November 10, 2011
Last week I, Reto Biedermann, helped lead a Christian church camp in Zermatt, Switzerland. We were 4 leaders, 2 cooks and 30 amazing children in the age of 13. The topic of the week was the traditional celebrations of the Christian year. So in 4 days, we celebrated all Christian festivities from our Christian culture and learnt about their deeper meaning.
We started with 3 kings day, carnival, lent, Palm Sunday, Eucharist, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension Day, Whitsun and Christmas. We learnt...
November 10, 2011
On Saturday the 5th of November 2011, Gavin Morgan (Hub Leader in Scotland) held a World Peace Flag ceremony as his contribution to the Occupy Movement , during "Occupy Findhorn".
"It is interesting that there are many levels,dimensions and frequencies to the occupy movement that is sweeping the planet (and the collective consciousness of humanity) I honour them all and know they are all needed, they have value so we can all move forward and make the changes- "IT is Action in motion!
We Prayed...
October 12, 2011
On the 21st of September 2011, Paula Alonso, COE Chapter Leader in Argentina, celebrated the International day of Peace at school with all her students. The students were happy to find out that on the same day, that "Spring Day" and "Student Day" is celebrated in Argentina, the International Day of Peace is celebrated all over the world. She had the opportunity to introduce "The COE's Peace Declaration" to them and together they reflected upon the ideas and wished that in Argentina they would...
