It is with GRATEFUL and REVERENT hearts that we invite you to join us in CELEBRATING Earth Day 2025 in your local commUNITY! April 22nd, 2025 is the 55th anniversary of Earth Day. The seeds that were planted on April 22nd, 1970 are flowering as over 1 billion people in more than 193 countries acknowledge Earth Day. With the threat of the continued destruction of our BELOVED Gaia in the name of greed and domination, WE EACH MUST TAKE A STAND as defenders and protectors of our Mother.
We feel that Earth Day deserves to be an official International Holiday and so we are encouraging us all to take a pause on April 22nd to gather and be of service to our Mother Earth. If you are able to take the day off of work, PLEASE do so! Perhaps even bring your kiddos along so they can have an immersive day learning from Gaia!
Let's organize in our local communities to adopt practices of living in SACRED RECIPROCITY with Mother Earth and all sentient life upon her.
CommUNITY altar from the IMAGINE PEACE Promise Alliance Earth Day gathering in Austin, TX in 2024.
We are stewards of the Earth and it is up to each of us to BE THE PEACE and JUSTICE WE WISH TO SEE IN OUR WORLD!
Some potential activities could be:
*Earth honoring ceremonies
*Water ceremony
*CommUNITY Service project like trash pick-up or building a commUNITY garden
*Plant a tree
*CommUNITY art project like painting rocks
*Visit and/or donate to your local Wildlife Refuge
*Volunteer at your local park
*Volunteer and/or donate to your local animal shelter
"Everything outside us and everything inside us come from the Earth. We often forget that the planet we are living on has given us all the elements that make up our bodies. The water in our flesh, our bones, and all the microscopic cells inside our bodies all come from the Earth and are part of the Earth. The Earth is not just the environment we live in. We are the Earth and we are always carrying her within us.
Realizing this, we can see that the Earth is truly alive. We are a living, breathing manifestation of this beautiful and generous planet. Knowing this, we can begin to transform our relationship to the Earth. We can begin to walk differently and to care for her differently."--Thich Nhat Hanh, from 'Love Letter to the Earth'
In LOVE, PEACE, and SOLIDARITY,
The IMAGINE PEACE Promise Alliance
