Aug 30, 2013
The following are a collection of photos and messages from participants in the Australia ETV Pilgrimage, along with a number of beautiful comments and heartfelt prayers to the ETV from allies from around the world who followed this journey from afar or participated in the global meditation on the solstice. Enjoy! Letters from Australia’s […]
Oct 24, 2012
The Construction of Peace Hut #3, Bong County, Central Liberia October 2012 By W. G. Jacobs, Project Coordinator Members of Women in Peacebuilding Network at the dedication of the Ganta Peace Hut The Liberia Peacebuilding Project is hoping to begin construction of its third peace hut in Bong County, central Liberia, in collaboration with the […]
Jun 25, 2012
The second of thirteen peace huts earmarked for construction in war-ravaged Liberia was dedicated in Ganta, northern Liberia, on June 8, 2012. Members of NGOs and the government of Liberia, as well as UN peacekeeping mission representatives working in the country, witnessed the program. It was a huge and colorful festivity. A cow was sacrificed […]
Oct 21, 2011
Through the generous support of the Frost Foundation, the ETV Project journeyed to Liberia in March 2011 to tend seeds first planted when we buried an Earth Treasure Vase in Voinjama, Lofa County, on the 2009 winter solstice. Joyfully, we returned to participate in the community dedication of a Peace Hut constructed at the site […]
Feb 17, 2011
“We will create a space where the truth is sacred, and renew our peacebuilding efforts to heal fractured communities. I am prepared to be the first to appear before it, to say what I have already said, to challenge untruths, to say what I have done and what I have not done and to demonstrate […]
Feb 11, 2011
In Stories of Belonging, edited by Kelly Wendorf, Tjilpi Bob Randall writes: “To understand belonging, you have to understand the system of connection that has supported my people for over sixty thousand years. Belonging to all things was and is our way of life. As an Aboriginal person, you belong to much more than just […]
Apr 29, 2010
Pilgrimage to Mali Story by Cynthia Jurs I arrive in Mali and am greeted by Abdoulaye Diallo, dressed in a long green cloak with a sparkle in his eyes, and instantly know I am in consummate hands. A well-traveled antiquities dealer from Mopti, he has agreed to be our guide to Dogon Country. He is […]
