Restoring Our Earth to Vibrant Health

by Don Weaver While many socio-ecological problems have worsened over these 30 years, it appears that an ever higher percentage of our 6.6 billion population is waking up to the need to transform our ways of living, to truly go “green,” to make peace with the Earth and ourselves, to end the “war on Terra.” This Terra, the beautiful living Earth of which we are an essential part, needs each of us to become conscious contributors to personal/planetary healing. You are needed and invited and welcomed! Here are some views from my perspective as a health-oriented ...

Restoring Our Earth to Vibrant Health

by Don Weaver “Healing the damage of industrial civilization is the task of our generation.” —Leonardo DiCaprio “Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and esthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient. A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.” —Aldo Leopold “Our life on Earth is a fellowship of being, and there can be neither prosperity nor survival for those whose practices continually violate the laws of interdependent ...

RTE Playground

The EARTH SANCTUARY is an ecoproject sustained by private funding and maintained by volunteers. It is located 150 kms south of Barcelona, Spain, in the mountains near the Mediterranean sea coast. The property has been bought through the years by a private group and is dedicated to the protection and development of the Mediterranean flora, as well as to the development of personal, spiritual and environmental training. As a group, we are most aware of the climate crisis, and that is one of the reasons that we feel such sustained committment to our mission. ...

Ocean Arks Carbon Sequestering Project: A Forest in Costa Rica

Almost a year ago we embarked upon a long hoped for dream. Our Costa Rica based colleagues and partners, long term New Alchemist William Turley and his green-thumbed wife Angie Sanchez are planting trees on their land on the deforested lower slopes of the Volcano Miravalles in Guanacaste. (more…)

Ocean Arks Carbon Sequestering Project: A Forest in Costa Rica

Agroforestry Project in Costa Rica: Food, Fuels & Income to Sustain Local Communities By John Todd Project manager William Turley showing one year old Jatropha fruit Almost a year ago we embarked upon a long hoped for dream. Our Costa Rica based colleagues and partners, long term New Alchemist William Turley and his green- thumbed wife Angie Sanchez are planting trees on their land on the deforested lower slopes of the Volcano Miravalles in Guanacaste. Our plan is to replace formerly forested, overgrazed grasslands there with a working landscape of trees. The land is ...

Update on RTE Project in Costa Rica

Jatropha Seeds In partnership with Ocean Arks International's John Todd, RTE's research project in Costa Rica is currently documenting evidence of the enhanced growth of trees by using volcanic rockdust to enrich the soil while reforesting previously devastated, overgrazed grasslands. See this article to learn more about our efforts to increase carbon sequestration through remineralization in Costa Rica. Read more from Remineralize the Earth...

Dan Kittredge at NOFA Summer Conference 2008

Executive Director of Remineralize the Earth and Director of our Real Food Campaign, Dan Kittredge will be offering the first workshop in an exciting workshop series related to remineralization at the 34th Annual Northeast Organic Farming Association's Summer Conference to be held in Amherst, MA from August 8-10, 2008. Workshop and conference details follow: Nutrient Dense Crop Production (Part 1) with Dan Kittredge 8-9:30am, Sunday August 10, 2008 University of Massachusetts -- Amherst, MA Terra Preta/Charcoal (Part ...

John Todd Wins Buckminster Fuller Challenge

Dr. John Todd John Todd of Ocean Arks International and Research Scientist for RTE's Agroforestry Project in Costa Rica: Food, Fuel and Income to sustain local communities using remineralization, has just been awarded the annual Buckminster Challenge with his Comprehensive Design for a Carbon Neutral World: The Challenge for Appalachia. The Buckminster Fuller Challenge Movie About the Appalachia Project