10th Annual Earth Day Celebration
Mark your calendars for Sunday, April 20, for Earth Elder’s 10th annual Earth Day Celebration , This year’s theme is “Sustaining Sacred Earth.” It will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. at Gold Ridge: Luther Burbank Experiment Farm in Sebastopol, California and is sponsored by Earth Elders.
This event is free for all ages and will include refreshments, entertainment, exhibits and the Earth Walk. Some of the entertainment will include: music by the Kokopelli Players, the Raging Grannies and the Solstice singers; poetry reading by Shepherd Bliss; ceremony and story-telling by ChoQosh Auh-Ho-Oh, native American elder.
Sebastopol’s Mayor, Craig Litwin, will read the Earth Day proclamation. Special guest, State Senator Pat Wiggins will speak along with other invited guests.
This event is sponsored by Earth Elders of Sonoma County and co-sponsored by a number of local organizations including: the City of Sebastopol, Sierra Club Sonoma Group, Solar Sebastopol, Climate Protection Campaign, Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County, Occidental Arts & Ecology Center, Sebastopol Farmers’ Market, Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation, Network of Spiritual Progressives, Around the Fire, Post Carbon Institute and KRCB Radio 91.
This event will be held rain or shine at 7781 Bodega Ave, one mile west of downtown Sebastopol. Parking will be available in the cemetery off Bodega Ave, just one block west of the farm.
For further information, contact Lela Smith at 829-8971, lelaspinner@yahoo.com or James Prior, 823-6757, priority1_1@juno.com or www.Earthelders.org.
EARTH ELDERS ADDRESS GLOBAL WARMING
How can the elders of our society contribute to the emerging efforts to stop global warming and protect our planet for future generations? Earth Elders in Sonoma County (California) is wrestling with this question.
We want to “do something” that will make a positive difference for the future of our planet. We wonder if there isn’t some special role for elders in this important work.
We invite you to join this conversation. We want to know your thoughts – and your imaginings – about “what to do” and “how best” to go about translating our elder passion into “doable” action?
Please share your thoughts and ideas with us. Perhaps, working together, we can find an “elder way” to reduce global warming – a legacy for our children and grandchildren that reflects our commitment to a just, sacred and sustainable Earth for all beings.
Please respond in the box below, or, by email to: cwmahoney@peoplepc.com. Please let us know your name, location and email address so we may keep in touch.
Thank you.
Connie Mahoney, PhD
Founder, Earth Elders