Climate, Ecosystem & Biodiversity

Traditional Indigenous Knowledge has long reminded us that we exist inseparable from the health of the people. While many versions of Chief Seattle's speech in 1854 can be found online, these words carry a timeless and universal truth that the masses have lost sight of: "This we know: the earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth. This we know: all things are connected like the blood which unites one family. All things are connected. You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of our grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children that we have taught our children that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of earth." As noted elsewhere on this page, EARTH embraces ecological models of health and well-being. EARTH proactively works towards relational healing with the environments that we are born from and live in. Through the International Transformational Resilience Coalition and the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice, EARTH has been designated a prospective Transformational Resilience Coordinating Network (TRCN) and will be working to establish this community network in Southern Arizona - a smaller arc within a larger and growing circle of communities and organizations devoted to ecological health and healing. If you are interested in partnering with EARTH to support our efforts, please reach out.