by CES | Dec 4, 2017 | Blog, Somatic Sovereignty
by Penny Allport I’ve long held a sneaking suspicion poets might have a better grasp of the human body than any anatomy specialist, medical researcher or other expert in the field. When I first heard Mary Oliver’s lines, You do not have to be good, you do not...
by CES | Oct 16, 2017 | Blog, Our Unique Story
By Robin J. Hood The Centre for Earth and Spirit was influenced by several inspired earthlings who came before – Thomas Berry was central among them. A few months ago Kim Holl was surprised to field a call from Michael Dowd, a US Minister and Berry scholar...
by CES | Oct 16, 2017 | Blog, Orca Soundings
THE PEOPLE vs KINDER MORGAN AN ORCA SOUNDINGS INITIATIVE by Ana Simeon | RAVEN Brilliant sunshine greeted the first day of the massive Kinder Morgan legal challenge in federal court in Vancouver. The morning opened with legal arguments from Tsleil-Waututh Nation...
by CES | Oct 16, 2017 | Blog, Orca Soundings
FROM THE ARCHIVES: A Journal Entry by John T. Shields On a cool August morning, I was sailing off south Oak Bay in my 30′ wooden sailboat. In the waters off Trial Island the winds dropped and a dense fog rose. The morning light turned the cool fog into a golden...
by CES | Jun 3, 2017 | Blog, Intensive Journaling
The INTENSIVE JOURNAL Method at William Head Institution by William Israel As a member of the Restorative Justice Coalition at William Head federal penitentiary on Vancouver Island, Bill Israel spends one evening a week with fellow Coalition members and 15...
by CES | Jun 2, 2017 | Blog, Following the Good River
by Briony Penn This May I traveled up to Kitimaat village to spend some time with Cecil Paul and his family to go over the stories that we are preparing for the book. I spent part of the month in the Kitlope where spring was just breaking through the snow on the...