nature works

gratitude

noreply@blogger.com (nature works) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:18:00 +0000

nature works has been busy-- growing and evolving and creating!

In the past 7 months since I've joined this inspiring cooperative, so much has happened. Gardens created, grown, and transformed; nourishing meals served with love & delectable flavor; an amazingly successful regenerative workshop series in Brooklyn, allies and networks and communities grown; a website designed and implemented; and so much more.

We are doing work that invigorates us as it also brings us towards our vision for a more beautiful, connected and equitable human culture-- all the while designing ways to make this work sustainable for ourselves. I find myself often asking: How may we offer our lives in service of current & future generations of humanity, and to honoring & protecting the Earth that provides us with all that we need AND enjoy lives full of freedom, comfort, and abundance? Sometimes it feels challenging to reconcile the two in a world that feels so full of contradictions and inequity-- and it is trust that keeps me going.

Through the work that I do in this cooperative, I am learning the power of receiving, and how important it is to find balance between giving and receiving. I’ve noticed that there are some people in our culture that only know how to give, and some that only know how to receive (or take). Imagine what this world would be like if we were all taught to give something back for all that we are given...! I’m excited to be growing into a regenerative culture that values gratitude so strongly-- even when I feel like I have nothing to give in return (how could little old me give something back to Mother Earth in repayment for all the ways in which she nourishes and sustains me?), I still have my gratitude to offer.

with gratitude,

Lily

p.s, here is a photo from our Brooklyn workshop series!

we're up! (and away...)

noreply@blogger.com (nature works) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:09:00 +0000

nature works is on the web! our new website has been brewing for a while and we are thrilled to share it with you-- there are some elements which are still being developed (such as the resources for regeneration), so please be patient as we continue to build.

in the meantime, check out our new photos on the services page, or the growing network on the alliances page, and maybe learn about some of our exciting allies, such as Gaia University, an internationally accredited university and network for people who are working to create a more beautiful world.

this winter, our two (currently primary) nature works partners are learning and developing skills abroad; in Costa Rica and Mexico. this means we may be a little bit out of touch, though we will continue to update the blog through the winter! and as soon as spring rolls around, we will be back in action locally.

see you then!
Lily

love

noreply@blogger.com (nature works) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:30:00 +0000

“Don’t worry about what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and do that.
Because what the world needs are people who have come alive.”
-Howard Thurman