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"What Can One Person Do When 6.8 Billion Are Frying the Planet?" by Franke James. Posted December 28, 2010 on the YES! Magazine website. YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Printing This Handout Download a...Story | July 18, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees -
"What Can We Do" by Joyce Poley from the Let Your Heart Sing CD and songbook. Used with permission. Part 1: What can we do to make the world a better place? What can we do to make it better? What can we do? Oh what can we do? What can we do to make it better?...Handout | July 18, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees -
Read about Wangari Maathai and the Green Belt Movement. UU environmental resources include the UU Ministry for Earth and the UUA Green Sanctuary Program.July 15, 2013 | From Circle of Trees -
A comprehensive manual to help you facilitate a weekend-length Council of All Beings without previous experience can be found on the Rainforest Info website. Two good UU environmental resources are the UU Ministry for Earth and the UUA Green Sanctuary Program.July 15, 2013 | From Circle of Trees
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View more visual essays at Franke James's website. Visit 350.orgUU Ministry for Earth and the UUA Green Sanctuary Program.July 15, 2013 | From Circle of Trees
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Explore North Carolina State University's Trees of Strength website. UU environmental resources are the UU Ministry for Earth and the UUA Green Sanctuary Program.July 15, 2013 | From Circle of Trees
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The Trout Life Cycle From Trout Are Made of Trees by April Pulley Sayre, text copyright 2008: Trout are one part of a vast food web centered in streams and rivers. Trout require cool, clean water to survive. Trees shade streams, helping to keep the water cool. As stream water winds its way past...July 15, 2013 | From Circle of Trees
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Explore more the benefits of trees at these websites: Arbor Day Foundation North Carolina State University's Trees of Strength program Tree People Learn about the urban "heat island" effect at the EPA website....July 15, 2013 | From Circle of Trees
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Two good UU environmental resources are the UU Ministry for Earth and the Green Sanctuary Program. The Rev. Daniel S. Brosier of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Elgin, Illinois, offers a sermon titled Ordinary Miracles (May 4, 2003) in which he recounts an experience of saying "hello, trees"...July 15, 2013 | From Circle of Trees
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Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Optional: Clipboards, drawing paper, and pens, pencils, or color pencils Optional: Paper for rubbing textures, and soft crayons or chalk Optional: Re-usable bags for collecting leaves or other small, natural items Optional: A guide to local trees...Activity | July 11, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "Trees for Kenya" Preparation for Activity Read the story a few times so you will be comfortable presenting it. Review the discussion questions in the activity, and add some of your own if desired. Description of Activity Invite the...Activity | July 11, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees
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Come back with me into a story we all share, a story whose rhythm beats in us still. The story belongs to each of us and to all of us, like the beat of [a] drum, like the heartbeat of our living universe. — Joanna Macy, in Thinking Like a Mountain This workshop completes the ritual begun in...July 11, 2013 | From Circle of Trees
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Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Chime, drum, or rattle Preparation for Activity Read the activity several times so you will be comfortable leading the ritual. Plan for the possibility of an uneven number of participants. A co-leader can serve as the needed partner or you can have...Activity | July 11, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees
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Cut down the forest of desire, not the forest of trees. — The Buddha, Dhammapada 283 Workshops 6 and 7 are ideally done as one longer workshop of at least two hours. The workshops comprise an adaptation of the ritual "A Council of All Beings," presented by Joanna Macy, John Seed, Pat Fleming, and...July 11, 2013 | From Circle of Trees
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Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Taking It Home Basket for name tags Preparation for Activity Download the Taking It Home section of this workshop to reflect the activities this group has done. Copy it as a handout for all participants. (You may wish to...Activity | July 11, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees
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Activity time: 60 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Colored dot stickers or other stickers Workshop 1, Handout 1, Tree-Related Project Ideas Preparation for Activity Research local tree groups, for example: Trees Atlanta, dedicated to protecting Atlanta's urban forest...Activity | July 11, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees
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Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Unlined paper and markers, pens, or pencils Optional: Computer with Internet access Optional: Handout 1, Climate Change Action Plan Preparation for Activity Post blank newsprint. Set paper and markers on work tables. On...Activity | July 11, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees
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Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "Visual Essay" A computer and a digital projector Optional: Printed copy of the visual essay Optional: 15-foot length of rope Optional: Clips, clothespins, or tape Preparation for Activity Read the visual essay, so you will be comfortable...Activity | July 11, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees
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Adapted from Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry for Kids website. Five Senses Poem Think of an experience, such as crunching through the autumn leaves. Start each line of a five senses poem with one of the senses (but feel free to leave out a sense if it doesn't fit!). I see . . . I feel . . . I taste . . . I...Handout | July 11, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees
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From The Kids' Book of Awesome Stuff (Brotman-Marshfield Curriculum, June 2004). Used with permission. Take a deep breath. The air you just breathed in is different from the air you just breathed out. The air you breathed out is a gas that can suffocate you if too much of it gets in the air. That...Story | By Charlene Brotman | July 11, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of TreesTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Connections, Earth, Gratitude, Humanism, Interdependence, Nature, Salvation, Science, Stewardship, Wonder