Projects
For many years, Circle of Life has inspired, encouraged, supported and incubated many social change projects and initiatives. In 2006-2007, Circle of Life provided the groundwork for the international What’s Your Tree program- a small group based curriculum that has changed the lives of over 500 people around the world. Circle of Life was the launchpad for the Engage Network, a nonprofit that has provided “best practices” learning and program development to some of the largest organizations around the globe including Habitat for Humanity International, Greenpeace International, Slow Food USA, Off the Mat Into the World and Green for All. Most recently, Circle of Life supported the launch of the Pollination Project, an innovative foundation that gives $1000 grants, every day of the year, to individual changemakers worldwide. The Pollination Project, much like Circle of Life, operates from the principle that all issues are deeply interconnected. They fund projects in the areas of social justice, human rights, environmental sustainability, arts and culture, community health and wellness. But ultimately, their goal, much like Circle of Life, is to support a global shift in consciousness towards a peaceful, just, sustainable and compassionate world.
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WHAT'S YOUR TREE
“What is it that calls you to stretch beyond what is comfortable into places that are uncomfortable, and to realize that you are more powerful and more magical than your mind could have believed? -Julia Butterfly Hill
What's Your Tree is a program inspired by the story, message and vision of Julia Butterfly Hill. While living in Luna's branches, Julia learned about a horrible disease that she calls "celebretitis." When we look to celebrities or public figures as all-knowing and all-important, we have become afflicted with celebretitis. We tragically give up our own power and hand it over to the celebrity we idolize. Julia has spent the last 10 years on a crusade to end celebretitis. She has committed to giving the spotlight that shines on her back to each one of us. We are all Julia Butterflys, Gandhis, Martin Luther Kings, Mother Theresas. We all have the potential and power to become great leaders, to serve with our hearts, and to change the world. The What's Your Tree program uses this message and folds it into a seven-week curriculum for small groups. It builds upon the writings and message of Julia Butterfly Hill as a way to find our own inner calling that is more powerful than we know ourselves to be. This is what we call "finding your tree." We invite you to find out more by visiting http://www.whatsyourtree.org/. |
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Off the Mat, Into the World ® (OTM), is a non profit organization dedicated to bridging yoga and activism.
Founded in 2007 by Seane Corn, Hala Khouri and Suzanne Sterling, OTM’s mission is to use the power of yoga to inspire conscious, sustainable activism and ignite grassroots social change. |
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The Pollination Project believes in the power of ordinary people to do extraordinary things. They make grants to individual change-makers with an idea and a plan to make their community and their world a better place.
Their goal is to give $1,000 seed grants to individual change makers, 365 days a year. |
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