Thank you for your continued notes of support and encouragement in response to our message about pausing programs as we engage in a focused time of reflection, learning, and strategizing. Your reflections have warmed our hearts and inspired us to rise to this moment. 

We ask for your continued support as we commit ourselves to bettering our internal structures and support systems to fully and holistically work toward social and ecological healing. 

Here are some of the ways in which we need support right now: 

  1. Hold your event here on the land. As many of you know, we have beautiful spaces, and we want to offer them for your gatherings. Weddings, Retreats, Workshops, Parties - indoor and outdoor. You can visit our website and/or reach out to host@eco-institute.org to learn more..  

  2. Help us care for the land. A beautiful and fun way to give back to this land, which has fed and held and nurtured us all, is to participate in a land care workday. We’ll reach out to let you know when these are scheduled for the Spring. 

  3. Re-home our beloved chickens. We have 21 laying hens and one gentle rooster of various heritage breeds. UPDATE: Chickens found a new home!

  4. Send us reflections. What has The Eco-Institute has meant to you? Tell us about the beautiful experiences you’ve had here, so that we can hold them in our hearts as inspiration as we imagine our way forward. We are collecting reflection here.

  5. Financial support. A new way is needed. Not just for us, but for everyone. Having a solid foundation of financial support is key to the vision that sustains us—the vision of a world where we are all both teachers and students, where water is respected as sacred, where every child is supported in their fulfillment, and where communities are deeply interwoven with intact and resilient natural ecosystems. This world is also one in which we respect natural seasonal cycles, including times to burst forth with flowering energy and extend outward, and times to rest and nourish the roots. With this vision in mind, we ask humbly for your generous donations. On our website you’ll find several ways to donate, including becoming a monthly contributor, becoming an annual sustainer, donating a vehicle and donating stock.

Thank you for supporting this time of active listening and response, 

Meg & The Eco-Institute Leadership Team

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