Gaia Ki
" in balance with the life force of this living Earth"
Earth is not ours to 'own'
we are here but in passing
a dance in a dream...
Earth belongs to
Nature's myriad life
& future generations
yet to be born...
Asante Riverwind
Conservation & Arts Director
541.390.2957
asanteriverwind@gmail.com
Gaia Ki
P. O. Box 5534
Bend, Oregon 97708
Founded July 22, 2010
Helping bring meaningful
change & environmental
protection through community
education, inspired arts,
wildlands adventures, and
legal aikido advocacy ~
reconnecting human societies
as part of the wondrous nature
of this living Earth.
Helping return to balance & harmony with
the ki flow of energy of the living Earth
through education, advocacy, and empowerment.
We are living in an era of increasing global climate disruption
commonly known as “Global Warming.” Human societies’ alterations to
Earth’s diverse interwoven natural ecosystems have upset nature’s balance,
with many of Earth’s biodiverse species, from micro to macro-fauna, from
phytoplankton to polar bears, imperiled. Wherever we are on this living
Earth, working together to protect and restore the natural ecosystems of our
home region, while reducing our personal and societal impacts, can help
begin to restore nature’s balance, ensuring a living Earth for the generations
yet to come.
Blessed with diverse ecosystems providing for nature’s wondrous
biodiversity of wildlife, aquatic, and botanical species; the Pacific
Northwest bioregion is part of the volcanic Ring of Fire, sculpted with
mountain spring birthed streams and rivers flowing through verdant forests,
lush valleys and high desert wildlands to coastal ocean shores.
Natural ecosystems are ecological wonderland treasures, helping offset the
harms of human caused global climate disruption and fast-paced industrial
society’s economic pressures, incessant noise, and stress – providing
wildlife habitat and humans refugia, inspiration and adventure in places
where nature’s wildlands yet remain untrammeled and free.
Gaia Ki educates, advocates and inspires to ensure the ecological viability
of our waters and wildlands, and our reconnection as part of living nature.
The heritage of earth’s future and our ability to begin to rectify the harmful
impacts of global climate change depend on maintaining and restoring
earth’s interwoven ecosystems, including our region’s irreplaceable forests.
Bringing human societies into balance with living Earth heralds significant
changes that protect and restore the interwoven web of nature; recover
imperiled species viability and biodiversity, reconnect with the dances of
life itself, and improve the quality of life for all.
Ultimately we must address the root causes of insatiable societal demands.
More than "renewable" energy expansion, “sustainable” logging excess, and
"green" development; we need ecologically harmonious human societies in
balance with Earth’s interwoven web of life. Making conscious choices in
consumption, development, and ultimately population; converting to
ecologically appropriate energy efficient structures, building materials, life
styles, and resource use; and responsibly protecting and restoring our
waters, forests, and natural ecosystems; we can best assure an ecologically
viable future for those here today and the generations yet to come.
Wherever one is on this living Earth, we can join in these efforts, caring for
our region's environment, increasing global community awareness,
celebrating & advocating through arts and inspired action.
Though the wiles and pressures of politics, finance, and popular perception
beguile and entice - it is naught but the integrity of Nature, of the ecosystems
of this living Earth, that must guide, inspire, and attest of our efforts.