Vision | Mission | Values
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Vision
The existence of a thriving network of holistic ecological communities integrating human culture within the living world across central Alberta
Mission
We provide a living laboratory of ongoing education, research, and retreat demonstrating an ecologically respectful relation of humans to the living world on a local, small scale that inspires others
Values
Ecology: we acknowledge our dependence on the Earth and its living ecosystems and our interdependence with all our nonhuman neighbours and fully and willingly accept our responsibility within them and to them; practising reciprocity through consent, gratitude, and ethical giving and receiving
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Transformation: we are called to a deep transformation of our identities, practices, sciences, ways of knowing, and spiritualities, that return us to our deep belonging to the Earth our home
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Action: we act with integrity to become the change we foresee the world needs, inspiring others to pursue the same
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Urgency: we act with urgency due to the multiple and converging crises of our time, recognizing the challenge this places on acting with integrity
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Spirituality: we understand spirituality to be practices that shape us, particularly our relations to each other and ultimately to the Earth; these practices manifest a great diversity ranging from those of world religions to individual expressions
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Relational: we actively seek out, consistently engage in, and prioritise relationship building with local organizations, businesses, faith groups, and communities
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Local: our values are not abstract principles or distant aims, but are concretely embodied on land and water and directly lived out in specific places