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Earth Healing Initiative Native American respect for planet
 
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Added: 10-04-2008
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Earth Healing Initiative Faith groups must learn Native American respect for planet Faith communities have a duty to protect the Earth and Native Americans other Indigenous peoples can teach us a lot about respecting nature Marquette Michigan The new non profit Earth Healing Initiative based in Michigans Upper Peninsula is honoring faith based and Native American environmental projects across the Great Lakes The interfaith Earth Healing Initiative is currently collaborating with the United States Environmental Protection Agency to promote the Great Lakes Earth Day Challenge involving about thirty seven projects in eight states including providing faith community volunteers where needed and spreading the word about the event in churches and temples Magnuson recognized the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin near Green Bay that has three projects connected to the Earth day Challenge and thanked the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and other northern Michigan tribes that have participated in other Cedar Tree Institute events like the four year restoration of Upper Peninsula wild rice beds by at risk teens and tribal elders called the Manoomin Project The tribe participated in the three Earth Keeper Clean Sweeps that saw the public turn in nearly four hundred tons of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and electronics across northern Michigan The annual Earth Day collections in past three years were part of the interfaith Earth Keeper Initiative The Native American community has been a partner with us from the very beginning on everyone of our projects Magnuson said They have not only sent volunteers but on one particular instance they provided several trucks to be able to haul polluted materials and hazardous waste So we are thankful to many of the tribes here in northern Michigan for being partners and we look forward to working with tribes in the Earth Healing Initiative Magnuson said The Cedar Tree Institute co founded the Upper Peninsula Earth Keepers who work closely with ten faith traditions on a wide range of environment projects that include college students at risk teens American Indian tribes and others The Earth Healing Initiative is developing the same relationship with the same faith communities in northern Michigan and others across the Great lakes
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Tags: Earth  Day  2008  interfaith  faith  Michigan  environment  Great  Lakes  2008  Earth  Day  Challenge  Native  American  EPA  Indian 

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