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Youngsters learn recycling: NMU EarthKeeper Student Team Eco-Christmas

Teaching Michigan youngsters to creatively recycle: Northern Michigan University EarthKeeper Student Team Eco-Christmas Caption for photo on lower right: Tara Strong of downstate Grand Blanc (left) helps her daughter four-year-old Anja Strong make a recycled holiday card as Catholic EarthKeeper … Continue reading

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Make A Difference Day 2009: NMU EarthKeeper Student Team cleans along Dead River

Northern Michigan University EarthKeeper Student Teams Makes a Difference by removing trash from a favorite youth party spot on a Lake Superior tributary in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (Marquette, Michigan) – A student environment group from Northern Michigan University honored “Make … Continue reading

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Please vote for EarthKeeper/Zaagkii Projects through August 30, 2009: Finalist in “Friends of Elsie” contest

Please Please Please !!! Support the northern Michigan Earth Keeper Initiative & Zaagkii Project by voting through August 30, 2009 Story to vote: Week Ending Apr 05, 09 Creating numerous environment projects that bring together diverse groups, students, American Indians … Continue reading

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Interfaith Respect Series #4: Jewish Dr. Michael Grossman on Rabbi Hillel, Safed, Mystics, Kabbalah, Zohar

The Upper Peninsula EarthKeeper “Interfaith Respect” video series continues with a look at the Jewish faith with Dr. Michael Grossman of Ishpeming, Michigan.
The video ends with a drum solo and singing by Northern Michigan University student Emmanuel Shayo.
Dr. Grossman spoke on April 23, 2009 to students at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan. Continue reading

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Interfaith Respect Series #3: Imam Hassan Qazwini explains Islam, respect for women

Interfaith Respect Series #3: Islamic Center of America Imam Hassan Qazwini explains Islam and respect for woman Interfaith Respect has long been a goal of the Upper Peninsula EarthKeeper Team in northern Michigan. Interfaith graphics by Justice St. Rain Interfaith … Continue reading

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Interfaith Respect Series #2: Imam Hassan Qazwini discusses the Iraq War and other issues

Interfaith Respect Series #2: Islamic Center of America Imam Hassan Qazwini talks about the Iraq War and other issues Interfaith Respect has long been a goal of the Upper Peninsula EarthKeeper Team in northern Michigan. Interfaith graphics by Justice St. … Continue reading

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2009 Spirit of Place: God and the Bomb, a retreat Benedictine Monastery near Los Alamos National Laboratory

12th Anniversary Retreat
Spirit of Place
Encounters of Spirituality and the Environment

Wisdom in Wilderness: The Poetic Vision of Mary Oliver, a Spirit of Place kayaking trip retreat
Kayaking 40 miles along the shores of Lake Superior coastline
August 3-7, 2009
Cost: $850 (Limited to 10 persons)
Interfaith kayaking trip along 40 miles of Lake Superior shoreline, while reading journals of 16th Century Jesuit Missionaries to the Ojibwa tribe; discussions of spirituality and nature; hearty meals including smoked fish and homemade bread; Lodging in an Historic Inn and rustic lakeside cabins.
Facilitators: Rev. John Magnuson & Rev. Lee Goodwin

God and the Bomb

Science, Faith and the Future of Nuclear Technology
Nov. 12-15, 2009
Pecos Benedictine Monastery, New Mexico
(20 miles north of Santa Fe and 60 miles from Los Alamos)
Historical perspectives on the development of the Atomic Bomb
Small group dialogues on the faith and science with psycho-social insights on the challenge of nuclear technology
Prayers and reflection with members of the Benedictine Community
Ethical considerations for the promise and threat of nuclear energy
Afternoons in Santa Fe and at the Los Alamos National Laboratory with daily hikes in the Sangre de Christo Mountains.
Presenters:
Larry Rasmussen, PhD., Reinhold Niebuhr Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary
Robert Kraus, PhD., Deputy Director of Research and Development, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Facilitator:
Rev. Jon Magnuson, Director, nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute,
Cost: $850
Limited to 12 persons
Registration Deadline: September 1, 2009
Requires a $250 deposit
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Spirit of Place: Wisdom in Wilderness: The Poetic Vision of Mary Oliver, kayaking trip retreat

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Interfaith Respect Series #1: Islamic Center of America Imam Hassan Qazwini

Interfaith Respect Series #1: Islamic Center of America Imam Hassan Qazwini talks about his life during fall 2009 visit to Marquette, MI Interfaith Respect has long been a goal of the Upper Peninsula EarthKeeper Team in northern Michigan. Interfaith graphics … Continue reading

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Over 12,000 trees planted across northern Michigan in early May 2009 by U.P.EarthKeepers; as project ends forest fires destroy thousands of trees

Over 12,000 trees planted by Northern Michigan interfaith EarthKeepers during early May across 400 miles of northern Michigan and Minocqua, Wisconsin Raging forest fires underline importance of planting trees Earth Day 2009: First tree planted and blessed by northern Michigan … Continue reading

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