I create this image on the day my Canadian and American sisters--100 of them--are in a Boston sound studio recording "My Heart is Moved," a CD of songs based on the words of The Earth Charter. The music for these songs was composed by Norma Luccock of Vancouver, BC, Nancy Nordlie of the Great Lakes Basin, and Carolyn McDade--visionary songwriter, spiritual feminist and social activist--who is the unstoppable force behind this work. As these women bring their hearts, voices and intentions to the grave and glorious task of learning to live sustainably upon the earth, seven men and one woman meet in Hwiligendamm, Germany to discuss and, hopefully, act to lead us into a new way of responding to the global warming crisis we face.

May we hold these gatherings in our hearts and do whatever we can to act on behalf of our beloved home.