Pictures from one of our regular beach clean-ups. It’s not just about picking up trash, it is about honoring the Natural world and showing gratitude for Mother Earth that sustains life.
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Bruce’s Beach Celebration, June 26, 2022
As a Summer Solstice celebration, on Sunday June 26, 2022 we did a beach clean-up and ceremony to honor Bruce’s Beach. Our beach clean-ups are a way for us to connect with the Earth and give gratitude for the gifts of the Natural world. After the beach clean-up Phoenix lead a powerful ritual ceremony toContinue reading “Bruce’s Beach Celebration, June 26, 2022”
Hawk Watch February 2022
On Saturday February 5, 2022 we went to the Ramona Grasslands for a Hawk Watch. The event is hosted annually in January and February by the Wildlife Research Institute. The event includes a very informative educational talk by biologists and allows people to see falcons and raptors up close.
Beach Clean-up Saturday July 17, 2021
Over the past year our OSE meeting conversations have regularly turned to concerns about plastic pollution and it’s degradation of our beloved Earth. We decided to turn our concerns to action by doing a clean-up at Laguna Beach in California. We got started around 6:30 a.m. New people continued to show up and spread outContinue reading “Beach Clean-up Saturday July 17, 2021”
4th Annual Winter Solstice Celebration
Hosted Monday December 21, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.(PT) on Zoom Our celebrations are a fusion of ancient ritual and modern science. This Solstice, we went on a journey from the head to the heart. Connecting with the changes the Winter season brings to the Earth and wakening to our personal relationship with the Cosmos. FollowingContinue reading “4th Annual Winter Solstice Celebration”
Winter Solstice Ritual
The following ritual was written and delivered by Rev. John Odden during the 2020 Winter Solstice Celebration. Let us join in honoring Earth, our home, as the renewal time of winter and longer nights takes a celestial shift – the winter solstice – towards an awakening. Let us awaken with the breadth of each day,Continue reading “Winter Solstice Ritual”
Winter Bird Watching in SoCa
Notes from Richard Snyder’s 2020 Winter Solstice Celebration presentation. Did you ever wonder what “birds fly south for the winter” actually means?If you’ve been to a California beach you can identify a seagull – right? In the past year I’ve learned a lot about the class of animals known as Aves, or birds, and asContinue reading “Winter Bird Watching in SoCa”
Selected Winter Solstice Poems
Sue Snyder selected the following three poems that were read during the 2020 Winter Solstice Celebration. A Winter Bluejay (excerpt) by Sara Teasdale Sara Teasdale was born in 1884 and died in 1933. She was in poor health most of her childhood and suffered from depression. In her poem A Winter Bluejay, she imagines theContinue reading “Selected Winter Solstice Poems”
Thinking like a Mountain
Aldo Leopold was influential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness conservation. His ethics of nature and wildlife preservation had a profound impact on the environmental movement, with his ecocentric or holistic ethics regarding land. From the Aldo Leopold Foundation site “Thinking like a mountain is a term coinedContinue reading “Thinking like a Mountain”
Autumn Equinox Celebration 2020
Power Up for Change Tuesday September 22, 2020 6:30 p.m. (PT)https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81105898584 Renew your connection with our Earth through harmonizing community ritual and prayer. This is a non-denominational spiritual event for all people who love the Earth. Back to Events
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