Global Healing Response: Our Connection and Responsibility Towards Earth

In this special episode, as Global Healing Response moves its attention from water to Earth and as Earth Day approaches, we take a look at our vital dependency on and responsibility for caring for the element called earth – the hard, solid constituent of our planet that includes rocks, the soil, sands, and the great, shifting tectonic plates that move imperceptibly below our feet. 

Earth includes all the minerals we use to build our homes and create the things that we consider necessary for our lives. It includes sources of fuel such as coal. We might extend our definition to include products that start as solids, but have been made into gas, oil, and the myriad chemicals that are the building blocks for life. When we think about the Earth, we might think about standing on firm ground, having a place where we can root ourselves, and most critically of all, the place we call home. 

Climate change and the effects of plastic pollution are key topics in our conversation. Earth Day, a global initiative intended to motivate conservation of our planet, this year stresses the dire need for significant reduction of plastic production.

Research findings from Curtin University serve as the groundwork of our reflection on the damage extreme heat and drought inflict on Australia's soil and its potential failure to achieve COP climate objectives. We also emphasize the notable link between global peace and soil health, brought to public attention by U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at the World Economic Forum conference in Davos earlier this year.

We explore the surprising statistics of sand exploitation and ponder the dilemmas plaguing renewable energy production. This thought-provoking episode sheds light on humanity's often detrimental impact on the planet and the importance of mindfulness towards our actions and their environmental repercussions.

We wrap up with straightforward, everyday actions each of us can commit to, saving our planet and underlining the power of collective action to surmount environmental challenges. Tune into this compelling episode and take part in our mission to heal our planet.

Earth Day is 22 April 2024. 

Suggested intention 

As we reflect upon humans’ varying ability to exploit Earths minerals in damaging or beneficial ways, we suggest holding as our focused intention this week: 

We will that scientists, environmentalists, governments, and all who have influence will be inspired to discover and promote projects that benefit rather than harm life on Earth.  

Please join us in holding this. 

Websites, people and organizations mentioned in this episode:    

Global Healing Response: 

https://globalhealingresponse.com/ 

Earth Day: 

https://www.earthday.org/ 

https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2024/  

Labyrinth Activist Network Book Club reading: “Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life” by Dacher Keltner 

News sources: 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/03/boom-in-mining-for-renewable-energy-minerals-threatens-africas-great-apes-aoe 

https://news.sky.com/story/more-than-1km-under-the-north-sea-is-a-climate-friendly-mineral-that-could-help-feed-the-world-13047223 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/03/240326103845.htm 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-024-00619-z 

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2024/01/16/sustainable-agriculture-is-a-national-security-issue--blinken-says-at-world-economic-forum 

https://sustainablesoils.org/ 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-66724628 

https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/unep-marine-sand-watch-reveals-massive-extraction-worlds-oceans 

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/environment/6-billion-tonnes-of-sand-taken-annually-from-oceans-causing-irreparable-damage-to-benthic-life-91571 

Join us in person for intention holding:  

https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/events-1 ~ Labyrinth Activist Network Zoom calls  

https://insighttimer.com/cliverj ~ Daily intention holding with Clive on Insight Timer.  

Our websites:  

www.heartfulimpact.com/   ~ Our show website.   

https://globalhealingresponse.com/ Global Healing Response ~ Offers a wealth of prayers, suggested practices and prompts in response to environmental catastrophe, conflict, and other world events.   

https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/ Legacy Labyrinth Project  

https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/events-1 ~ Creating global energetic connections through the labyrinth; inspiring active intention sending using the labyrinth via labyrinth activism.   

https://www.clivejohnsonministry.com/ Clive Johnson Ministry  

https://insighttimer.com/cliverj ~ Events and offerings aimed at building beloved community, including weekly energy holding vigils and Power of Eight group.   

Impact! Is presented by Ellen Bintz and Clive Johnson. It is produced by Impact Productions.   

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Our theme music is by Chris Collins. www.indiemusicbox.com.   

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