Chief Oren Lyons: Listening to Nature's Law

Oren R. Lyons, a member of the Seneca Indian Tribe, is the Faith Keeper of the Turtle Clan, Council of Chiefs of the Onondaga Haudenosaunee Nation (Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy). As Faith Keeper, he is charged with preserving the customs, traditions, values, and history of the Turtle Clan and upholding the Great Law of Peace of the Haudenosaunee; while representing the message of this people to the World Community in all aspects that the Onondaga Nation considers to be…

Cynthia Jurs: global project Vases of Earth's Treasure and the Alliance for the Earth

“It’s not that we have to act. If we are awakened, action will naturally take hold of us.” Thich Nhat Hanh CYNTHIA JURS is a Buddhist teacher of the Order of Coexistence who received the Dharmacharya transmission to teach from Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh in 1994. She also practices Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism – she has studied and practiced with many great masters for thirty years and many…