Thanksgiving Address: Greetings to the Natural World

Name: Thanksgiving Address: Greetings to the Natural World
Start: 2024-12-15T22:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-12-15T23:00:00-05:00
Location: Blandford Nature Center

Schedule

Sun Dec 15 2024 at 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Blandford Nature Center | Grand Rapids, MI

Join us at Blandford Nature Center this month! Notice the change of venue. We're fortunate to have indoor facilities, including restrooms, this month, for part of the event, so join us for a beautiful morning centered in gratitude.
These monthly gatherings aim to experience a way of acknowledging the Natural World, greeting all living things, and showing gratitude. The Haudenosaunee People encourage this practice to be shared widely. John Stokes, wrote the booklet we use during the gathering in order that we “share in these words, that our concentrated attention might help us rediscover our balance, respect, and oneness with Nature.”
Monthly meetings are FREE and open to everyone of all ages. They are designed for informal and formal educators to experience the Thanksgiving Address in community so they can reflect and consider how they might use this practice with their students, nature center patrons, etc.