Ecotone Newsletter
Posted on 12-18-2009
Winter 2010
Issue 20
Spirit of Place 2009 Retreat
Posted on 08-31-2009
God and the Bomb:
Science, Faith and the Future of Nuclear Technology
November 12 - 15, 2009
Pecos Benedictine Monastery, New Mexico.
Raging forest fires underline importance of planting trees
Posted on 05-27-2009
Over 12,000 trees planted across northern Michigan in May 2009 by Upper Peninsula EarthKeepers; as project ends forest fires destroy untold thousands of trees.
Spirit of Place 2009 Kayak Trips
Posted on 05-16-2009
Wisdom in Wilderness: The Poetic Vision of Mary Oliver
August 3 - 7, 2009 Marquette, Michigan.
Earth Day 2009 &
The interfaith Upper Peninsula EarthKeeper Tree Project
Posted on 04-27-2009
Faith leaders bless and plant the first of 12,000 trees across the Upper Peninsula.
12,000 trees to be planted by U.P. EarthKeeper Team for Earth day 2009
Posted on 04-10-2009
The Upper Peninsula interfaith EarthKeepers will create the equivalent of a forest for Earth Day 2009 as 12,000 trees are planted by about 100 churches and temples across northern Michigan.
Songs of the Earth Benefit Concert
Posted on 03-09-2009
About 100 people listened to folk songs and rousing harmonica music and drank hot apple cider at a free benefit concert in Marquette Monday night (Feb. 23, 2009) to help raise money for the Cedar Tree Institute and its many environment and other projects.
Inland Drilling
Posted on 02-10-2009
A debate over mining in Upper Michigan
by Jon Magnuson
Fair Trade Coffee Project
Posted on 02-02-2009
While Upper Peninsula residents endured an arctic blast, two Northern Michigan University students started the New Year learning about Fair Trade during the peak of the coffee growing season in Nicaragua.
Wings & Seeds The Zaagkii Project
Posted on 01-12-2009
Native Plants and Pollinator Protection Initiative. 2008-2010
Ecotone Newsletter
Posted on 01-12-2009
Winter 2009
Issue 19
Earth Keepers accept White Pine Award
Posted on 01-02-2009
Upper Peninsula Earth Keeper Team announced plans for 2009 while accepting the prestigious White Pine Award from the Michigan Sierra Club
Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative
An Interfaith environmental project for the Great Lakes basin in cooperation with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
Ecotone Newsletter
Winter 2008
Issue 18
The Awakening
A writing on Spirituality and the Environment by Jon Magnuson which was recently featured in the Marquette Monthly
The Manoomin Project
At-risk teens, tribes restore wild rice in Michigan; youth learn social issues like racism against American Indians
Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan
Bishop James Kelsey 1952 - 2007
World Earth Bishop Mourned: Interfaith environment champion
Earth Gifts
Now you can support the work of the Cedar Tree Institute with a tax deductible donation online. Donate securely with a Credit Card or PayPal account, and receive a gift from the landscape and folk artists of northern Michigan.
TWO CEDAR TREE INSTITUTE PROGRAMS NAMED AMONG TOP 15 HARDEST WORKING NON-PROFIT PROJECTS IN AMERICA BY WORLD MAGAZINE
To read more about the Earth Keeper Initiative program and the Manoomin Project
(wild rice) click here. Please support these projects with your donations.
Biologists call the thin line of landscape where specific ecological systems meet, an "ecotone." Such intersections present unique, often overlooked species of plants and wildlife. Some naturalists suggest, astonishingly, that over 90% of all life begins there.
Founded in 1995, The Cedar Tree Institute, a nonprofit organization, reflects a similar presence in the areas of mental health, religion and the environment. Building collaborative partnerships, we sponsor seminars, forums and workshops along with providing counseling, mediation and consulting. One third of our services are pro bono.
