Earth Trust

His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave his support for the Earth Trust in 1991. With respect, we offer an excerpt from his message here: “Preservation of our environment is not just an ethical question, but an urgent question of our very survival as living beings. The abuse of environment, which resulted in such a great… Continue reading Message from Dalai Lama

As the children of the Earth gather to remind us of our responsibility to care for the Earth, for life, let us stop, be still and listen. As the children speak out, asking for us to take our custodial place, let us look to the ancient wisdom of the First Peoples for guidance. As the… Continue reading Children of the Earth

Imagine all the people living life in peace… I hope someday you’ll join us and the world will be as one. John Lennon As we come to the close of 2016, a year of many challenges, changes and upheavals, some of us are challenged by how life is playing out here on Earth. With the… Continue reading Let’s imagine

A few words of inspiration from an acclaimed scientist! “Look deep into nature and there you will understand everything better.”                           Albert Einstein Is this not how the Custodial peoples on this Earth lived and learned and gained their wisdom?

The Earth Trust is currently offering support for a pilot program where investors can join with custodial people to grow a business while caring for their country, and handing on custodial ways of working with land and native plants. The Aboriginal community, the investors and those interested in the wider world can all benefit, while… Continue reading Good News Story

As 2015 draws to a close I have pondered a way to address the tension that lies beneath all the conflict we experience at present on the Earth. Today we have insight into a way of living in harmony through the ways of those custodial people who see all life as being their ‘relations’. Aunty… Continue reading Creating Change

One of Aunty Elaine’s visions for the future was to hold a global gathering of Custodial Elders, in her country. The intention of such a gathering being to provide a platform where they can share their dreams for a healthy planet as a step towards strengthening them to provide advice to a world in need… Continue reading Elders Vision for the Future

During 2014, Aunty Elaine together with her niece Aunty Shaa, continued to share their cultural ways of relating to the natural environment through Gumbaynggirr Dreaming. This program was first created and presented in January 2012. Participants again felt what it is to be in relationship with country. They find themselves feeling uplifted and exhilarated and… Continue reading Experiencing land and culture with Custodial Elders

Recently I have been exploring how the Earth Trust can make a difference right now, in our world. I have revisited the fundamental principles of the Trust while looking at what our world needs today. In essence the Earth Trust is about healing our connection, our relationship with the Earth, with each other and with… Continue reading The Earth Trust Can Make a Difference

One evening, while at a residential conference on education on the east coast of Australia, again in Gumbaynggirr country, I retired late. Tired as I was, I was more restless than sleepy. The crashing of waves on the shore just metres from where we were cabined, seemed to be calling me. Not being one to… Continue reading … another way …