There is really no other organization like the Pachamama Alliance - driven by passion to envision a just, sustainable, fulfilling world for all beings and grounded in such deep integrity and authenticity. Since volunteering at the annual luncheon last year I have participated in several events: Awakening the Dreamer symposium, Game Changer Intensive, Awakening the Dreamer facilitator training, etc. Pachamama Alliance not only offers the tools to create a better world, they empower individuals to become change makers and instill confidence that we all have a role to play in addressing huge issues like climate change. And the alliance is 95% individual donor funded, giving them even greater integrity (not being funded by corporations with special interests.)
After years of climate activism, I was burned out. I learned of Pachamama Alliance and their mission statement resonated with me. “bringing forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, socially just human presence on this planet”. Each meeting began with a grounding exercise showing the importance of nurturing your own soul. Their free classes were the perfect blend of community, resources and individual reflection. They met with my group monthly for years to support and encourage our work. This has allowed our local group to remain, active, committed and energized for the last 8 years.
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Pachamama Alliance has been transformational to me because the organization has given hope and purpose to my life. It began with their course "Awakening the Dreamer" which I highly recommend everyone take. Since then, I have brought their mission of "bringing forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, socially just human presence on this planet" to my local community. The individuals I have met through this organization are wise, focused activists and the PA staff have been incredibly supportive of our local group named "Chicagoland Co-hearts".
Just like Amazon Watch and Rainforest Action Network, Pachamama Alliance is doing great work to help preserve the Amazon Rainforest. In my reading on environmental issues, Patchamama Alliance has the best educational outreach of any organization in the environmental movement.
This nonprofit has made a huge difference in the trajectory of my life. I didn't know what I was getting into when I was first introduced to the "Awakening the Dreamer" course material. I resisted at first, because I was just "too busy." Then I decided to go in and see where it would take me. I've since then completed both the Game Changer Intensive and the Introduction to Community Climate Action program. Now, I fell empowered to make a difference in my daily life, in my community, and in my profession; and, I'm honored to continue leveraging the Pachamama Alliance's education materials to support others in my profession through the Accounting Alchemy Network. This is an amazing organization!
Pachamama has been an integral part of my relearning my relationship with what is going on in the world --through programs such as Game Changer Intensive with others opening our hearts to perspectives grounded in caring and values. I have stayed in touch with the global Pachamama community through monthly online gatherings and value hearing from the founders and Native people like Arkan. Incredible, indelible, inspiring. They have been part of my professional development simply through this kind of quality exposure. We all need regrounding in what feeds our soul and our relation to the Planet in these times.
I was introduced to the Pachamama Alliance several years ago by a friend and attended local meetings conducted by two people who have been involved for quite a few years. I find the people involved to be sincere and thoughtful. They are committed to improving the lives of indigenous people around the globe whose lives have been negatively affected by the taking of land and the destructive extraction of natural resources. This has expanded into a general concern for the planet's capacity to support life. My own activism is centered on how governments raise revenue to pay for public goods and services and related economic policies. Pachamama's leadership seems to be guided by a morality-based spirituality. My involvement is with the local supporters, engaging them in conversation regarding the systemic changes I believe are needed to achieve the outcomes they desire.
These people truly care and do so , so much for the earth. I took there many week class, and it was so amazing,. so much information. And the groups, the support , the people, all fantastic. There was no cost for the class, it was by donation. The information given so just so much. I thought I had wanted to do more for the forests, for the rain-forests. I found they are doing so much. their training program was truly wonderful. I would say anyone who wants to learn, and meet other like minded people, or anyone who wants to support a group really making a diffentce in the world. this is a fabulous group
Pachamama is a brilliant and inspiring educational platform as well as a call to action. Feel so lucky I found it. Impressively well organized and mercifully short segments keeping my and our group engaged in changing the world.
Rachel R. Atlanta, GA
MANY many years ago, I took the Changing the Dream Awakening the Dreamer epxerience and my life was forever changed. I am a conservaion artist in Hawai'i workinng on a 300' indigenous guided mural grounded in Native Hawaiian wisdom. I am a Bioneer and I follow the work and am ever inspired by the essentail work of the Pachmama Alliance. May they grow and grow!
I have taken 3 classes with Pachamama and facilitated one. What I love about this organization is the emphasis on relationship with indigenous people and support of women and children - not as a sideline, but as essential to actually working on addressing climate change. I have made good friends through the classes, and continue to meet with them via Zoom. One of the groups continued as a book group and we have studied some fascinating books and had supportive and useful discussions about them.
I found the Pachamama course online at exactly a time when i needed too. It spoke to many areas of my life that i was looking into and was seeking further understanding. very easy to navigate. Great information and facilitation. they really do deserve further support with the amazing work they are doing.
They have excellent programming, very accessible and in inclusionary. They have been an inspiration in challenging times.
Pachamama Alliance is one of the very few places that I can find out what is going on with the people and also the environment in South America. I am very moved by the consistent activities towards backing the environmental health, social health and economic health of the people, fauna and flora, in their increasingly endangered home, our Earth.
I am immeasurably grateful that Pachamama Alliance has been a catalyst for transformation in my life for over 15 years. And, I feel that this empowering journey has just begun! Since my first experience with the "Awakening the Dreamer Symposium" (a cornerstone program of Pachamama Alliance), I have been a grateful devotee of the interconnected and interconnecting "pro-activity" (not just wonderful words!) of this life-loving organization. So much so that I can safely and joyfully say that I'll be an engaged supporter for life! Deep gratitude to Lynne, Bill, John, our amazing partners and mentors in the Amazon, and all who continue to make Pachamama Alliance a true gift to our world!
From the early days of listening for what they didn't know or even believe, catalysts who became the Pachamama Alliance, have demonstrated walking, talking, and cultivating living fields of strategic listening partners. Thoughtful team choices have brought forth the timeless "Awakening the Dreamer: Changing the Dream" symposium and the globally engaging, while in place, Game Changer Intensives. Shared leadership and expanding the wisdom of the whole are in the Pachamama Alliances's DNA.
Who would have imagined or dreamed what has happened within this global network of committed, skilled individuals and organizations coming together by the power of open hearts? Daily, monthly, thousands engage in ways that are modeling life in the 21st Century.
A specific example of their leadership is with ever-expanding Rights to Nature movement.
Sharon Joy Kleitsch, PA facilitator/meta-networker
I love the Pachamama educational courses on social and climate justice so much that I have started using them in my own organizations to develop common understanding around these topics. Such powerful and well presented material.
The Pachamama Alliance, through their generous transformational community co-creation educational trainings and inspirational offerings, is committed to the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible. They are a blessing to the world.
I have been a member of Pachamama Alliance for many years. I first joined them because of the quality of the materials. The content was organized and informative and the pictures were beautiful. I have volunteered with them and taken just about everything they have offered. I have never been disappointed in them. I have met many wonderful people by being involved with them.
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I am an avid volunteer with Pachamama Alliance . I have been with them for well over 10 years. I facilitated Awakening the Dreamer Symposiums for many of those years. I've met the leadership in the organization by attending their annual luncheons in San Francisco and San Diego. I've traveled with them to Ecuador to experience first hand the lives of some of the most remote indigenous tribes in South America. These tribes were the inspiration for the establishment of Pachamama Alliance. I looked at them from top to bottom and from experience declare them, "The Best".
Pachamama Alliance gave me the "uplift" I needed to continue advocating for sustainability. Activism can be a discouraging endeavor with "so much to do and so little time to do it". I was becoming discouraged. When I heard about PA and took their "Awakening the Dreamer", I knew I had found exactly what I needed. Since then I have taken at least 5 additional courses and repeated a few as well. The time has been well spent. Thank you Lynn and Bill Twist and all the wonderful staff that has supported me on my journey.
The Pachamama Alliance is one of the most relevant groups in these times of transitions. They connect worldwide with individuals and communities to weave together three key aspects of our lives today: environmental sustainability, social justice, and a strong spiritual connection. This is a unique group, and I've continued to grow with their workshops and my ever-expanding global community that the PA provides.
Their workshops and trips are all important ways to grow and contribute as we move through the great turning. Thank you Pacha People!!!
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I have known about the PA and its excellent work for years, and in 2016 I met some of the staff at the Transitions and Permaculture event in Hopland, CA. The direct, specific exercises on leadership, and their personable attitudes led me to connect with the PA more deeply.
Since that time I have been a volunteer for the PA, helping in the initial development of the course based on Drawdown, attending events, and traveling on their Game Changer Journey to the Amazon [see photos]. Meeting the Achuar and other indigenous people directly has deepened my respect and appreciation for the work PA does. Their founders and all the staff are caring, genuine individuals who recognize the critical role of community in our transition world.
Their vision, mission, and commitment continue to move me, and I am intensely supportive of the work of the PA. We have just announced the debut of the Humboldt Pachamama Community here in Arcata, CA, where we will continue the work of PA through the workshops and events they provide.
I could add to 'my role' that of 'expertise in this field' for the work I'm doing with them on computer mapping; this keeps me involved, learning, and excited. I am truly a GROUNDED OPTIMIST, as described in the PA course materials and videos.
Some final notes - the workshop development and events done by the PA are extremely professional, their videography is excellent, and the international network of communities is exciting, impressive, and inspirational!
The people at Pachamama Alliance create and hold wonderful global spaces where we can share, connect, learn and grow, to then translate this lived experience into our spheres. ❤️
Words cannot express my heartfelt experiences that I have had through the online offerings. Pachamama Alliance is taking on some of the most important subjects that help us to become more conscious human beings. They do that most lovingly and with no shaming. I am grateful for everyone who is a part of PachaMama Alliance.
The Pachamama Alliance has been my North Star for the last 15 years. It has provided me with an inspiring vision for a world to come that is beneficial to all people and all beings. It has guided me as a volunteer to work with others to have meaningful impact in my community. I remain committed to its work and its people.
Alain Desouches
One big joyful insightful discovery for me in 2022 is Pachamama Alliance with the Intensive Climate Game Changer and Intensive Climate Action training courses. Both free and so well designed with the participants as co-creators too. Great team and energy.I have become a small recurring donor and I am happy of my new relationship.
This charity does some excellent work in the areas of protecting the Amazon rainforest and promoting the rights of. They equip people around the world with inspiration and training to regenerate the planet’s ecosystems, bring justice to their communities, and restore our relationships with the Earth, each other, and ourselves through their signature Game changers Intensive program
This is a top notch organization with a wonderful staff. They integrate their wonderful mission of justice, spirituality and care for the earth in powerful, insightful programming.
I have been a member of the Pachamama Alliance for close to 20 years. Their work brings together our modern world with the indigenous peoples living in a remaining pristine part of the Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador and Peru. This work has been transformative, through PA's support and in developing and empowering the skills needed to preserve the natural resources of the Amazon, the indigenous cultures and protect the Amazon from further extraction by the fossil fuel and logging industries. Their vision says it all: creating an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, socially just human presence on this planet—a New Dream for humanity.
Pachamama has developed and delivered extensive educational programs around the globe to teach people in the "modern world" about indigenous wisdom and their relationship to the natural world -- wisdom and knowledge that can be applied to the crisis we face in the deteriorating environment of our planet.
In late April and May of 2022, I journeyed to the Ecuadorian rainforest with 7 others to meet and learn from the Sapara and Achuar people, all organized brilliantly by the Pachamama Alliance. It was a trip of a lifetime, one that has had a lasting impact on my life, even several months later. I have a renewed appreciation for life all around me and especially the trees with which I share this planet. Our two guides, Estefania and Juan, added so much to the journey, and I never once felt frightened or in any way threatened despite being in some pretty rough areas. I would encourage anyone who wants to experience an extraordinary two weeks, to investigate for yourself if such a journey isn't in your future.
Grow Nepal-Wild collection and supporting to the communities:
Our project “wild collection” stands for sustainability, fair trading, building connections, and empowering farmers. We want to ensure that the valuable work of individual local farmers of different districts of western Nepal and their high-quality produce of various medicinal and aromatic plants such as Soapberries, is seen, protected, and valued. Nepal has an abundance of very useful and healing plants to offer, which can support a holistic and healthy lifestyle and need to be preserved and shared with the world. Grow Nepal is making a variety of efforts to preserve and support this precious work and products.
Bridging gaps – making connections
Our team is bridging the gaps between these individual farmers and stakeholders through connecting them with national as well as international companies. So that these wonderful products can find their way to the people who need them.
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Through the connections we build with companies and the education we provide about the products, the demand increases, and so we are able to create more seasonal jobs, supporting local communities.
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It is very important to us to make sure that farmers and workers receive fair wages and prices for their time and products. Also, we are offering technical and logistical support in areas as record keeping and storage.
Sustainability & education
With everything we do, we give very high priority to sustainability and protecting nature. Therefore, we are putting great importance on sustainability training and education for farmers – to constantly improve their work and knowledge on farming and harvesting.
With our efforts, we want to make an impact on a healthier and more sustainable lifestyle, to a balanced way of living in harmony with nature – through utilizing nature’s wisdom and remarkable resources for the future of humanity and nature.
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Since I first heard the mission to “bring forth an environmentally sustainable, socially just and spiritually fulfilling human presence on this planet” I knew that this organization resonated with my values. In the last 6 years I have found the Pachamama Alliance to be a fantastic educational, inspirational and active organization pursuing vital goals for our Pachamama, or “Mother Earth” from the rain forest to the oceans and atmosphere.
My encounter with the Pachamama Alliance has indeed been a life-changing experience.
For the first time in my life I met with an organisation who combined the three aspects so important in our lives, environmental sustainability, social justice and spiritual fulfillment. If we, human beings truly lived along these principles, our world would be a better place
Pachamama Alliance is one of the most impactful nonprofits I've ever volunteered for, and donated to, and maybe even the most impactful of them all. I was affected so much by my first experience with them, their free Awakening the Dreamer Symposium, that I learned how to become a Symposium facilitator. I then took it to the next level and attended the Game Changer Intensive (GCI) which I have now moderated several times over the past few years. I think the GCI could be offered as foundational volunteer training for people involved in almost any other nonprofit also working to create an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, and socially just future for us all. I also love connecting with people from many different countries that are also drawn to these offerings. I highly recommend this nonprofit to others.
Pachamama Alliance is wonderfully game-changing organization that is supporting people passionate about environmental justice to learn how to live our values within a purposeful community. My journey with Pachamama began about 5 years ago when I was feeling impotent and depressed about the state of humans relationship with the more-than-human world. Pachamama alliances free online community based educational programs and trainings have helped me to cultivate grounded optimism and educated me to take informed action on issues I care about in meaningful and impactful ways. Traveling with our teenage daughters on a Journey with Pachamama to learn from the Sapara and Achuar communities in the Ecuadorian Amazonian jungle was the most enriching and mind-opening experience we have shared as a family. If you are longing for community and support to live your values more fully with respect to creating an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just human presence on Earth, I highly recommend connecting with the alliance and choosing to participate in one of their online programs or in-person journeys.
Pachamama Alliance brings a deeper way of knowing in difficult times, calling us to act from different place of greater wisdom and interconnection with all of life. Pachamama Alliance has had a profound impact on my life, and has allowed me to transmit a new vision and a new way of being to hundreds of other people around me.
I experience Pachamama Alliance as the most inspiring organisation I know. Their educational programs have changed my life and provide an empowering framework for constructive action in the face of the many challenges we are facing across the globe.
Pachama Alliance jump started my journey as an activist. I amplify their purpose, I.e. a sustainable environment, a just society, and a vibrant spiritual life, at every opportunity. Pachamama Alliance has given me the will and courage to “out” my truth, warts and all.
Pachamama Alliance trainings have changed my life by giving me the knowledge, connections, skills and tools to become an activist for social justice and climate change.
Pachamama Alliance through the online courses and learning materials, has inspired and changed. As a result this has motivated me to give back to my community by organizing trainings to youths and community groups on climate change awareness education, planting trees in schools and churches.
Pachamama Alliance always support us with great passion, commitment and love to create a better world, even though we are in Japan. For example, they have upgraded their web site accessible to Japanese by adding translating function, responding quickly to our request!
Pachamama Alliance provides invaluable leadership, educational opportunities and perhaps most importantly, networking and community-building for people interested in creating a more environmentally sustainable, socially just and spiritually fulfilling world. I have benefitted from their leadership and have become a stronger leader because of them. I have learned much and have met like-minded, visonary people through their network, some I now count among my closest friends.
Pachamama Alliance is an amazing community where you can learn about the environmental concerns, ADVANCEMENT(s)forward, indigenous practices, and connect with eachother in a way that is so necessary especaillly in this time. From the first course I took "Awakening the Dreamer" I was hooked and set up my online profile right away. Since then I have attending many inperson and online sessions and courses. I am about to attend one of their FREE Monday online gatherings, and am always so greatful for the information and connection made at these meetings and trainings.
Set up an account today and get started! https://landing.pachamama.org/global-call?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=98130771&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8kO5sUQszMH75qlHmR2o-ql-hJ-UvGDh3nh2vuXDxga-tHyjE5jg_Zlg9l6ZpnMPoo1PhCKIql5lf7LZb2uODPTvpLEA&utm_content=98130771&utm_source=hs_email
My participation in their online courses have been nothing short of life changing!
Having also had the privilege of being an intern within the organization, I can attest to the integrity and depth of commitment within the entire staff. They successfully cultivate and support an entire global community whom they inspire into action on behalf of an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just human presence on the planet.
In whatever way you are considering engaging with nonprofit organizations, Pachamama Alliance is deserving beyond measure of receiving it. They have lifted my view of what is possible for humanity and what a gift that is!
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On every level of integrity and service, Pachamama Alliance is reaching its goals and bringing great benefit to this world.
I have participated in 3 of their online courses and what a professionally run and meticulously organized system they have created to inform and inspire.
Beyond that, I am so motivated by their contribution that I have changed my entire engagement as a citizen of this country and world.
I am continually nourished by their networking and support that remains ongoing and available on so many diverse topics.
The relationships that have been fostered as a result of their planning and organization are valued and growing.
They model everything that I aspire to as an individual!
I've been supporting Pachamama Alliance for 20+ years and I'm always impressed with the global impact they are making with such a lean organization and budget. Their partnership with the indigenous Amazonian organizations not only helps protect one of the most important eco-systems on earth, but also is helping shift the worldview of the modern world to realize that we are all a part of nature.
The Pachamama Alliances work around the world is making a difference in bringing forth "an Environmentally Sustainable, Spiritually Fulfilling, and Socially Just human presence on our Earth." I am privileged to be part of that change with my volunteerism in China. I have brought the Awakening the Dreamer Symposium there in the past eight years with the support of the organization's global coordinator for the past four years.
My life has changed in unexpected ways since 2011 when I joined the Pachamama Alliance. My growth as a human being on our Earth has blossomed and I am grateful and honored to be a part of helping our Mother Earth thrive for future generations.
I love this organisation a group of really sound genuine people with no agenda other than to create a socially just economically sustainable spiritually fulfilling presence on the planet cool
I am very impressed with Pachamama Alliance’s professionalism and inclusiveness of all kinds of people, especially folks who disagree with their mission. I am planning to make a monthly donation.
So much GREAT awareness and eye-opening, I mean heart-opening materials!!! I am so grateful to Pachamama Alliance for their partnership with Drawdown.org and their standard set of courses! Also for the accessible online education opportunities! We are just starting a new organization that is focused on being future-fit and bridging initiatives. Pachamama's online courseware will allow us to quickly educate many people through partnering as opposed to trying to create our own courses. Thank you Pachamama Alliance!!
When I came across Pachamama Alliance's Awaken the Dreamer online course I was so in awe of what I was reading that I completed it in one sitting late at night. I loved that you could chose what you donated for the course. I eagerly joined the next Game Changer Intensive and then a journey to the Amazon Rainforest as part of their 'Journey program'. The organisation was amazing and the experience unforgettable and life changing. I enjoy connecting with like minded people in groups on their private online platform and value the speakers they provide for online 'calls'. But the most important work is assisting the Indigenous people's. Projects like the Amazon headwaters and supporting the Ecuadorian Amazon communities by providing income for their offerings of hosting eco-healing journeys is really valuable. Although I don't directly volunteer for the organisation it has led me to volunteer in other ways, doing 'healing intentions' for the Amazon forest and local workshops. I highly recommend this organisation.
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Pachamama Alliance appeared on my Facebook page with so much serendipity. I realised the work they were doing and educating people about was my calling. The resources for the two courses I have done were awesome. They have helped me feel connected to a greater good and have helped me on my journey to help others. I look forward to being involved with this them into the future.
The Pachamama Alliance has expanded my horizon on issues that matter to me the most. It is an incredible organization with the wisdom and love to empower the human experience.
Pachamama Alliance is a real leader in work to save the rainforest, the planet and its inhabitants. I currently work on a local Drawdown committee, through Pachamama, to reverse global warming. I have also traveled with Pachamama to visit the Achuar Tribe in the Ecuadorian rainforest, which was life changing. The organization is well run and true to its mission.
Every now and then I heard "Pachamama this... Pachamama that..." and everybody around me seemed to know what this was about. I knew it should be something good, since I appreciated the people talking about it. It took me some years to investigate further by myself... and falling in love with Pachamama Alliance was very quick! In one of his newsletters David Spangler quoted the Drawdown project, this was the last impulse I needed.
I went to the website, searched and got immediate contact to real people, many individuals sharing a language of the heart with me. Direct, open, authentic friendly... I started by engaging myself with translations of Drawdown materials. This activity increases my sense of belonging and at the same time I am free to discover so much more... Pachamama Alliance's website its huge, it is like a big birthday present I unpack... and find so much to draw upon!!!! Sometimes I take part at webinars, again a wonderful chance to nurture my care and my love for Life. I do bow to the deep commitment of the team behind all that...
Pachamama has been a word we use now at home, I refer to it and my child knows what I am talking about. The good and blessed energy of all it involves is part of our daily lives in the most gentle and genuine way!
The Pachamama Alliance's stated purpose (to nurture an environmentally sustainable, socially just, spiritually fulfilling human presence on the planet) is inspiring, and their work bears it out. Their educational programs to bring this positive outcome about are outstanding. Their environmental classes based on the book Drawdown are getting people into action to solve the climate crises. I've been facilitating these classes for a year, and they are getting people into effective action and bringing grounded optimism around the globe.
I have been involved with the Pachamama Alliance since 2012 and it has become a community that grounds my life and empower me into action! From my first transforming experience at an Awakening the Dreamer program, then another indescribable Journey into the Amazon - my heart was opened in new ways and my worldview transformed forever! From that new indigenous vision of the interconnectedness of all life, I am fully immersed in the mission of the organization - helping create a world that is environmentally sustainable,socially just and spiritually fulfilling. This organization has given me a community (national, global and local) that has empowered me into personal growth and action. The empowering leadership/culture of the PA has been a model to me in creating and growing our own local Pachamama and Drawdown communities in the Rochester NY area. I am so grateful and encourage everyone to learn more! Go to www.pachamama.org. First I recommend watching the Awakening the Dreamer on-line course! Then the on-line version of the Introduction to Drawdown! And then go deeper with the 8 week webinar - Game Changer Intensive! There's so much to learn and action to take as we create the better world we want for future generations! And always with the support of community! Thank you Pachamama Alliance for opening doors to my heart, community and the world!
I've thought of myself as a Child of the Universe for over 50 years. With Pachamama Alliance I've been able to meet a lot of other children like me.
Pachamama Alliance is a great place to learn - you can awaken your dreamer, become a game changer, participate in drawdown ... and, and, and.
A lot of roots are planted there and the followers are striking at those roots that are problematic. Terrific organization!
I've been involved for years with the Pachamama Alliance, first as a student in their GameChanger course, and then continuing as a facilitator/moderator for the course several times afterwards. I am continually invigorated with their work, message and progress in this world for it is greatly needed.
I love them! PA does incredible work with folks in the Amazon as well as in the rest of the "Modern" world to get people into action.
This organization is instrumental in a most important effort, to return our planet to sustainability and balance, our social systems to justice and our lives to being fulfilled and vital. Please support Pachamama Alliance and all of it's world wide projects.
Have funded and have travelled to the Amazon Rain Forest with representatives to learn form the Achuar people.
Pachamama Alliance has been a catalyst for my shift in philanthropic focus. For years I have been trying to figure out how my company could make an impact on the environment and now I have found my path. Pachamama works in partnership with indigenous people to co-create solutions that will protect the sacred headwathers of the Amazon rainforest. The team is exemplary in how they are leading global change.
The Pachamama Alliance has so inspired me that I have touched thousands of people with their message and their unparalleled programs. I'm speaking around the world, training others to do the same, helping design initiatives, presenting in online programs, leading people deep into the Amazon rainforest and more.
I didn't recognize how much I needed this avenue to contribute to environmental sustainability, social justice, and spiritual well being on a global and local level until I found TPA. It has changed the trajectory of my life and all of my family, in beautiful and unexpected ways!
The Pachamama Alliance, while waking up the world to climate change, also woke me up to my place in the process, gave me skills and hope and a way to move in this changing world.
I trained as a facilitator for the Awakening the Dreamer course, presented a couple of years and now am living the course material in my life, living the teaching each day, sharing with my community and doing all I can not to be part of the problem, to lead others to solutions.
I have learned information I am able to use personally and share with my family and community about what I can do in my home and neighborhood to care for Pachamama. I am also more informed about what is happening on a global level and feel that is useful in my meditation as well as investmeny and political choices.
The Pachamama Alliance is laser focused on their mission, "To Create an Environmentally Sustainable, Socially Just, and Spiritually Fulfilling Human Presence on this Planet". Their approach is one I can support - empowering local leadership to be the solution in their communities, from the Achuar in Ecuador to me in California. The educational materials the provide to support this empowerment are first class. I feel my financial support has been well utilized.
I have to say that the online offerings of Pachamama Alliance are truly outstanding. They are total quality from start to finish, free of charge, and come with a human support system! I plan to start offering opportunities for people in my community to experience these courses in groups ... at libraries, churches, schools, etc. I know that others who are involved with the Pachamama Alliance (PA) are doing this and I'm already in touch with them by way of the Global Commons forum, also provided by PA. I cannot speak highly enough of the amount this organization is doing to spread the word about climate change and to encourage people to treat the earth respectfully. I've been doing some online courses in various areas of interest and nowhere have I encountered such a high quality, wholistic approach as PA provides. I also like the fact that PA works hand-in-hand with indigenous people, bringing support to them and their worldview to us so that we can truly be one humanity in spirit while respecting diverse ways of living. So far, I have done the Project Drawdown and Awakening the Dreamer courses. I plan to share both of these courses widely.
I’ve attended training and participated in calls. This group is part of the heart of the world and so necessary. Professional, compassionate, doing good things with humor and love.
Pachamama is at the forfront of intersectioal thinking - the interconnecedness of all life and issues. This organization weaves together issues around the environment, indigenous peoples, animals, etc. - issues that are all connected to the dominance culture as a current paradigm, one that we must change to make the world safe for all beings - Like the Extiction and Climate crisis we face on this planet. We humans must wake up to the interconnectedness of all! Our congregation uses Pachamama's materials in our social and environmental justice work. Thanks!
This is the kind of nonprofit I fully support...they are a grassroots, non-corporate, no big overhead, highly focused, hands-on and getting things done. I've been a supporter and involved for most of the 21 years of its. existence and know many of the dedicated, LOW paid and passionate full-timers...
The Most inspiring organisation I have come in contact with. I am changing to a better person thanks to this community. This community is the future - sustainable, spiritually connected and advanced on all levels.
I find them extremely functional in having the biggest positive impact for the budget they have. Very efficient and effective!
Their programming inspires personal action. This is an effective model for creating a life-sustaining future.
Pachamama Alliance is a well respected, professionally run, and highly effective social profit organization. The staff and volunteers who run the org in the US and partner with the indigenous people in the Amazon have huge hearts, filled with compassion and are totally passionate about the mission....bringing forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, and socially just human presence on this planet.
If you are considering donating your time, money, or resources, I highly recommend Pachamama Alliance.
Using their excellent material I have been able to play a part in inspiring hundreds of local people in West Africa to understand what we are doing to each other and the planet and to consider what they might do about it
Pachamama is an amazing movement that comes from the South American meaning of mother or from mother earth. It's driven to bring earth into the rights that we give to business.... its time to honor our mother!!
Never have I worked with such empathetic, encouraging, and candid individuals. Every member of this organization emulates the mission created by Bill and Lynne Twist and John Perkins with their indigenous partners. The office buzzes with a hopeful and driven atmosphere--everyone has a role to play and a passion for playing it. Volunteering as an intern and table captain has been invigorating and I am now swept up in the fervor of shifting popular knowledge to understand and respect the worlds most precious natural spaces. THANK YOU PACHAMAMA ALLIANCE!
My preferred non-profit. Ever. The scope of their work, their spirit, their dedication is unprecedented.
Pachamama is all about making the voice of the unheard reach the masses; the voice of the planet, of nature, of animals, of indigenous peoples and of all those suffering silently and waiting for people to change their ways so that we all live in harmony.
The Pachamama Alliance is one of the most persistent, organized and thoughtful organizations I have worked with. They not only address the issues that matter to us most as human being with a clear and achievable vision; they also have years of experience and practical tools to assist people and communities around the world to work together. It’s been a privilege volunteering with them.
I have watched this community from afar and admired their tenacity, spirit and ability to organise without losing sight of their values. If anything - their values have evolved to be deeper and better understood by themselves. People within this charity have flourished and learnt leadership skills. They have the ability to engage others worldwide as their quest in their own country resonates with others in theirs.
Pachamama is truly a grass roots organization of people who love our Mother Earth and are working to honor and care for her around the world.
Amazing work by Sheila Blake. She is a trail blazer for this Organaization in Texas !!! Keep doing the great work of being the voice for our planet and the people who live in harmony with it.
Pachamama Alliance is an inspiring organization of highly dedicated people who are working for the planet, the Amazon Rainforest and for a better future for everyone on earth. I have been a donor for more than ten years and every month when my donation processes I am glad to be involved
Pachamama Alliance is an organization that’s partnered with indigenous leaders for the last 20 years. I’m proud to be a part of an organization relentlessly pursuing a thriving, just, and sustainable future, and to help implement our new goal to secure permanent protection of the southern basin of the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest, which would otherwise risk destruction from oil drilling and other extractive industries.
I am moved by the work Pachamama Alliance does to bring forth a thriving, just, and sustainable world. The educational programs are incredible, and it is fantastic that the organization goes beyond a fixed curriculum to connect participants on an ongoing basis to discuss shared experiences. Those connections are powerful, and offer a very unique opportunity in the world. I am happy to support this wonderful organization!
The Pachamama Alliance walks its talk -- its use of resources, its practices and ways of being are consistent with its purpose of creating an environmentally sustainable, socially just and spiritually fulfilling human presence on this planet.
I know it from the inside out and am happy that such an effective vehicle of love exists.
The impact the Awakening the Dreamer - Changing the Dream had on individuals in our community in the Sea to Sky Corridor of British Columbia, BC was simply profound. People from all walks demonstrated a deep connection with the materials throughout each phase & Swiamish residents touched by the event supported it through a heavy snow fall, a myriad of other conflicting events and many didn't want to leave the event afterwards, staying on to talk for hours about potential next steps. Our experience felt supported yet challenged us to work through the material as partners in the venture, inspiring a rich curiosity around each phase of the material, and we enjoyed the additional time spent Together working out the kinks [now ironed out by this highly accountable organization. Their integrity & forthrightness are a balm to the spirit & we have so much gratitude for our hearts have been blown wide by the material & intention behind it that mived through us all that day. THANK YOU FOR THIS TREASURED EXPERIENCE! We will host it again in the coming year
I look for two things in choosing nonprofits to support and found them both in the Pachama Alliance:
1) one whose purpose or mission I related to the most: while Pachamama Alliance's started with the focus on empowering indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest to preserve their lands and culture, it has broadened to educate and inspire individuals everywhere to bring forth a thriving, just and sustainable world. In plainer terms, for me, that means to be conscious as we consume, buy and use things, about what we truly value and want to leave for future generations.
2) how the nonprofit conducts itself in pursuing their mission; e.g., the leadership being paid too much, is their efficiency in getting funding to the purpose of the organization, is the focus consistently on the mission and are results being achieved.
The Pachamama Alliance fulfilled and exceeded both of these for me over the 15 years that I supported it.
I support Pachamama Alliance. Their outcomes of "delivering educational programs to thousands of participants, helping them awaken to the needs of our time, and become=ing inspired to take action for a just and sustainable future" is so meaningful.
Pachamama Alliance is, in so many ways, the answer to the question I had long been asking: is there a single non-profit organization that resonates with my values and my Vision that I can align my life with? Last year, I realized that I was a member of numerous organizations that were all doing good work on the whole, but that I was doing little of that work myself. Though each organization had meaning for me, only Pachamama Alliance connected with me in a holistic, affirming, fully empowering way. It took a wake up call (literally) from a friend in Brazil to remind me what a jewel of the Amazon and what a great hope for the World the Pachamama Alliance is. And now I am all-in! I love Pachamama Alliance and the great colorful hope this organization brings to the World!
I first volunteered 45 years ago, and participated in my first political campaign 40 years ago. It wasn't until I connected with Pachamama Alliance two years ago I finally found a social enterprise that offered not just opportunities to serve and to do good, but also education in effective social and political change grounded in best practices from both ancient indigenous and contemporary wisdom teachings; support for building and sustaining local, engaged "pro-activist" community; and training and empowerment for individual volunteers to carry the alliance's message of environmental sustainability, social justice, and spiritual fulfillment to others around the world. I tear up thinking how long I've felt alone and isolated in my call to action for peace and justice, and how now with Pachamama Alliance I finally feel at home. This group is one in a million.
I have been aware of the Pachamama Alliance's great and important work for years. Finally, recently, at my company's (Powur PBC) first training and business event, I was able to experience the Pachamama Alliance's powerful, cathartic, inforamative healing, and motivational "Awaken the Dreamer" program! Loved it! I would recommend this program for anyone, from anyone walk of life. I hope to host "Awaken the Dreamer" in my town too.
I discovered Pachamama Alliance about ten years ago. They got my attention and interest for their work in promoting what is really important and essential in life to include our interconnectedness with nature. When I saw the Amazon journeys I told myself I would go with them and did in 2013. They are doing an incredible job in raising awareness and getting people's commitment in improving quality of life on this planet.
I appreciate PA and the awakening the dreamer, changing the dream symposium because of its simple yet comprehensive mission , clarity of vision and willingness to ask tough questions, find allies in unlikely places and offer inspiration to every person on the planet!
Pachamama Alliance is active on the front lines in the Amazon to support indigenous people in saving their home - the Amazon rainforest. They also develop innovative programs that reunite people with their natural origins and empower them to take action in the world. The Pachamama Alliance is an active and innovative organization making a difference for all of us on the planet.
I've been a supporter for 15 years and have never regreted it. I think they practice what they preach. The message is represented in the name.
I follow the work of Pachmama Alliance mainly through their Facebook page, which I find informative and unbiased with excellent colourful photos. This page does an excellent job of informing a wide audience about their work in supporting indigenous people and their lifestyle and their rights to continue their lives, disseminating how the knowledge and and awareness such people hold in relation to living sustainably is absolutely vital to the humanity and the planet itself. I as a human being am so grateful that Pachamama Alliance exists - and I love following their Facebook page.
Cassie at Pachamama Alliance 09/10/2015
Michelle, thank you so much for your review! We are so grateful that you feel this way! It is exactly what we intend for people to get out of our Facebook page and our work in general. :-)
In 2013, November, I attended a symposium during a Sustainability conference at Ananda College in Oregon state. 'Awakening the Dreamer', the symposium presented by Pachamama Alliance, was one of the top mind-altering and consciousness shifting experiences of my life. I would highly recommend to anyone concerned with the immediate and/or eventual future of this planet, to attend one of their symposiums or events, or purchase the dvd online. It's simply wonderful. I can't praise it or their work highly enough. I thank them here, and hope to be able to volunteer with them at some point. Namaste
I was an early traveler with Pachamama Alliance in 1999 and a follower of their work ever since. The trip to the retreat center in the midst of the Achuar was one of the most enjoyable and instructive I have ever been on. The work they are doing to protect the environment and the way of life of the indigenous is fantastic. They are a focussed and efficient way to make a difference in this world.
Pachamama alliance has given me hope and so much more. Their vision is inspiring and motivating. They aren't able to paint a big picture of all that is wrong with the world and offer clear solutions. I would recommend their lectures and symposiums to anyone.
Pachamama Alliance has given me hope for our global future. When the world seems to be spinning out of control, I see people who are committed to saving the planet and her inhabitants working intelligently and compassionately. thank you
This is a great nonprofit that gets people to work from where they are to change lives for the better all over the world
Pachamama Alliance is continually providing me with inspiration for my fledgling Nature program for kids.
Living in Zimbabwe there are daily reminders of how disconnected the majority of people are with Mother Earth and what She provides for us free. Unfortunately children tend to copy the example their parents' set. I would like to pass on the reverence for nature I have and which the Pachamama community is reteaching to the World
Pachamama Alliance inspires me daily with their posts. Their commitment to global sustainability is unwavering. Their call to serve resounds with love and strength, encouraging each of us to greater awareness.
Pachamama Alliance has given me the dream that we can all co create together a world that is economically sustainable, socially just and spiritually fulfilling for everyone. I am in love with this dream.
~Roberta
Their integrity reflects in the work they do connecting communities with the sacredness of our Mother Earth. They do it because they care and it shows. I appreciate all that they do and represent. I'm grateful for a non-profit that makes a difference in people lives. Thank you Pachamama alliance! Together we're creating a brighter future. Infinite love
Pachamama Alliance is beautifully and actively increasing awareness in the general public, as well as facilitating great and positive change for the indigenous people, the ecology, and greater planet as a whole! I am proud to be a follower! I am relieved a group like this exists and is working on the behalf of us all!
Thank Pachamama Alliance! Keep up the good work!
Sandy
I have been both a donor and volunteer for the Pachamama Alliance and have been enriched through my relationship with TPA. They are impeccable, trustworthy and very clear about their mission and purpose. Wonderful people doing worthwhile thinking and doing for the benefit of all on Earth.
The Pachamama Alliance is the organization that will change the course of the environmental devastation of this planet. Their work is targeted on educating the minds but more importantly, opening the hearts of all who seek to learn about what's going on in the Amazon and all over the world. I would recommend going on their trip to Ecuador, into the rainforest, to meet the amazing Achuar people. I would recommend donating whatever you can--every dime is put to great use. Lovely, fierce and committed people doing great work!
Trustworthy organisation. Caring for our planet. Helping to secure a safer and brighter future for all the peoples and inhabitants
of this world.
I trust the Board of Directors that run this organization. I trust Lynn Twist and her staff. These are people who have the gift of seeing the big picture and the ability to raise the vibration in this Universe, which is what we all want at a conscious level.
After hearing about Pachamama for years, I finally learned about what they do--they are uniting with indigenous peoples in South America to keep the last remaining rainforest in Equador pristine. In addition, they have a number of programs to educate people around the world about how to create a just, sustainable world. This is powerful, important, hope-inspiring work, and the integrity of each of the founders, including Lynn Twist is rock-solid. Thank you Pachamama! I am proud to have donated to your mission today and look forward to becoming more involved.
My 13 year old son was participating in a study of philanthropy at his school and chose the Pachamama Alliance as the organization he wanted to raise money for. Their passion for the environment and for the rights of indigenous peoples really impressed him. What really impressed me is the integrity of the organization, the vision and mission statement of helping to create a world that is spiritually fulfilling, just, sustainable and works for EVERYONE. The recognition that the indigenous people of this world have so much to teach us in the western world, and the training programs that help us take a look at our own worldview are revolutionary in the best possible way. The Pachamama Alliance is at the forefront of those who are literally saving the planet. I was happy that my son was able to raise almost $900 to help them achieve that goal. We will continue to donate and will be involved with this organization for a long time.
I think Pachamama is a phenomenal organization. They have created a wonderful training to get people engaged in making a difference. Everyone should go through their Awakening The Dreamer workshop. I've met great people who are highly committed, smart and who take action.
Commitment to serving the protection and salvation of Life from the heart - true intelligence, Right Action. I am thankful.
I truly enjoyed my summer interning with The Pachamama Alliance. Not only are the people very passionate about their work, but it creates a motivational setting to encourage others to understand the work that they do. This is an organization that I continue to follow even after I finished my internship!
Interning at The Pachamama Alliance was one of the most rewarding things I have done. The passion and dedication that everyone has at the organization is inspiring.
The Pachamama Alliance is doing the work I most want to see done in the world and they do it with a great deal of heart and integrity.
The Pachamama Alliance is my favorite nonprofit. I identify with there mission to the extent of adopting it as my own personal mission. They do amazing work and produce results that benefit everyone. I feel like they have integrity as an organization.
An enlightened and proactive group! I support the work they are doing and have learned a lot through their education and outreach effforts
The Pachamama Alliance is truly one of its kind. The thriving future of the human family and the entire community of Earth will owe a debt of gratitude to the tireless work of this organization. All the people I have ever met who are involved with The Pachamama Alliance carry a unique drive to create a more positive future, and share an embodied presence that inspires the world to join in that profound mission.
Pachamama Alliance is the organization my heart connects with for we all work towards humany's wellbeing. We become change agents who bring a message to awake from our "modern dream" and to transition our lives and earth into a sustainable world.
I first came to know The Pachamama Alliance through an Awakening the Dreamer symposium in San Diego 2 years ago. From that moment on, I knew I wanted to be a part of this dynamic and inspirational organization that can truly make a different in our world. Attending that symposium was life-changing for me. I want to inspire others, especially my grandchildren, that we need to take care of each other AND our beautiful planet because -- we are all connected!
The Pachamama Alliance is a unique non-profit organization creating an important bridge with the indigenous Achuar culture & their spiritual way of life in the Ecuadorian jungle This important relationship opens our minds in helping them maintain and preserve their pristine environment for present & future generations .
I love Pachamama. I've adopted the Achuar practice of interpreting and acting on my dreams daily - it's changed my life! That's pretty ancient technology :) it's the internet before computers. Pachamama Alliance is doing great work.
They have created a true partnership with the indigenous people with learning and know-how being shared in both directions. The impeccable integrity of the leadership attracts responsible volunteers who teach and learn in deeply mutual exchanges for the benefit of our planet.
There are many wonderful nonprofits which focus on helping people in numerous ways. Pachamama Alliance goes beyond that by starting with the need to help our planet thrive and continue to support us all.
The Alliance always provides great service learning opportunities for San Francisco State University students that connect them with global issues of social justice. They also focus on academic skills that will enhance post-graduation work: analysis, writing, and staying engaged.
Over 1 and a half year ago, I became a faciliator for the be the change. I really love to meet all these beautiful people, who are involved in changing they´re lifes and those of others in a non-violent way. THX
I was privileged to become an Awakening the Dreamer Symposium facilitator. It was an empowering and yes, a life changing experience.
I first heard about the Pachamama Alliance years ago when their was an Awakening The Dreamer Symposium in my hometown of Long Beach, CA. I participated in the symposium and it was life changing. It definitely was a catalyst on my life journey. As a global citizen I am so appreciative of all the work they are doing in support of the earth, consciousness and indigenous peoples. My two young daughters are half Kichwa from the community of Sarayaku in Ecuador and I am so thankful for their support of the natural stewards of the Amazon in protecting the lungs of the earth for future generations. The Pachamama Alliance and Fundacion Pachamama are by far my favorite non-profits!
By becoming a volunteer, you are not dedicating your time to the Pachamama Alliance so much as becoming a part of it. The group makes inclusiveness a top priority which makes volunteers, donors, and staff all equally integral to the org's purpose.
The Pachamama Alliance guided a group of us into the rainforest — and their vision, integrity and care for those of us who visited was phenomenal. Living with the Achuar tribe, experiencing their shaman, and sharing ceremony was a pivotal point in my life.
Six years ago I attended a Pachamama "Awakening The Dreamer Changing The Dream Symposium", which changed my life. When I heard the question, "Does anyone want to learn to facilitate a Symposium?" I swiftly raised my arm, am now a Facilitator of many Symposia, have visited the Rainforest twice, and joyfully contribute financially on a monthly basis to the Pachamama Alliance. My money is invested in all ways that support, protect and benefit all life on Earth. No exceptions. I give the Pachamama Alliance the highest rating possible.
This organization has inspired me to get more active on the critical issues of environmental sustainability and social justice. They rock!
I would recommend this organization to everyone who would like to make a significant impact! Pachamama Alliance educates, inspires then empowers each person to be a part of their commendable vision, "... a world that works for everyone: a socially just, environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilled human presence on this planet ..." My first experience was in July 2011 at an "Awakening the Dreamer" Symposium. I learned more than I knew and wanted to become more involved. Soon, I will be attending a Facilitator Training. Next, perhaps, an eco-friendly trip to Ecuador. I love to be surrounded by a community of well-meaning, heart-driven, and action-oriented individuals. There is no greater need than our planet and there is no greater time than now! Join the Pachamama Alliance as a participant or volunteer. You will be glad you did!
I was a volunteer for nearly four years and now am working in a paid role at Pachamama Alliance. I am passionate about their work and am proud to have worked with them for so long.
The organization and all its' programs are the most grounded, committed, courageous, inspiring, bold, beautiful efforts I have ever worked with.
Activism work is often as the agitated activist which is not often effective at waking people up to where we are in the world and where we need to go. It also creates stress on the activist. And life is stressful enough! Pachamama Alliance brings a sacred foundation to this work. They make no one wrong or evil. And they do this while also creating a sense of urgency.
Their mission of a sustainable, just and fulfilling human presence is now a guiding principle for my life.
The Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream symposium developed by the Pachamama Alliance is being experienced all over the planet inspiring people to create an ecologically sustainable, socially just, and spiritually fulfilling human presence on the planet. The experience is incredible and such high quality!
Their work with the Achuar in Ecuador (and Peru) to save their piece of the rainforest is incredible...and a real partnership!
Great organization!
I took the awakening the dreamer symposium and it was very inspiring, though difficult to learn what I learned. The information is important for everyone to know, and the facilitators did a good job of leading discussions. It was good to meet other people who are concerned with the state of the world. I would recommend everyone take the symposium.
During the event I learned more about The Pachamama Alliance and The Awakening the Dreamer Symposium. While I watched the stunningly beautiful and moving videos and listened to the presenters, I was moved by the inclusiveness of this organization for all groups and communities. It brought together the environment, the human spirit and social justice for all peoples. BAM! Right into my heart.... This is what I wanted for the world. It woke me up to begin discovering what I more I could do in the world. That feeling is still glowing in my heart today....with hope, communities....committed in action in creating a sustainable world.
This is a well run social profit that is making a huge difference in both preserving the rainforest in Ecuador and empowering indigenous people to protect their ancestral territories. Additionally, The Pachamama Alliance is raising the consciousness in industrialized countries to change the thinking around environmental sustainability, social justice and spiritual fulfillment. Paul Hawken has called The Pachamama Alliance the #1 NGO in the world.
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This organization is lean and mean that is to say it has a very big outreach on a small budget. Offers Awakening the Dreamer Symposium, Rainforest trips plus much more. Generating leading edge communications that ties together issues of the environment, social justice and spiritual fulfillment. Has created a powerful relationship with the Achuar community in Ecuador and has helped protect millions of acres of rainforest.
My attendance at a single Symposium changed my sense of the possibility for the human race to live a sustainable, fulfilling and social just life in the near future. It lifted decades of growing gloom in my heart and inspired me to throw myself into action to make a big difference every day. I've seen firsthand the acutely important work the Pachamama Alliance is doing in the Amazon basin and the world-changing impacts of their efforts to support self-empowerment of indigenous peoples, including helping draft elements of the new Ecuadorian Constitution to establish a priori rights of the natural world. Through the Pachamama Alliance, I've met extraordinary people from around the world who are committing their lives to changing the course of society in the most productive and harmonious ways possible. My personal community of friends and colleagues has been joyously invigorated by my work with the Pachamama Alliance, and it has changed my work, my family and my life in wonderful ways.
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As Paul Hawkens recently said, the Pachamama Alliance may well be the most important NGO in the world today for its work in enlisting people by the tens of thousands in changing their lives, their communities, and their social systems to become environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just. More than 40,000 people have already participated in Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream symposia in at least 28 countries, and the numbers of trained facilitators leading these activism-generating events are multiplying at an ever-increasing rate. The core of the work of this initiative of the Pachamama Alliance is bringing a grounded hopefulness and powerful blessed unrest to community members who are inspired to go out and address the environmental and social needs of their communities in whatever ways they feel they can have the greatest impact. The result is, arguably, the fastest-growing movement generating action for environmental sustainability and social justice in the world today.
Working with Pacha Mama is deeply inspiring. There is a spirit of joy, commitment, hope and commitment to excellence which permeates their work and which moves me to grow to my full potential in serving the great shift in consciousness currently taking place on the planet. Thank you, Pacha Mama Alliance, for being such an inspiration!
Pachamama Alliance is changing the dream of the modern world through through their Awakenng The Dreamer Changing The Dream Symposium. http://www.awakeningthedreamer.org Symposium participants come to realize the possibility they have to create the environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just world we want.
The Pachamama Alliance is making a huge impact in the world. They not only partner with indigenous people to protect their rainforest homelands, but also are making a huge difference in awakening people to how the way we in the "modern world" are living our lives is what is fueling the destruction of our natural environment, and to the many social injustices that exist in the world
The Pachmama Alliance has been my favorite charity for many years! It's one of the few that touches a wide spectrum of people around the world with a vision that keeps growing. Remarkable people and projects that truly make a difference!
I've been involved with the Pachamama Alliance as a volunteer for over 3 years. I love the cause: to create an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just human presence on the planet as the guiding principle of our time. I honored to be a part!
The Pachamama Alliance is one of the most profoundly moving organizations I have ever come across in my life. Hence my lifetime commitment to volunteer for them, champion their work and give my money to support them. They are working to address social justice issues, environmental sustainability and spiritual fulfillment and the intersections of these things in our world and life today. It's breathtaking.
The Pachamama Alliance is working to change the dream for the modern world. And they accomplish this beautifully. They have created Symposiums that leave the audience with an artful blend of reality and hope. Their work could be a major part of saving humanity from destroying itself.
The Pachamama Alliance is a group of dedicated people world wide. With a spirit of fun, love and commitment we have made a huge difference in educating people about the environment and our rain forests. We have formed a beautiful relationship with the Achuar, indigenous people of Ecuador.
The Pachamama Alliance's mission is to springboard a new dream for the world; a dream that is environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just for all. This organization is creating a shift in consciousness that results in people making wiser choices that honor the earth, her inhabitants and all her people. They are incredibly well organized and powerful in their unique grassroots approach to educating and inspiring people into action. They have a profound and proactive partnership with the Indigenous in Ecuador whereby merging the voice of the ancient with the voice of the modern to create a sustainable future for our world.
From it's inception in 1995 the Pachamama Alliance has effectively made a difference in preserving the rain forest in Ecuador. Working with the indigenous Achuar people, an effective campaign was launched that eventually lead to the establishment of a new constitution that gives nature rights. Pachamama's, Awaken the Dreamer Change the Dream symposium continues to awaken attendees to the challenges we face today in the areas of environmental sustainability, social justice and spiritual fulfillment. Throughout the process of the symposium a new possibility for the earth unfolds and the participants leave with a new found commitment and hope for creating a better future. The Pachamama Alliance is one of the most effectively run non-profits, I know.
The Pachamama Alliance has a two-fold mission: to work with indigenous people in Ecuador, to help them preserve their ancestral lands, the rainforest, for the benefit of all of us; and to change, or "awaken" the people in the industrialized world, so that we, too conduct our lives in a way that preserves the health of the planet for all of us. I am particularly moved the soulful quality of all the people around this organization. As a sometime volunteer, it feels like no one lets their ego get in the way, and their work is always fulfilling and fun. They are one of the most effective organizations I have ever had the pleasure of participating with: they have already made a massive impact in helping several Amazon tribes organize themselves as an effective political entity in Ecuador, and have trained over a thousand volunteer workshop leaders in some 15? countries around the globe to deliver their 1/2-day workshop "Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream"
When I completed my first "Awakening the Dreamer; Changing the Dream" Symposium, I knew that this was the organization that could make the most difference in the world. The Symposium skillfully demonstrates that environmental sustainability, social justice and spiritual fulfillment -- the very issues that were core in my own life -- are inextricably intertwined and part of a single whole - the possibility for a better life on our planet. I became a volunteer and learned that this understanding has roots in indigenous wisdom. I was moved to go to the Ecuadorian Amazon to learn first-hand about a way of life that has been sustainable for millenia. Pachamama's work in the Amazon (they were instrumental in helping Ecuador be the first nation whose constitution establishes rights for nature) is complemented by the educational work in the "modern" world, a unique and powerful blend.
I joined The Pachamama Alliance to be part of an organization that is making a difference--now. From playing an integral role in Ecuador's adoption of rights for nature in its new constitution to the capacity building that has helped indigenous groups in the Amazon defend and preserve their homeland and way of life, The Pachamama Alliance is truly changing the world.
This organization had brought together so many people going past their mission to preserve the Earth's tropical rainforests and creating a new global vision f equity and sustainability for all. I have had a transformation and my life has been changed forever. I have been able to marry the desires of my heart with right action. They have done so much good and I continue to be hold them in the place closest to my heart.
In 1989 I traveled to the Achuar territory of the Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador. The Achuar had successfully kept the outside world out for all this time. I realized that I was in the presence of life in a whole different paradigm. These people are the teachers for reconnecting to the Earth (Pachamama). I could not shake that experience. After a few more trips to visit the Achuar, I found out about the formation of The Pachamama Alliance. I give my time and money to nonprofits that show the most impact for my investment (of time and money). The Pachamama Alliance is an organization with extraordinary and wide-reaching impact. Through their focus they amplify the voices of the indigenous people (currently 5 communities of people and 5 million acres) in Ecuador's rainforest such that it has had deep effects on the protection of the rainforest and even on the rewriting of their country's constitution. Also, through the Awakening the Dreamer Symposium, an educational component, a new awareness is brought to the developed world and has spread virally to over 28 countries.
This beautiful organization is a blend of ancient wisdom and modern technology. it's using the best of both worlds to teach, support, and inspire ALL of us to be the change we want to see on earth today.