Plant a Tree!

• NATURE Stewardship Adventure!
  •  It is time to Plant! Giving Thanks for adults and kiddos!
    
    ​In 1985 Mohawk Chief Jake Swamp planted a tree of peace on the UCSB campus. Chief Jake Swamp traveled around the world planting trees of peace as part of his lineage and in direct connection with the Peacemakers Journey.  
    • We in BEan gather in our gratitude circle each day as we begin our time together both ONline and In person to Give Thanks.
    • Where in your neighborhood is there a special tree that you can visit?
      • How about planting your own tree of peace?

...Chief Jake Swamp was a founder of the Tree of Peace Society, an international organization promoting peace and conservation. Chief Swamp delivered the Thanksgiving Address throughout the world, as well as at the United Nations. He was born on the Akwesasne Mohawk Reservation in upstate New York, and lived in Hogansburg, NY where he worked as a cultural adviser for the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne's Child and Family Services. Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message was his first picture book. He passed away in October 2010.  

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