Maanee and Eric from Amane Curated are a couple who embrace all that is you, me and the world. Hosting educational programs and retreats in the fields of meditation, yogic philosophy, movement and art-expressions, Maanee contacted Fifteen Trees looking for a way to reduce the carbon footprint of one of their international retreats – The Undivided Self – a 5 day retreat in Thailand (January 16 – 21) with Christopher Hareesh Wallis. Together, Maanee and I decided to plant 84 trees (2 for every attendee) as a gift to the earth.
In their words ..
AMANE’s deepest desire is make others feel the planet and everyone in it, including one’s own self. We do it so by cross pollinating communities exploring individual facets of our humanness, through different retreat containers.
We planted Amane’s trees in a most beautiful part of Victoria … Flowerdale. The trees were planted by Steve Joblin and this team of volunteers as part of a larger planting of 1200 trees. The planting took a few months, between bursts of rain and sun.
The hills of Flowerdale.
Let my soul, a shining tree,
Silver branches lift towards thee,
Where on a hallowed winter’s night
The clear-eyed angels may alight.
And if there should be tempests in
My spirit, let them surge like din
Of noble melodies at war;
With fervour of such blades of triumph as are
Flashed in white orisons of saints who go
On shafts of glory to the ecstasies they know.
Siegfried Sassoon
Big love to Maanee and Eric for your beautiful gift of 84 trees for one of our favourite planting sites.
Namaste.
Sláinte – Colleen
At the heart of every nunnery is, of course, charity. We love our partnership with the Brigidine Sisters and are impressed with their passion to give. That’s a long history of giving from these remarkable women, and we are not only benefactors of this kindness, as their other philanthropy does ripple out to myriad of other organisations as well.
WPA acknowledges that when it comes to environmental initiatives, its people are its strength. It has recently partnered with us to plant 15 trees for each hard-working staff member identified as a Sustainability Warrior.
Furnx is taking proactive steps each day and planning into the future, to ensure their company is part of a circular economy. Reducing waste and consumption of resources, and increasing recycling and reuse of materials is top of mind in every business decision they make, contributing to a more sustainable world. And now they are planting trees!
In their words ..
Big love to Maanee and Eric for your beautiful gift of 84 trees for one of our favourite planting sites.
Namaste.
Sláinte – Colleen
