Protecting Our Planet through Hands-on Projects And Alliance BuildingThe Earth Keeper Initiative is an example of how people from vastly different back grounds can work together for a common good - in our case protecting the environment through large Earth Day recycling collections, watershed protection, and spreading the conservation and environmental message to all who will listen.Earth Keeper TV is one of our ways to reach the world and encourage others to follow in our footsteps or create their own actions plans to make a real measurable impact on improving our planet.
Urgent Plea from Ojibwa Warrior: Supporters needed at Sacred Eagle Rock in northern Michigan to help prevent Kennecott Sulfide MineAbove, Photo of Sitting Bull on American Flag atop Sacred Eagle RockAmerican Indians and non-natives are encouraged to visit the northern Michigan campsite that is blocking a sulfide mine - as in sulfuric acid - from being built under Sacred Eagle RockLevi Tadgerson, an Anishinaabe man who loves and respects the environment, narrates this video that invites everyon...
(Marquette, MI) - Noted theologian and author Dr. Walter Brueggemann delivered a dramatic talk about God, the bible and the environment on Oct. 8, 2007 at Northern Michigan University (NMU) in Marquette, Michigan.Standing near the shores of Lake Superior, Dr. Brueggemann warned there will be consequences if humans continue to pollute the environment.During his visit to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Dr. Brueggemann was a guest of the interfaith EarthKeeper Initiative and NMU Lutheran Campus Minis...
Teaching youth: Northern Michigan University EarthKeeper Student Team Eco-Christmas(Marquette, MI) - Dozens of youngsters from across Michigan created recycled holiday cards and homemade tea bags for gifts this weekend during the Northern Michigan University EarthKeeper's Eco-Christmas Workshop at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette.The Northern Michigan University EarthKeeper (NMU EK) Student Team hosted the workshop from 1-4 p.m. across from the children's library attracting several ...
Northern Michigan University EarthKeeper Student Teams Makes a Difference by removing trash from a favorite youth party spot on a Lake Superior tributary in Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Marquette, Michigan) - A student environment group from Northern Michigan University honored “Make A Difference Day” by picking up hundreds of pounds of litter and garbage at a favorite youth party spot around the Upper Dead River Falls in Marquette, Michigan.The rubbish collected by the Northern Michigan Univers...
The EarthKeeper “Interfaith Respect” video series continues with a look at the Jewish faith with Dr. Michael Grossman of Ishpeming, Michigan.The video ends with a drum solo and singing by Northern Michigan University student Emmanuel Shayo.The series is brought to you buy the Northern Michigan University EarthKeeper Student Team and the nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute and its related environment projects like the interfaith Earth Healing Initiative, the interfaith Upper Peninsula (U.P.) EarthKe...
Interfaith Respect Series #3: Islamic Center of America Imam Hassan Qazwini explains Islam and respect for woman Interfaith Respect has long been a goal of the Upper Peninsula EarthKeeper Team in northern Michigan.Interfaith graphics by Justice St. RainInterfaith Respect Series on BlipTV courtesy the nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette, MI and the interfaith Upper Peninsula EarthKeeper team: On June 4, 2009 President Barack Obama said in Cairo, Egypt that people from different religion...
Interfaith Respect Series #2: Islamic Center of America Imam Hassan Qazwini talks about the Iraq War and other issues Interfaith Respect has long been a goal of the Upper Peninsula EarthKeeper Team in northern Michigan.Interfaith graphics by Justice St. RainOn June 4, 2009 President Barack Obama said in Cairo, Egypt that people from different religions should respect each other’s faiths: “The richness of religious diversity must be upheld ... faith should bring us together.”In that spirit, the...
Interfaith Respect Series #1: Islamic Center of America Imam Hassan Qazwini talks about his life during fall 2008 visit to Marquette, MIInterfaith Respect has long been a goal of the Upper Peninsula EarthKeeper Team in northern Michigan.Interfaith graphics by Justice St. RainOn June 4, 2009 President Barack Obama said in Cairo, Egypt that people from different religions should respect each other’s faiths: “The richness of religious diversity must be upheld ... faith should bring us together.”I...
Over 12,000 trees planted by Northern Michigan interfaith EarthKeepers during early May across 400 miles of northern Michigan and Minocqua, WisconsinRaging forest fires underline importance of planting treesEarth Day 2009: First tree planted and blessed by northern Michigan bishops and faith leaders on Earth Day 2009 near shores of Lake Superior at Presque Isle in Marquette (Marquette, Michigan) - Northern Michigan residents planted more than 12,000 trees in early May across a 400-mile area of...
It's Happening! And it's colorful!Update as rainbow marks start of EarthKeeper Tree Project: Across northern Michigan 12,000 trees bagged, delivery for Sunday, May 3 record plantingRainbow appears over Grace Presbyterian Church in Sagola as volunteers across northern Michigan prepare 12,000 trees for planting by about 100 churches and temples during interfaith Upper Peninsula EarthKeeper Tree Project. (Sagola Photos provided by Jessica Schultz, EarthKeeper volunteer)Volunteers at the Central U...
