Earth Speaks

02/18/2023

Lemongrass Grapefruit Lip Balm in Shell 🐚

Our homemade lip balm is moisturizing, delicious and all natural-- and this one comes in a reusable and unique shell case!

Contents: Beeswax, coconut oil, cocoa butter, jojoba oil and essential oils of grapefruit and lemongrass.

- 100% Certified Organic

12/19/2020

“No man is as wise as Mother Earth.

She has witnessed every human day, every human struggle, every human pain, and every human joy.

For maladies of both body and spirit, the wise ones of old pointed man to the hills.

For man too is of the dust, and Mother Earth stands ready to nurture and heal her children.”

— Anasazi Foundation, The Seven Paths.

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08/08/2020

Beaded Stone Bracelets in various sizes now up on the online shop!
Red Agate ➡️ Tiger’s Eye ➡️ Yellow Agate ✨💫 @ Earth Speaks

06/12/2020

It is extremely important to make the support ongoing in a multitude of ways.
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A reminder that we are still donating a portion of our online sales to the following organizations ➡️ swipe for the list! Upon checkout you can choose where your donation goes or select “split among nonprofits” to divide it amongst all of them.
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We encourage you to continue donating on your own as well. @ Earth Speaks

06/06/2020

We weren’t going to post anything aside from promoting black businesses, where to donate, resources and info, etc., but we thought this might be useful to those out there protesting.

Essential oil products and other herbal remedies can be extremely practical and effective in a variety of situations— from calming anxiety to treating minor burns & scrapes.

See more info about the Essential Oil First Aid Kit in the third & forth slides 🌿

The Calm & Fortify Kit 💪contains essential oil-based products that can help you stay safe and reduce anxiety levels. It includes products such as our Immune Booster Mist and easily portable aromatherapy inhalers.

Link in our bio to shop these products (portion of sales go towards Black-led organizations such as BLM), OR bring what you have at home/ from elsewhere! This guide is to provide some basic info. Stay safe 🖤 @ Brooklyn, New York

05/27/2020

Some new additions to the online shop- Labradorite Palm Stones & Citrine pocket stones! 💙💚🧡 Browse our online collection using the link in our profile ✨ & Stay tuned for more new items to come! 😊 @ Earth Speaks

03/23/2020

Wisdom from renowned Alaskan Unangan elder Kuuyux for this crucial moment in time.

02/27/2020

Even Pope Francis knows that the most essential prescription to help to heal our relations with the earth is in how we perceive it. His papal bull marks a new era of religious respect for our beloved home.

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“If we approach nature and the environment without this openness to awe and wonder, if we no longer speak the language of fraternity and beauty in our relationship with the world, our attitude will be that of masters, consumers, ruthless exploiters, unable to set limits on their immediate needs. By contrast, if we feel intimately united with all that exists, then sobriety and care will well up spontaneously.”

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Pictured is our encounter with a baby hummingbird nest hiding on the underside of a leaf down in the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica.

With love and awe

01/29/2020

“We scientists are taught never to look for ourselves in other species. So we make sure that nothing looks like us. Until a short while ago, we didn’t even let chimpanzees have consciousness, let alone dogs or dolphins. Only man, you see: Only man could know enough to want things.

But believe me: trees want something from us, just as we’ve always wanted something from them. This isn’t mystical. The environment is alive – a fluid, changing web of purposeful lives dependent on each other. Love and war can’t be teased apart. Flowers shape bees as much as bees shape flowers. Berries may compete to be eaten more than animals compete for the berries. A thorn acacia makes sugary protein treats to feed and enslave the aunts who guard it. Fruit bearing plants trick us into distributing their seeds, and ripening fruit lead to color vision. In teaching us how to find their beat, trees taught us to see that the sky is blue. Our brains evolved to solve the forest. We’ve shaped and been shaped by the forests for longer than we’ve been Homo sapiens.

Men and trees are closer cousins than you think. We’re two things hatched from the same seed, heading off in opposite directions, using each other in a shared place. That place needs all its parts.

Tree stand at the heart of ecology, and they must come to stand at the heart of human politics. Tagore said, ‘trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.’ But people could be the heaven that the earth is trying to speak to.

“If we could see green, we see a thing that keeps getting more interesting the closer we get. If we could see what green was doing, we’d never be lonely or bored. If we could understand green, we’d learn how to grow all the food we need in layers three deep, on the third of the ground we need right now, with plants that protected one another from pests and stress. If we knew what green wanted, we wouldn’t have to choose between the earths interests and ours. They’d be the same.”

— Patricia Westerford,
from Richard Powers’ breathtaking ‘Overstory’

01/19/2020

living genetic memory

The ability to gather intertidal resources has been critically affected by ecosystem disruption. Indigenous leaders share their experiences on the frontlines...

01/10/2020

From Alaska to Australia, scientists are turning to the knowledge of traditional people for a deeper understanding of the natural world. What they are learning is helping them discover more about everything from melting Arctic ice, to protecting fish stocks, to controlling wildfires.

12/22/2019

A winter solstice meditation from the Wisdom Weavers of the World

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Winter Solstice Blessings to you!

Grateful to share the second edition of our newsletter as we enter the darkest night of the year.

LOVE

Weaving Wisdom into Winter - https://mailchi.mp/863044580ee1/welcome-to-wisdom-weavers-of-the-world-3785553

07/18/2019

TWO DAYS ✨ Our Natural Face Toner Workshop is taking place this Friday from 6-8 PM. It will be a hands-on learning experience as we delve into the topics of natural skin care & aromatherapy, and how to make a product that's right for you. Go home with two 2 oz. toner blends of your creation 💦🌺 Link in bio to sign up or email us at earthspeaksbrooklyn@gmail.com!