This is the IndieGogo Fundraiser we did in 2012 - Have a Read. We didn't raise much, but we LEARNED a lot. AND e used those very special funds for two precious Frankincense trees. We now have a total of six trees and some seeds.
RESTORE INNOCENCE: "FIELDS" OF FRANKINCENSE
RESTORE INNOCENCE: "FIELDS" OF FRANKINCENSE
Save Endangered Frankincense :: Save Endangered Children
HomeTribe is currently creating a Sanctuary Oasis to save endangered Frankincense (presently only in containers as we search for dedicated land. Once the trees are secure the sale of propagated trees, resin, and products will help sustain them and also one day help support (endangered/ trafficked/ orphaned) Children.
HomeTribe: We're a small but growing group of concerned individuals who are coalescing around this cause to help restore a little innocence to the earth. We'll make a place of belonging and safety for a few of the very precious "least of these" which humankind has put at risk, and all but abandoned: Frankincense and Children. Both are endangered on the planet. Both of these correspond to Innocence and by paying attention to one, we can also improve conditions for the other. That is the beauty of wholeness and unity consciousness.
- "Find someone who's doing something good and right, and help them do it faster, better, and more efficiently."
We're
creating a Biblical garden, with a small eco-preserve for endangered
Frankincense (Torchwood) trees. It's the order of trees like Frankincense
and Myrrh, that produce fragrant, oily resins, and key medicinals
spoken of in the Scriptures... along with the other precious holy oils like Balm
of Gilead (commiphora gileadensis known as "Gold" in
antiquities,) and Agarwood trees (aquilaria) the source of Oudh, one of
the most heavenly scents on earth.
All are endangered, some critically so, or increasingly found only in specimen
gardens. Pure biblical Frankincense, Boswellia Sacra, the source of
royal hougari comes from Oman. Those groves are environmentally threatened by
climate change and human conflict. The hundred year old trees are stressed,
over - tapped, abused, poisoned, poached, and trafficked... And what we do to
the Frankincense, we do to children.
But in this garden and safe
haven, we will protect and nurture both. We'll propagate, and proliferate the
Frankincense and other Torchwoods to share with all. Once secured and
abundantly propagated, we will use the mature trees to help secure
an inheritance and brighter future for children ...especially endangered,
trafficked, and orphaned children.
One of the best places we can
help each other reconnect, and open our hearts to childlike awe and wonder
again, and renewed sense of innocence is in the midst of nature.
Kisses From Heaven
One of my perks on the Indiegogo fundraiser - a print of Kisses from Heaven:
Restore Innocence - Save Frankincense :: Save Children
What do we need? To put down roots - literally.
•
Frankincense seedlings, from a
rare collection, are ready and waiting to be sent. Yet, we need all the
accoutrements necessary for gardening and experimental agronomy in order to
properly and safely receive them.
•
We need a larger space; land, a
greenhouse, water, a classroom, the trees themselves, container pots in various
sizes and kinds (clay, plastic, smart pots, etc) for cultivation and for
growth. We need to move some dirt around, so we need all gardening tools, other
implements, and equipment, hardscape/ softscape elements, grow-lights, bees,
butterflies, worms, seeds, companioning trees, and other biblical plants and
herbs, electronic equipment, and education materials.
•
If you would like a complete
garden list, I've made one. If you want to see a business plan, I've written
one, with a projected three-year budget.
•
If you'd like to donate land
itself, we’d be grateful for 1-5 acres which numerically, means: "a
certain small something, not much but enough to build on" or upwards
to 50.
Why Frankincense? -
• We're focused on Frankincense,
pure biblical Frankincense - Boswellia Sacra (not b. Carteri from
Somalia, or b. Serrata from India) - because of its history, and universal
importance. Frankincense is universally recognized around the globe
as beneficial and valuable by all cultures and traditions for its spiritual, natural,
and medicinal qualities, as an expression of good will, and source of
wellbeing, peace, and enlightenment.
• Frankincense being so universally
loved and in demand gave rise and cause of the world's first global
economy, and was the reason for our first peaceful trade routes and
treaties. For those reasons, Frankincense sets an important, even
priceless precedence.
• Frankincense is a banner tree for
all humanity: A tree of abundance, good health, peace, and unity - symbolizing
the best of human endeavors.
• Frankincense has historically
been the gift of royalty-acceptable in every realm, and it is still a fitting
gift to royal houses, or heads of state, popes, ambassadors, and other world
dignitaries.
Cluster of Frankincense Flowers. Note the tiny finger like leaves & cupped hands
These first leaves to form are the first hint that Frankincense is a precious gift
and represents a form of innocence.
• The wise men carried Frankincense
to the baby Jesus in his Nativity, because they believed him to be the King of
kings. Yet, it transcends borders, barriers, and ranks of all kinds. We must
not let this bridge-builder go on being endangered.
• If the above isn’t cause enough,
Scientific research is now re-discovering how Frankincense works at the DNA
level to accomplish its good work. Researchers believe it may be an
effective treatment for some cancers.
• Frankincense is part of the new
post 2012 paradigm - One word for a newly awakened and aware human race and its
Economy of Grace: Frankincense. It is a priceless gift placed here for
all God's children.
"The leaves of the trees are for the healing of the nations."
What will it look like?
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• We'll begin with the preservation of Frankincense as our most immediate focal point and purpose. We'll add the other torchwood trees, and beyond the greenhouse nursery, we'll cultivate the outdoor biblical garden, and a small companion grove of fruiting and nutting trees, fragrant and flowering bushes, and other precious biblical herbs and rare medicinal plants. Ultimately, with our 30,000 organic, non-hybrid heirloom seeds we purchased, we'll put in a permaculture food-forest to mature and bring forth their produce.
True Balm of Gilead (commiphora gileadednsis)also known as "gold" in antiquities• We need to locate near a natural water source (a spring, river, or irrigateable land) and for sustainability, build a water reclamation tower with friends who know how from recycled (local-sourcing) materials. We'll create a water feature with flowing water: a fountain or pool.
YOU: I can't do it alone -
How can you help?
• Saving these precious trees on
the planet would be enough, but the garden preserve will act as a retreat, and
outdoor classroom, to interact with students and adults. It will be a living
library and visible index of love and wisdom descending out of heaven and
taking shape in the world around us.
• We will create curriculum and an
educational program to raise awareness, using an open-sourced educational
platform. We’ll start immediately raising awareness, designing, planting,
educating, and continue networking and collaborating.
• This is a sustainable
plan to make the dream of helping orphaned children a tangible and lasting
reality. Once secured, and abundantly propagated, the sales from the
mature trees, valuable seedlings, saplings, oil, and derived botanical products
will help secure a better future and inheritance for all children.
• We'll begin immediately working
with cultural exchange and youth organizations, and ecology, environmental, and
preservation groups to increase the worldwide presence, and availability of
Frankincense trees. We'll create educational curriculum about all the
Torchwood trees, their history, and use.
As Helen Keller once said, “ I am only one person, and alone I can do nothing, but together, we can do something, so I will not refuse to do the one thing that I can do.”
• With this fundraiser, if you elect
to be part of donating just a small portion to the $144,000 goal, we will be on our way. Every little bit helps and I will make it my work to multiply your giving.
- We invite anyone, and everyone, to be a part of helping restore a little innocence to the earth by making a place of belonging and safety for two very precious "least of these" which we've left endangered, and all but abandoned.
WHO: Who is organizing this?
I'm an ordained Christian minister (MDiv) and educator (BS in Early Childhood Education) awaiting her teacher certification status, by the Arizona Board of Education (my "Bread & Butter") I'm a theologian committed to sustainability.
• We are a small but growing global
network of indiviuals ("HomeTribe") concerned about the plight
of children and the condition of the planet. "HomeTribe" pledging to
help this cause evolve from its first inkling: “To protect innocence and help
provide for a more sustainable future and a thriving humanity.”
They're individuals who have been steadily offering support; their
skills, interest, and hard work as needed.
• I myself (Carla), am a Christian
minister ordained in an ecumenical tradition (M Div) and trained as an educator (BS in
Early Childhood Education) awaiting my teacher certification status, by the
Arizona Board of Education (my "bread & butter")
• I’m a theologian with a ministry
in eco-justice, focusing in sustainability: *Sustainable Earth (care of
creation) *Sustainable Structures (Architecture, and Educational platforms)
& *Sustainable Lives (children and community.) My project draws these three
areas together.
• I've been searching for a
catalyst that can springboard support to children.
I belive this is it.
• Welsh Frankincense Tree
Project (http://www.frankincensetree.com/#!project)
has shown the trees can be carefully cultivated and propagated. This took
6-8 years of careful cultivation. They should now however be moved out of
isolation and private collections and given worldwide distribution, if their
full protection and benefit for mankind is to be realized.
Frankincense Plantation
Once to a certain stage, we opened its beauty
and peace up to wider enjoyment which is still going on today. It was a
success and good training ground, for this project of worldwide
importance.
• Here in Arizona, we are uniquely
situated in the perfect climate to ensure future success and survival of the
trees. The tree is non-invasive and in fact, it’s nearly impossible to
grow them from seed. Few can, even fewer have done so, and yet it has been
accomplished for this project.
"Find someone who's doing something right,
and help them do it faster, better, and more efficiently."
• Many individuals and groups will
be involved in this project: Nature and Youth organizations, scouting,
adventure, conservation, environmental, and ecological groups. We will also
lobby the World Parliament of Religions, to adopt Frankincense as a Tree of
great importance and common global interest.
• We’re following in the footsteps
of others in the Swedenborgian ecological tradition: Naturalists John (Appleseed)
Chapman, John Muir (Sierra Club) George Innes (Landscape painter) and Eliza
Lovell Tibbets (experimental agronomist, abolitionist, grower of the seedless
navel orange and Mother of the Citrus industry) who were also considered
spiritual entrepreneurs.
• This protective Oasis, is to
become a place of peace, meditation, beauty, and good uses. No matter
what though, even if we don't reach our goal, the nursery can go forward with
whatever funds and means are received, just at a slower pace. If we exceed
our donation goals, we'll accelerate our plans and help to the children.
We have also planted Moringa Oleifera and Moringa Stenopetala as valuable a Nutri-ceutical plantation.
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If you want to learn more, please feel free to read on...
What's happened so far?
• Stateside, we have appropriate
mentoring from my close minister-colleague, the grower and horticulturist at
the WFTP. I've been under tutelage for almost two years, but now need to
be in receipt of the seedlings. We have a reliable, reputable resource for how
to grow and care for the Frankincense.
• HomeTribe also has 30,000
organic, non-hybrid, non-GMO seeds for fruits and herbs. We're already creating
energy for the project and community involvement until we have our own
land. We've begun one beautiful community garden, and will help facilitate
more.
THE CHILDREN: Not sure what is the connection is between the trees and children?
• There is an attack on
innocence.
• The Frankincense trees are
endangered through climate change and environmental destruction, and human
conflict. The groves are further abused, by being over-tapped abused,
plundered, poached, and their resin and oil trafficked.
• Like a canary in the
mines, the trees are a litmus test on how we're doing as a humanity. What we do
to the earth, we do to children.
• We are experiencing worldwide
devastation of the earth, its flora and fauna (by the most conservative
estimates, 27,000 species go extinct every year), and its natural resources.
The United Nations’ biodiversity chief in 2010 warned that nations risk
economic collapse and loss of culture if we do not protect the natural world
and its biodiversity. Humankind is faring no better.
• The abolitionist movement
estimates 27 million individuals trafficked worldwide—mostly women and
children, enslaved in forced labor or outright captivity.
• And if that wasn’t enough, there
are between 143 and 210 million orphans worldwide with 2.1 million in the
United States, and 10 million in Mexico (UNICEF, 2009). There is an ongoing and
sustained attack on innocence that must be countered.
• Perhaps you have a desire similar
to ours, to help restore endangered, at-risk children to a level of renewed
hope, health, safety, and happiness, playful joy, belonging, and a regained
sense of innocence.
One of the best places we can
help each other reconnect, and open our hearts to that childlike awe and
wonder, and renewed sense of innocence is in the midst of nature.
Other Ways You Can Help - Please share &
help get the word out.
help get the word out.
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Even if you can't contribute a
whole heap of dollar$ or even a few, we still need you. We need your awareness,
your well wishes, your prayers and help talking it up. We ask that you
share this extremely important project with nature enthusiasts, gardening
friends, spiritual folks who love peace, AND good health, lovers and
caretakers of the earth, and anyone who cares about a future for
children.
Ask them to get the word out and
make some joyful noise about this campaign.
Remind them to use the Indiegogo
share tools! THANK YOU!!!
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