Posted by Admin in Environment & Sustainability, Food and Agriculture, Issues We Explore on 16th July, 2012 | No Comments
As Vandana Shiva told me: “I think it would be a really good idea at this moment in time, to do a GX trip to India on the issue of the seed…and the link to rights of Mother Earth. I mean where does all life begin? You begin with the seed.” I’m looking forward to co-leading this trip with Vandana from November 1-11, and exploring the rights of nature in the context of India’s sacred seed saving work, Gandhian legacy, Mother Teresa’s Ashram, Agra, fair trade cooperatives and more.
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Posted by Malia Everette in Asia, Food and Agriculture, Indigenous Rights, Uncategorized on 9th May, 2012 | No Comments
This November we are honored to invite you on an organic journey of a lifetime called Sacred Seeding & the Rights of Nature, inspired by the special invitation by Dr. Vandana Shiva.
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Posted by Malia Everette in Asia, Civil Rights, Labor and Economy, Peace and Conflict, Women, Youth on 1st May, 2012 | 3 Comments
Reality Tours thanks Arun Gandhi and the Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute for 15 years of partnership and congratulates them as they continue to steward the Gandhian Legacy Tour independently.
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Posted by Malia Everette in Asia, Environment & Sustainability, Trip Participant Stories on 21st March, 2012 | No Comments
Karl Meyer and Shareen Brysac, past participants from a journey to Kerala, India share their experiences in chapter of their new book Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds.
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Posted by Malia Everette in Asia, Trip Participant Stories on 8th November, 2011 | No Comments
As many of us here at Global Exchange witness and support the nonviolent direct action protests in the US and around the world, from Occupy Wall Street to the Tar Sands Movement taking on the Keystone XL pipeline, the living philosophical teachings of Gandhi are remembered. These teachings are shared and taught by his grandson Dr. Arun Gandhi during the Gandhian Legacy Reality Tour and you are invited to join our annual Gandhian Legacy tour which is lead by Arun himself.
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Posted by Malia Everette in Asia on 16th October, 2011 | 1 Comment
This Blog Action Day the issue is food, (today is also World Food Day) so Global Exchange’s Reality Tours Director Malia Everette takes you on a journey “From Sacred Seeds and Abundant Reads to Food Sovereignty Movement Building”…
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Posted by Alessandro I. in Asia, Peace and Conflict, Spirituality and Religion on 9th March, 2011 | No Comments
For 14 years, Global Exchange and Dr. Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mohandas K. Gandhi (a.k.a. Mahatma Gandhi), have shared the legacy of Gandhi via our Gandhian Legacy Tour. The following is a guest post written by Arun Gandhi about these trips, and how you can join the next one!
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Posted by Alessandro I. in Asia, Peace and Conflict, Regions We Visit, Spirituality and Religion, Trip Participant Stories on 25th December, 2004 | No Comments
By John Dear December 25, 2004, Ireland It’s Christmas day and I’m in Galway on the west coast of Ireland, staying with my friend Terry Howard, SJ and the Jesuit community, after visiting other Jesuit friends in Dublin, and Mairead Maguire and her family near Belfast. It’s cold, quiet and wet, but beautiful and refreshing »
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