A Walking Water Pilgrimage
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Dear Friends,
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On September 1st I will set out with other Pilgrims on a 200 mile, 21 day journey from Mono Lake to Owens Lake. We will walk, pray, pass along stories and song, restore community and renew our own personal relationships to water.
“Walking is the great adventure, the first meditation, a practice of heartiness and soul primary to humankind. Walking is the exact balance of spirit and humility.” Gary Snyder – The Practice of the Wild
Walking Water will host this Pilgrimage.
"Walking Water is an invitation, an action, an educational journey and a prayer intended to foster a healing relationship among people and water. It celebrates the beauty and power of water and recognizes that water is common ground, worldwide."
Walking Water (www.walking-water.org)
two stories walking side by side....
For over one hundred years, water from the Owens Valley has flowed via a man-made aqueduct to supply the growing city of Los Angeles. LA receives approximately one third of its water supply from this source of imported water. Depleted water tables affect native vegetation and irrigated lands. Hazardous airborne dust has caused lung problems in the human population. Animals have lost their food and water supply. The Paiute, the native people of this area, have a long history of creating sustainable aqueduct systems to channel the water; they no longer have the sovereignty to utilize the water on behalf of all living beings.
The Northern California Water Story might not be so different if the 10-year water transfer program is to come to pass: the proposal of water transfers from the Sacramento Valley through the Delta to the San Joaquin Valley. Chico CA organization, Aqualliance, has for many years, and continues to speak on behalf of water.
"AquAlliance will protect the ground water and wetlands in northern California to sustain family farms, communities, creeks and rivers, native flora and fauna, vernal pools, and recreation. Achieving these objectives is essential to restoring North America’s largest inland estuary: the San Francisco Bay Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta."
As walkers, we are asked to bring a monetary offering to go towards meals, outreach and logistics. My intention is to offer $2000. I hope to match this amount as an offering to Aqualliance.(www.aqualliance.net)
My intention is to bridge these communities through their common story, and to bring awareness to the reality that is in fact a global story.
Thank you for your support! Please visit :
(www.walking-water.org)
(www.aqualliance.net)
May we all walk in a good way with Water.
Blessings,
Sarah Nutting
Thank you for visiting this page...
On September 1st I will set out with other Pilgrims on a 200 mile, 21 day journey from Mono Lake to Owens Lake. We will walk, pray, pass along stories and song, restore community and renew our own personal relationships to water.
“Walking is the great adventure, the first meditation, a practice of heartiness and soul primary to humankind. Walking is the exact balance of spirit and humility.” Gary Snyder – The Practice of the Wild
Walking Water will host this Pilgrimage.
"Walking Water is an invitation, an action, an educational journey and a prayer intended to foster a healing relationship among people and water. It celebrates the beauty and power of water and recognizes that water is common ground, worldwide."
Walking Water (www.walking-water.org)
two stories walking side by side....
For over one hundred years, water from the Owens Valley has flowed via a man-made aqueduct to supply the growing city of Los Angeles. LA receives approximately one third of its water supply from this source of imported water. Depleted water tables affect native vegetation and irrigated lands. Hazardous airborne dust has caused lung problems in the human population. Animals have lost their food and water supply. The Paiute, the native people of this area, have a long history of creating sustainable aqueduct systems to channel the water; they no longer have the sovereignty to utilize the water on behalf of all living beings.
The Northern California Water Story might not be so different if the 10-year water transfer program is to come to pass: the proposal of water transfers from the Sacramento Valley through the Delta to the San Joaquin Valley. Chico CA organization, Aqualliance, has for many years, and continues to speak on behalf of water.
"AquAlliance will protect the ground water and wetlands in northern California to sustain family farms, communities, creeks and rivers, native flora and fauna, vernal pools, and recreation. Achieving these objectives is essential to restoring North America’s largest inland estuary: the San Francisco Bay Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta."
As walkers, we are asked to bring a monetary offering to go towards meals, outreach and logistics. My intention is to offer $2000. I hope to match this amount as an offering to Aqualliance.(www.aqualliance.net)
My intention is to bridge these communities through their common story, and to bring awareness to the reality that is in fact a global story.
Thank you for your support! Please visit :
(www.walking-water.org)
(www.aqualliance.net)
May we all walk in a good way with Water.
Blessings,
Sarah Nutting
Organizer
Sarah Nutting
Organizer
Chico, CA
