Who We Are

Susan M. Curry

Ms. Susan Curry is an award-winning environmental activist, community organizer, educator, and social change leader. Her efforts to change mindsets about our human relationship to the planet and to each other have birthed new activist leaders and generated many community collaborations.

Ms. Curry is former President of the Alliance for a Sustainable Future, a non-profit in the greater Philadelphia area that convened conferences for government agency staff, NGO leaders, faculty, religious congregations, and the general public to adopt more sustainable and regenerative practices.

Ms. Curry has devoted the last twenty-five years to leading volunteer projects applying “education-in-action.” Volunteers discover root causes and the interconnectedness of issues as they build their foundations for their ongoing, self-organizing activism.

At 79 years of age, Ms. Curry is focusing on producing her vision for “Family Earth,” where humans embrace their role as stewards of the future of life on Earth.

Collaborators

Gina Simm has been an early childhood educator for over thirty years. Her background in Montessori education and children’s theater launched her into the world of public teaching, where she has spent most of her career as a first-grade teacher. One of those years, Gina spent teaching English in China. Most significantly, her knowledge of Nonviolent Communication has transformed her classroom into a place where systems of the heart create a child-centered environment for moving through conflict. Gina lives in the Cherry Hill Cohousing Community in Amherst, Massachusetts.

My two life questions empower Discovery and Transformation for myself and others:. How to get to radically regenerative human cultures on Earth, and how to thrive there.

I hold a vision of human beings helping each other grow up with a sense of adulthood derived from the incredible potentials of perception and creation that Gaia has designed into us. There is so much to explore and develop together.

Gina Simm

Vera Franco

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A network of women Sharing the Wisdom, Shaping the Dream. Sisters of Earth was founded in 1994 by several Catholic Sisters from the US and Canada who were engaged in exploring the new cosmology and implications for this emerging worldview. Sisters of Earth is an informal network of roughly 250 women who share a deep concern for the ecological and spiritual crises of our times and who wish to support one another in work toward healing the human spirit and restoring Earth’s life support systems. We are teachers, gardeners, artists, writers, administrators, workshop and retreat presenters, mothers, contemplatives and activists in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand. This network of sharing and support is open to all women whose life and work would identify them as Sisters of Earth.

We are collaborating through our Children of the Universe Project, a project co-sponsored by the Thomas Berry Foundation.

Sisters of Earth

Chris is a professional organizer with 20 years experience, a certified coach, and a certified Nonviolent Communication (NVC) facilitator. She creates children's books and tools to help teachers and parents foster need-based awareness in schools and homes.

Chris has volunteered in Baltimore City schools, helping students navigate emotions and resolve conflicts through NVC. She also teaches monthly parenting classes and supports NVC trainers through CapitalNVC.org. Currently, she’s developing a training program for school volunteers.

Inspired by her school work, Chris co-authored An Inside Story: A Children’s Book for Grown-Ups Too! to raise awareness about NVC’s transformative power.

📷 Instagram: @an.inside.story
🌍 Website: www.chrishartstein.com
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Chris Hartstein