At the recent Whole Earth Summit, ITP Grant Partner, author and activist Terry Tempest Williams, and ITP Advisory Committee guiding light and co-founder of Bioneers, Nina Simons, were both interviewed.  Hear their narratives about how they each aspire to affect change on this earth.  In an excerpt from that interview, Terry recalls her ITP grant, The Council of Pronghorn, and its life changing impact.

Terry Tempest Williams: "How do we pay attention to what projects we are working on? I feel it in my body and my body doesn’t lie. I also want to know - how does this project mirror the questions that keep me up at night? I think about - does it scare me?  I want to go where I’m afraid – that’s where my growth is and I also want to work with people that I love, trust, admire and respect.  I think more than anything – as Nina said – what are the serendipitous moments? What is the synchronicity that follows this? I do believe that our life work is about paying attention, even to the surprises.  My grandmother called it ‘following the golden thread’." » Read More

We are always interested in whether our growing ITP family stays connected outside of our annual Fall Gathering and love when our Grant Partners share that story when it takes place.  ITP Grant Partners Joshua Fouts and Trathen Heckman, who first met at the gathering in Fall of 2013, reconnected at a TRCC (Thriving Resilient Communities Coalition) gathering in March... » Read More

The climate change issue has followed a trend that has resulted in an increased attention on the importance of cultural values, sacred ancestors, protection and preservation of customs and cosmology, passed through the centuries.
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Join us for conversation with visiting activists from GAIA's global network, including: » Read More

"Farm folks, food folks, and friends near and far,

We couldn't be happier to announce the online release of THE ORGANIC LIFE, a one-of-a-kind farming documentary three years in the making. Set in Sonoma, California, the film highlights the sweat, blisters, sun, and rain as well as a passion for life, food, and the earth that goes hand-in-hand with farming and will have you thinking about your food and local farmers in a new way (...as well as craving carrots)."

Download it here today: http://bit.ly/1pEz1WG
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is thrilled to announce our Grant Partners for the 2014 grant cycle. We received a record number of applications this year, and definitely had our work cut out for us deciding how to allocate funds among a highly qualified pool of applicants. After a lively discussion and some tough decisions, our Advisory Committee selected five partners to receive Invoking the Pause grants:

•    A New Story to Heal the Earth: Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments
•    Breaking Up with Fossil Fuels: As You Sow
•    Raising Our Voices: Convening for Key Environmental Messengers: Environmental Entrepreneurs
•    An Investigation of Fracking in California: Mark Hertsgaard and Holly Kernan 
•    Game for the Caribbean Climate: University of Miami   » Read More

Pre-order copies available of ITP Grant Partner Casey Beck's documentary film, The Organic Life, on iTunes on April 8th! Visit iTunes here.

Joshua Fouts update us on the latest with his 2013 project to develop a climate change educational iPhone app.  In more recent news, Invoking the Pause has just recently awarded sisters Erica and Elaine Paiva a 2014 grant to continue to develop this app and take it to the next level. » Read More

Isaac Kestenbaum and Josie Holtzman, the team behind Winters Past, bring the sounds of a changing winter season to life with their series of podcasts.  Their distinctive "soundwalks" were recently experienced on Grist, an environmental blog site with a goal to get people talking, thinking and taking action. Read the article here.