About the EarthLoom Foundation

Inspired by Response and Responsibility

The EarthLoom Foundation was inspired by the energetic and moving response of organizers, builders, and weavers to the EarthLoom, and by Weaving a Life's sense of responsibility to help make the world a more peaceful place.

The breadth of the response to EarthLooms, from Australia to Europe and across the US, has proven to us that this can be an effective means to bring diverse people together in a common goal that is not immediately practical, but requires them all to put their hands to the same work.

Because the work is play, hearts are opened, differences forgotten. We have seen this wherever EarthLooms have been built, wherever community weavings are made. Susan Barrett Merrill, originator of the EarthLoom, says of its unique shape, "It is my new peace symbol, because it helps us weave the fabric of community."

For the present, Weaving a Life are the stewards of the EarthLoom Foundation. They are working toward the development of the foundation as a board-directed grant-making organization.

Mission

The mission of the EarthLoom Foundation is to encourage the weaving of the fabric of community through, to bring neighbors, neighborhoods and communities together in activities that will help transcend differences and forge bonds between individuals and groups.

The EarthLoom Foundation proposes to forward this mission through the following activities:

Building the organizational infrastructure of the EarthLoom Foundation
Raising funds to enable the building of EarthLooms
Raising funds to conduct workshops and training on the use of the EarthLoom, and to conduct EarthLoom building and weaving events.
Selling EarthLoom DVDs and instruction books
Providing scholarships and grants to individuals and organizations who are proposing or involved in projects that, in our estimation, contribute to weaving the fabric of community.

The foundation is in its earliest stages, and does not have non-profit status at this time, so contributions are not tax-deductible at this time. We are of course working in this direction. If you feel you can contribute to the goals of the EarthLoom Foundation, you are warmly invited to do so.

You re invited to fill out our membership form, write to us, email us or call us.

EarthLoom Foundation
1643 Coastal Road
Brooksville, Maine 04617
Telephone: 207-326-9503
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