MayaMam Weavers & Earth Day 2012

We celebrated Earth Day with the Morris County Park Alliance last Saturday. It was a breezy cool day, but lots of people came out to have fun and to learn about safeguarding our planet and our environment. And, people came out to learn about sustainable business practices and fair trade. It is a pleasant event, with plenty of time to chat informally with people about our work. People are interested in learning about our traditional backstrap weaving. And we also have a chance to talk about fair trade and why our work is so important in ensuring that our children have access to education and to health care, and a better future. It is a day of optimism spent with like-minded people who are working to make the world the kind of place it needs to be so that all of us, our children and our grandchildren – down to the seventh generation as Native Americans say -- can live a healthy and dignified life. (Our shawls and aprons were especially popular!)