{"id":70476,"date":"2021-12-17T05:23:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T13:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepollinationproject.org\/?p=70476"},"modified":"2021-12-17T05:44:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T13:44:46","slug":"a-compassionate-dialogue-to-change-the-world-for-generations-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepollinationproject.org\/a-compassionate-dialogue-to-change-the-world-for-generations-to-come\/","title":{"rendered":"A Compassionate Dialogue to Change the World for Generations to Come"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While working on her Masters degree in 2019, Greshma Pious Raju had an amazing opportunity to do an internship with Earth Charter International, an organization located in the middle of a forest in Costa Rica. One afternoon, Mirian Vilela, the Executive Director, stopped working to step outside and observe a toucan. While this might have been an everyday occurrence for Ms. Vilela and her team, it was the moment that would change Greshma\u2019s life forever.<\/p>\n
Inspired to spend more time with nature and reflect upon the Earth Charter principles, an ethical framework for sustainable development, she began to see how the simple act of being in nature allows us to become more peaceful humans. Greshma did not know it yet, but this would be the first step on her path to creating a program that would touch the lives of future generations.<\/p>\n
Believing that people had lost their connection to nature, Greshma returned home to India – a place that had faced many natural disasters – after graduation with a desire to remind people within her community about the value of caring for the environment. Her idea led to working with schools but, shortly thereafter, the COVID-19 pandemic hit.<\/p>\n
Unsure of how to move forward, Greshma knew one thing for certain, she wanted to inspire the younger generations to observe nature with love and share that love with their communities. An idea began to take shape and, after attending the Peace Practice Alliance program organized by the Euphrates Institute, she set out on a new path utilizing online spaces to build communities for teens, and the Ecopeace Teen Cafe was born.<\/p>\n