About Us

Why Earth Link?

Earth Link provides an opportunity for people who are concerned about the future of Earth to reflect on their concern and move towards action. Earth Link has a particular emphasis on why we need to care for Earth, and also on the importance of beginning with our place, and then extending our concern outwards to regional and global concerns. Please click here to download the Earth Link brochure (pdf document - 272KB).

Who will benefit?

People of all ages who are concerned about the future of Earth, including parents, grandparents, educators, helping professionals, environmentalists. Earth Link will be of special benefit to those who are interested in ecospirituality and sustainable living.

What do we do?

This community environment centre provides you the opportunity, unique in Australia, to avail of:

• A place, Four Winds, where you can immerse yourself in nature
• A community of people who share your concerns for Earth
• Accommodation and gathering spaces
• Programmes in spirituality
• Earth-Human Wellbeing programmes
• Consultants to design and conduct workshops, rituals, retreats, processes
• A borrowing library.

Rationale

Many people are seeking to deepen their connections with self, nature and the cosmos; to name their experience of the Sacred; to explore the implications for their own religious and spiritual traditions; to honour the Sacred in earth, others and self; and to act more responsibly to redress the degraded state of the earth. Earth Link provides a number of responses to this search.

Vision

We envision a future where there is respect, reverence and care for the whole earth community.

Mission

Earth Link facilitates deep bonding with the whole earth community.

Earth Link invites you to:

1. Listen to the wisdom of earth with an open, attentive and receptive attitude.
2. Deepen your relationship with the cosmos/earth, beginning with your own particular place.
3. Acknowledge the Sacred in the interdependent web of life.
4. Honour the Sacred in the web of life through rituals and holistic living.
5. Live in right relationships with the interdependent web of life.

Earth Link is a collaborative ministry sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy.

Ways you can be involved

We welcome your involvement. Here are some ways you can be involved in Earth Link:

• Join the email list - Subscribe
• Become part of the Earth Link community
• Come visit us
• Come for a picnic and/or bushwalk
• Camp in the grounds of Four Winds
• Participate in our programs
• Use the library
• Come for individual quiet time
• Come for an individually designed Sabbatical
• Come to rituals
• Engage us for workshops
• Use Four Winds for your team meetings etc.
• Donate online via the PayPal website.

How to get to Four Winds

From the South Travel 12 km from Dayboro on Mt Mee Road, turn right into Robinson Road South for 1.04 km. From the North Travel 24 km from D’Aguilar on Mt Mee Road, turn left into Robinson Road South for 1.04 km. UBD Map 45, Ref H17 A regular train service operates between Brisbane and Petrie. Brisbane Bus Lines (3354 3633) operates a limited bus service between Dayboro and Petrie from Monday to Friday. Guests can be met at either Dayboro or Petrie.

Click here to download a printer-friendly version of the map and directions (pdf file 76KB).

2007 in Pictures

Click here (pdf file 1.4MB) to capture a visual sense of our activities during 2007.

Plan for 2008

Contact us to discuss your hopes for an individualised sabbatical next year. Previous participants have stayed for between four and twelve weeks; some have been self-directed, while others have spent time with Earth Link personnel exploring different ways of bonding with earth.

Staff Inservice

Earth Link can facilitate an inservice opportunity for you and your staff which addresses your agenda in the context of ecospirituality. Contact us now for 2008.

Fee Schedule and Booking Form

Click here for the Four Winds Fee Schedule (pdf file 140KB).
Click here for a Confirmation of Booking Form (pdf file 133KB).

Successful Grant Applications 2007

Funding has been received from the Australian Government Envirofund for a further riparian rehabilitation project. This is important because we are in a subcatchment of the Upper Caboolture River.

We have been successful in our application to the Community Benefit Gambling Fund for funding for a Data Projector. This will make a great difference to our capacity to offer educational and reflective workshops at a variety of venues.