Before Mother Earth begins shaking...

The Grandmothers know there has been an undeniablle corruption of humanity's spirit. The global human family, a macrocosm of the tribal system, is lost in confusion and sickness. We are disconnected from ourselves and from the planet that nurtures us, body and soul. Violence and war have bred hunger, poverty, loss of culture, and a lack of understanding concerning basic human rights. Our waters, the blood of our Mother Earth, are often too polluted to drink, the air in some places too polluted to breathe. Do we really want it this way for ourselves, for future generations, they ask? We have lost the most fundamental teaching: that all life is sacred, all life is One. The Grandmothers say we must wake up from our trance before the Earth begins shaking.

-from the Introduction to Grandmothers Council the World