When I listen with my heart, I am pierced with an empathic awareness that calls me into action beyond what any amount of learning, reading or mental understanding can prompt…

While I am inspired each year by all the brilliant, innovative and effective solutions and strategies at this gathering, they won’t be enough to shift our collective course without an accompanying – and radical – change of heart.

~ Nina Simons, Findhorn Fellow and co-founder of Bioneers

North Cascades – photo by KR Backwoods Photography, used with permission