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With a mission to SIUC students and an outreach to the wider area,
we are a welcoming community committed to spiritual awareness
that integrates peace, justice, and ecological sustainability.
GAIA HOUSE BLOG
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Gaia House Stakeholder Retreat Results
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The Board and Staff here at Gaia House Interfaith Center wish to express our gratitude to everyone who came out for our stakeholder's retreat. Brainstorming with our community produced several great ideas, some of which we are already implimenting. Here is what's coming down the pipes...

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GAIA HOUSE VOICES
People and groups that come to Gaia House
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The Meaning of Slow Food To Me
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As we come up on the 3rd anniversary of starting the Rice & Spice dinner series, I look back and remember why it all started.

First Ever Recorded Inland Hurricane. On May 8th, 2009, Carbondale, IL gets hit by a 20-minute, 40-mile wide inland hurricane which had an average wind speed of 85 mph with gusts at ground level of 106 mph and 124 at treetop level. A tree fell on our car while we were in it. This event is now being called a derecho (Spanish for straight) due to the fact that nobody had hurricane insurance, so the Governor came and emphasized that it was a derecho, NOT a hurricane.

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A Sign of the Times
Jon-Paul

Spring has sprung and the old is quickly making way for the new. You may have noticed one of the biggest changes around Gaia House that happened in the last month: We have a new sign!

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Thoughts on Raise the Roof and the past four years
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Thank you, visitor, for taking the time to read my writing! This is planned to be the first 'official' entry within the ourgaiahouse.org collective online writings, and I think I can speak for all the staff at Gaia House-Interfaith Center when I say that we're excited for this new feature and we hope it keeps you coming back to ourgaiahouse.org to check out new writings and other going-ons.

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