Living Earth Center embraces all spiritual paths and encourages deeper relationships with self, each other, Earth and the Universe. Living Earth Center values diversity within eco, social and Earth systems recognizing the connectedness of all. Living Earth Center collaborates and cross-pollinates ideas and strategies that help to make a healthy thriving local and Earth community. Living Earth Center empowers action and advocacy to bring about systemic change. Living Earth Center provides opportunities where minds can be opened, ideas can be shared, and growth can take place. Living Earth Center cultivates sustainable environmental, social, and organizational solutions that have positive long-lasting effects. Living Earth Center has grown to be a large network of gardeners, volunteers and advocates who are finding common ground and building a resilient community that honors the connection of all things and the value that all bring to this Living Earth. In addition to a library and resource center, the LEC manages a two-acre organic community garden and hosts workshops and spiritual enrichment programs throughout the year. One of the purposes of LEC is to model environmental stewardship through ecological awareness, ecosystem restoration, support of local food production and environmentally sensitive maintenance practices. By embracing people of all spiritual paths, the LEC strives toward earth justice and sustainability through education, collaboration, sustainable agriculture and political advocacy. The LEC promotes, fosters and recognizes the interconnection and interdependence of all life.

As part of the Our Lady of Good Counsel Campus, the Living Earth Center (LEC) sits atop Good Counsel Hill in Mankato, Minnesota, where it serves as an educational, spiritual and community resource for the surrounding area.

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