The Women's Forest Sanctuary

Into the Forest…

[cs_content][cs_section bg_image=”184:medium” parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_inset=”0px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_inset=”0px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ _label=”Indiegogo” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 15% 5%;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” _label=”New Item 2″ style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_custom_headline level=”h1″ looks_like=”h1″ accent=”false” class=”cs-ta-center” style=”color: hsl(51, 58%, 65%);text-shadow:2px 2px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.4);font-family: Quintessential;font-size: 7em;margin: 0;”]The Sacred Grove[/x_custom_headline][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section id=”about” bg_color=”hsl(0, 0%, 100%)” parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_inset=”0px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_inset=”0px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ _label=”Etc.” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”true” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column bg_color=”hsl(100, 9%, 81%)” fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”2/3″ style=”padding: 3%;”][x_gap size=”25px” class=”cs-hide-xl cs-hide-lg cs-hide-md”][x_custom_headline level=”h1″ looks_like=”h1″ accent=”false” class=”cs-ta-center” style=”color: hsl(51, 1%, 2%);font-family: Quintessential;font-size: 2em;margin: 0;”]Hear The Wisdom of the Ancient Forest[/x_custom_headline][x_line style=”border-top-color: hsl(112, 17%, 38%);border-top-width: 3px;width: 100%;”][x_custom_headline level=”h3″ looks_like=”h5″ accent=”false” style=”color: hsl(21, 17%, 27%);margin-top: 2%;line-height: 150%;font-size: 1.2em;font-weight: 600;”]Since 1994, The Women’s Forest Sanctuary (WFS) has been raising funds to purchase a rare and magnificent redwood grove on the Mattole River in northern California.[/x_custom_headline][cs_element_image _id=”12″ ][cs_text style=”font-size: 1.2em;”]Our vision is to “return the land to the land” as an act of healing and reconciliation with nature, and to create a sanctuary where women and their allies can hear the wisdom of the ancient forest.

The Sacred Grove, which contains 2,000-year-old trees, is vital habitat for the King and Coho salmon, endangered indicator species of the California North Coast ecosystem. Redwood groves such as these contain biodiversity upon which the physical and spiritual survival of our own and myriad other creatures depend.[/cs_text][x_gap size=”25px” class=”cs-hide-xl cs-hide-lg cs-hide-md”][cs_text style=”font-size: 1.2em;”]

In 2018 The Women’s Forest Sanctuary completed the debt retirement for this ancient redwood grove. We continue to raise funds to care for the health and vitality of the land. Please donate to our ongoing GoFundMe campaign to protect The Sacred Grove and to further our vision of reconciliation with nature. We are grateful for all donations.

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Redwood forests are vital to the health of our planet and to the well-being of all; only 3% of redwood forest remains.

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The Women’s Forest Sanctuary
P.O. Box 1003
Berkeley, CA 94701
(510) 898-2104

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    A Greater Sense of Worth

    Ryan, YSA artist, 2015

    Myself as a tree, meditating,
    channeling energy that nourishes me.
    I feel concentrated as a sacred, humble presence.
    Both me and the tree,
    simply fair to have mutual care.

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