Hawk Mountain Earth Center

Hawk Mountain Earth Center is a cooperative, horizontal and consensus based organization dedicated to supporting people of all ages to cultivate healthy relationships with nature, community and self. Our work fosters awareness and appreciation for our natural habitats, sustainable, healthy and equitable food systems, knowledge of native and medicinal plants, cooperative and horizontal decision-making, self-directed learning, compassionate non-violent communication, restorative justice, social equity and the restoration of previously colonized territories to native indigenous stewardship and sovereignty.

We are committed to maintain our environmental outdoor learning centers,and urban farms and programs, in cities with a high need for green spaces. We foster opportunities and support communities in accessing fresh and organic produce, through home and community gardens. We support communities in understanding and adopting compassionate forms of communication and collaborative forms of decision-making, to effect sustainable change in our lives, We help build skills in conflict deescalation, conflict resolution, and mediation.  We support educators and caretakers in creating and sustaining opportunities for outdoor self directed learning for children and youth. We support communities to connect with the natural world, particularly local forests and wildlife reserves.

Hawk Mountain Earth Center is an inclusive community and does not discriminate based on a person’s actual or perceived ancestry, color, disability, race or ethnicity, religion, gender, gender expression, gender identity, immigration status, national origin, sex, sexual orientation.

The health of our communities and of our planet are inseparable. By working to improve our personal and communal health we help create a healthier planet for future generations. Hawk Mountain Earth Center is working to promote regenerative and wellness practices in our daily lives and in connection with our food systems, our soil and the myriad of plants and tree species we depend on for a thriving ecosystem. We believe that the time to focus on local food and medicinal sovereignty is now and that BIPOC communities can and must reconnect to our ancestral knowledge to overcome the huge gaps and health deficiencies created and perpetuated by institutionalized forms of colonization and racism. Making our communities aware of our inter connectivity and building mutual aid networks while sharing knowledge and resources are important steps towards achieving the food and medicinal sovereignty that can fortify our resiliency into the coming climatic changes set to take place.

Hawk Mountain Earth Center strives to support residents and communities gain access to public or private space for growing organic food. We believe that our communities deserve increased access to locally grown organic food and growing their own food provides additional health benefits. HMEC will support communities through education and practical assistance in developing opportunities for abundant community gardens. As more and more people begin to grow food locally they increase food access for the communities around them. At Hawk Mountain we are committed to growing food that will directly benefit local communities and support others in doing the same.  To volunteer on our community work days and help build our first urban farm please fill out this Volunteer intake form.

At Hawk Mountain Earth Center we recognize that BIPOC communities have disproportionately had to endure the traumatic experiences perpetuated by economic systems that exploit humans and the earth in ever more demanding and extractavist forms. Recent climate related catastrophes and wide spread disease and health related preventable deaths have added a renewed intensity to the ongoing stress suffered in the most vulnerable sectors of our communities.   We understand that the solutions to the difficulties we face must come from the communities themselves. Top down policy making and governmental mandates fall short in their attempt to alleviate our most dire problems because decision making bodies, so called “leaders” and highly resourced sectors are ill informed of our cultures and diverse needs and show little interest in understanding or including our vantage point, contributions, experience and knowledge base.