Starting From Within, Working in a Circle, in a Sacred Manner, We Heal and Develop Ourselves, Our Relationships, and the World.
Fostering "Seventh Generation" leadership by empowering youth and women in decision-making, protecting and restoring Sacred Sites and cultural expressions, and promoting Indigenous plants, medicines, and sciences, while integrating holistic healing practices like stem cell research through Indigenous healing and educational centers.
Promoting unified actions among global organizations for a compassionate and sustainable world, supports the establishment of an Indigenous Bank of the Americas to strengthen Indigenous economic resources and alleviate poverty, and fosters the unification of Indigenous Peoples through international treaties and trade agreements to protect Indigenous rights, lands, and sovereignty.
Aims to stop the destruction of Mother Earth's ecosystems caused by extractive industries by promoting alternative green energies like solar, wind, and geothermal, while also establishing Bioregional Marine Sanctuaries across the Americas to protect and restore natural habitats, wildlife populations, and water quality to sustainable levels.
Four Worlds International Institute is a family of people and organizations, bound together by a set of common principles based on the traditional teachings of North American tribal peoples brought together with the best that western science and technology has to offer in a non-profit organization. For more than 18 years, Four Worlds has been learning how to support individuals, families, organizations, communities and nations in building a healthy and sustainable future for the human family.
Four Worlds International Institute for Human and Community Development was born out of the intense deliberations and prayers of a gathering of native elders and community leaders that was held on the Blood Indian Reservation on the high plains of Alberta in the last week of December 1982. Forty distinguished representatives of North American tribes met in search of a solution to the social devastation brought on by, alcohol, poverty and an increasing sense of powerlessness that was sweeping across tribal communities.
In 1995, a bold new initiative was undertaken by Phil Lane, Jr., International Coordinator of Four Worlds International Institute to create a profitable business initiative to fund the humanitarian work of The Four Worlds International Institute for Human and Community Development and other related initiatives. It is involved in promoting healthy living through herbal products, environmental solutions and technologies and international trade agreements. This community based, sustainable economic enterprise is called Four Directions International.
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Starting From Within, Working in a Circle, in a Sacred Manner, We Heal and Develop Ourselves, Our Relationships, and the World.
