History
A Global Collaboration Since 1997.
Earthdance is the world's largest synchronized music and dance festival for peace. Since its inception, Earthdance has been held annually in over 500 locations in 80 countries with all events simultaneously joining together in the Prayer for Peace – a powerful moment of coherent intention. Each public Earthdance event commits 50% of its profits to a charity that falls into one of the following categories:
• The Welfare of Children and Urban Youth
• Indigenous Peoples and Cultures
• International Relief and Development
• Environmental Sustainability and Protection
• Organizations that Promote Peace
Theme 2011
In alignment with the United Nations theme for 2011 - International Year of Forests - this year, Earthdance will focus our intentions on "Celebrating the Forests" and how we can protect them for generations to come.
* Forests cover 31% of total land area.
* The livelihoods of 1.6 billion people depend on forests.
* Forests provide a home to more than 300 million people worldwide.
* The total global trade in forest products was valued at around $379 billion in 2005.
* Forests are home to 80% of terrestrial biodiversity
*Trees are RAD!
Prayer for Peace
At 1am on Sunday morning (SA Time) all Earthdance individuals, private gatherings and public events across the globe celebrate and activate peace through creative expression, activism and community-building – all joining in the Prayer for Peace at the same time.
Webstream
Earthdance Cape Town is streamed live across the internet to other Earthdance events as well as anyone else wanting to look in.
The viewing link will be posted here soon.
Global Network
Earthdance Community Network is for people, groups and events working for peace and sustainable culture through music, dance, art, subtle activism and social action.
EDNet is a first step in the Earthdance “Business of Peace” initiative being jointly developed by Earthdance Global LLC and Earthdance International 501-3c non-profit. Our goal is to empower the international event network and develop partnerships for socially responsible commerce within (and beyond) our community. EDNet is based in San Francisco, California.
www.earthdancenetwork.com
Peace Watch
The Peace Watch was developed by Earthdance, organizer of the annual peace and music event and synchronized Prayer for Peace held at hundreds of locations worldwide each September celebrating the International Day of Peace. The Peace Watch extends the annual synchronized Prayer for Peace into a daily meditation practice. The Earthdance Peace Watch is currently available as a widget for websites, blogs and social networks, and as an I-Phone app. Other formats forthcoming!
Each day the Earthdance Peace Watch sets two times for our shared global peace meditation, indicated by the violet dot and the numeric countdown.
It automatically adjusts for time zones so everyone around the world is focusing on peace at the same time. The synchronized time is shifting forward one hour each day. The meditation period is 7 minutes.