elephant journal turns 10.

By this merit may all attain true peace

may it defeat the enemy, confused thinking

from the stormy waves of being born, growing old, sickness and dying

from the ocean of suffering

May we free all beings.

~ Buddhist Dedication of Merit said before and after meals, meetings, and anything worth doing…adapted.

~

elephant is 10 years old.

In that time we launched one of the few truly independent, eco-responsible national magazines, without any funding, with only you—grassroots enthusiasm.

Then, though profitable, with staff, offices, car, mortgage……our idiot founder killed the magazine despite two solid offers to sell, and went online. Five years later, we’re back—having won two national twitter awards for #green, 1.3 million readers/month, a growing team of inspired-by-love-of-mission editors and writers.

Our weakness? We’re dependent on external social media. If you want 10 of our best articles in 1 email, once a week, free-to-read articles, support us. We are you:

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Yours in the Vision of reaching beyond the core or choir to all those who didn’t know they gave a care about “the mindful life”—

elephant readers, apprentices, writers, editors, Colin, Bob, Lindsey, Samara, Rose, Travis, Maron, Abbey, Merete, Pam, Waylon, Red, Waylon’s Mom, VCTR.

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