ONILE - Orisha Network 4 Issues on Land + Environment

Bringing Orisha Practitioners Together for a Regenerative Future

MISSION.

Our mission is to support Orisha communities in protecting the Earth through sustainable practices, education, and advocacy. We focus on environmental justice by working to ensure all communities have access to clean air, water, and land. Guided by our spiritual values, we honor the connection between all living things and the sacredness of the Earth. We encourage respect for nature and work to protect it for future generations.

VISION.

We aspire to awaken a global community—rooted in the wisdom and living traditions of the African diaspora—that nurtures, protects, and restores the natural world, fostering a deep connection between practitioners, the Orisha, and the environment.

INITIATIVES

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    Sacred Plant Database.

    A living archive of ancestral plants.

    The Sacred Plant Database preserves culturally rooted plant knowledge—how plants are tended, honored, and remembered across generations. It supports education, ecological awareness, and continuity of practice.

  • Nature Connect Curriculum

    A year long STEAM + Environmental curriculum that explores Nature, Culture + Community

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    Green Onilé Pledge

    Devotion aligned with ecological care

    The Green Onilé Pledge invites spiritual practitioners to align devotion with ecological responsibility—reducing harm, honoring materials, and tending the land that sustains ritual life.

  • Oshun Freshwater Project

    Oshun Freshwater Project

    The Oshun Freshwater Project centers waterways as living beings deserving reverence and care.