The Dogwood Insight Center Vision

Greater acceptance in personal responsibility in making life choices leading to long-lasting good health, wellbeing, and wellness with integrated health practices in communities worldwide. 
In order to have Sustainable Health we must also have 5 Key Elements:
  • Sustainable Housing
  • Sustainable Living
  • Sustainable Food
  • Sustainable Environment
  • Sustainable Energy
"We see no reason why a sustainable world needs to leave anyone in poverty.  Quite the contrary, we think such a world would have to provide material security to all its people." - Donella H. Meadows

Our Mission Of Dogwood Insights

The mission of our non profit is to provide health education and charitable care for the community of Western North Carolina.  We believe that sustainable health requires sustainable living, and so we include educational activities which address any aspect of sustainable living.  This is based on two different concepts:
  1. Healthy body require minimal toxic exposure, which requires reduction of environmental and food exposures.  Most people also require detoxification and therapeutic interventions.
  2. Healthy minds require lowering stress levels by decreasing financial and social stress by creating an optimally supportive community.

Neither of these goals can be achieved without first creating a foundation of knowledge, which requires educational programs and physical demonstrations. (i.e. workshops).

We have two main goals:
  • Establish an executive committee with subcommittees to address each of the above aspects
  • Coordination with current organizations in the community which already address the above aspects
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Grassroots Community Involvement