This year's Wake Up Earth retreat will be hosted by both Lower and Upper Hamlet. Please note that this retreat is only for young people from age 18 to 35. Due to high demand places for this year's international Wake Up Earth will be made available in two phases. The first phase is sold out. The second batch of places will be made available on Friday 31 May at 19:00 CEST.

At first glance, the beliefs of different religions seem to be very different. It may give the impression that complete opposites collide. Religious and cultural peculiarities may obscure what we all share and what we can learn from each other.

In this retreat, we want to get to know representatives and believers from different religious communities. We want to meet with openness, joy and acceptance, learn from each other and practice together. All interested people are welcome to become ambassadors of interreligious and intercultural dialogue. 

We're going camping at Shaver Lake! Do you like being warmed by a camp fire as you sing, waking up to the morning sun and experiencing total relaxation on the lake? We do too. Come join Wake Up members from across the West Coast in our great camp out: three days of mindfulness, meditation and wilderness. We've got a few sites at Camp Edison (that are right next to the lake!) set aside for Wake Up use. Spots are limited,…

The theme of this retreat is « Taking Care of Our Body and Mind » by practicing meditation, hiking in nature, relaxation, following an appropriate diet and other to our health beneficial practices. Together as a travelling fellowship, we aim to develop our awareness of the interdependence between the food we consume, our body, our mind and the environment we are living in.