Art Art is our Daily Bread Art is our daily bread. In October, as lockdown is looming over the city of Ruvo di Puglia in the south of Italy, a planetary cluster of galleries has descended from cyberspace to its historic center. There, the scent of fresh bread from the local bakery leads us to discover an exhibition where art and […] Lila Moore October 27, 2020November 16, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Conscious Community Project Transforming land, transforming people I believe that engaging with the natural environment creates a desire to preserve it. This is at the root of the Transforming Land, Transforming People project. Embodied connection to the natural world reveals information that can be transformational. I am influenced by the work of the eco-feminist and activist Vandana Shiva, who also integrates a […] Paula Staunton September 14, 2020November 16, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Insight Lockdown & the synchronous song of nature I would like to share a brief aspect of my experience and deepening connection with nature during the lockdown in London. I’ve always had a strong affinity with nature, which continues to increase. My Master’s dissertation with Alef Trust enabled me to explore the topic of “Nature as a Healer”, through a phenomenological study of […] Lucy Sam July 15, 2020July 16, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Eco-Community Communicating with trees Trees first appeared on the Earth around 385 million years ago. The oldest known non-clonal tree, a Bristlecone Pine, has lived for more than 5,000 years, whilst the oldest clonal tree group in Utah, has an astonishing estimated age of 80,000 years. Trees have played a significant part in the development of human consciousness. They […] David Furlong June 25, 2020July 16, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Book Corner Gaia, Psyche & Deep Ecology, by Andrew Fellows In this brilliant and perceptive interdisciplinary study, Andrew Fellows homes in on our spiritual crisis and environmental emergency, demonstrating the close connections between inner and outer and a critical correspondence between the dominance of the ego and our exploitation of nature. One of the first scholars to note this connection was Seyyed Hossein Nasr in […] David Lorimer June 4, 2020March 4, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
