Conscious Community Initiative Eco-Community Embodied Permaculture: Being-centric ecological systems design and leadership People come to permaculture to facilitate positive change in their own lives, their communities and their landscapes, as permaculture offers a systems design methodology based on natural principles and patterns. They are often deeply attracted to the solutions-oriented focus of permaculture and its emphasis on practical action as much as the ethical ecological systems view […] Dan McTiernan and Johanna McTiernan April 28, 2023May 8, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Nurturing the Fields of Change Unquestioned Assumptions And Holistic Change The following reflection was inspired by the first session of Nurturing the Fields of Change. When I reflect on change, the first and most obvious question I ask myself is, “Why do we need to change?” What has led to this mess we are in and, even better, what is going on that keeps this […] Luka Bonisch March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Eco-Community Behold the Pale Horse: Why I write Cataclysmic TRIGGER WARNING: discusses climate breakdown, mass extinction, fear of death, fear of disaster. Bill McGuire, Professor of geophysical and climate hazards on Twitter, 10:48 PM November 10 2022: (Response to a report headlined “carbon emissions from fossil fuels will hit record high in 2022 climate crisis.“) “….climate scientists [are] saying we need urgent action if […] Matt Colborn November 17, 2022November 21, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Art Contemplative Land Art – The Spiralynth The Story of The Spiralynth October 2021 – on-going Media: Conkers, leaves, rake and movement. Location: Buckinghamshire, UK. In the paddock, beneath the giant outspread branches of the tree we’ve come to know lovingly, respectfully as ‘Big Momma’, I slowly gathered myself against the cold and wind. My intention, to complete the Sisyphean task of […] Trudi Simpson February 10, 2022February 10, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Holistic Wellbeing Spacebook: Introducing open awareness for adults and kids A few years ago, my wife and I had the idea to share publicly an approach that we had been experimenting with as part of the home/travel schooling that we were providing to our children. We called it “Spacebook” for which we put together a simple website. Until recently the initial website remained undeveloped, but […] Jevon Dangeli August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Conscious Community Initiative Elf-strength of the Earth: Developing an Earth connected facilitation process This project explores how we can create a deeper relationship with Earth in virtual spaces and whether this can improve wellbeing. Together with an immersive film director, Kelley Van Dilla and my eldest nephew, Caleb Roberts (13), we’re co-creating an Earth connected process that’s both grounded in my own research on Earth Connection and developed […] Tabitha Jayne July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Art The Resurgence of the Spiritual in Art Recently a resurgence of the spiritual in art can be identified in the popular appeal of exhibitions such as Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future at the Guggenheim Museum (2019), Emma Kunz: Visionary Drawings at the Serpentine Galleries (2019), and in the Tate’s acquisition of Ithell Colquhoun’s archive. Parallelly, neoteric creative trends seek to […] Lila Moore May 22, 2021June 6, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
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 Initiative 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 Personal stories 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, 2020June 1, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
