Ending the climate crisis in one generation
Monday, November 8th, 2021Highly recommended reading! Paul Hawken’s book Regeneration, Ending the climate crisis in one generation is an empowering, hopeful and beautiful book offering us sane advice in a world that’s seemingly spinning in the opposite direction. “It’s not game over. It’s game on,” says Paul and his solution is simple: “Stop. Turn around. Go the other […]
Why we need to say no to ocean mining
Sunday, March 14th, 2021I’m really concerned about the possibility and consequences of allowing deep sea mining of cobalt rich nodules on the ocean floor that are home to numerous species, many that we haven’t even discovered yet. Scroll down towards end of this interactive guide by the Guardian news. We don’t know enough about this sensitive habitat and […]
What can we do to support life on our planet?
Sunday, March 14th, 2021Recently I listened to this fascinating discussion between Dr Sylvia Earle of Mission Blue and the makers of the Octopus Teacher documentary, Craig Foster and Pippa Erlich, co-creators of Sea Change Project, mediated by Will Travis of the Elevation Barn A Discussion with Dr. Sylvia Earle and Craig Foster from My Octopus Teacher 6 minutes […]
Helping through entanglement
Monday, November 2nd, 2020The other day someone shared a powerful exercise in our small sangha that is really so simple but a complete game changer. This is about feeling gratitude on behalf of someone else even if their good fortune doesn’t apply to you and your current circumstances. For example, they get to do a course you wanted […]
How to presence and digest fear – two calls with Markus Hirzig
Wednesday, April 8th, 2020Markus Hirzig on digesting fear and stress during today’s times Many of us don’t feel fear, instead we project it onto others as danger, or blame. Or we numb ourselves or dissociate in order to feel safe due to past experiences. The problem is, fear shuts our minds down so we can’t do anything new […]
How to strengthen your immune system
Friday, March 27th, 2020There are lots of ways we can boost our immune system and they all multiply each other. – get enough sleep (about 8 hours) – practice gratitude – exercise, at least 30 minutes per day or dance – meditate – do breath work (relax on the out breath and make it slightly longer than the […]
storing carbon in the sky – as skyscrapers
Monday, June 24th, 2019Wooden skyscrapers. I love this idea! Even back in 2013 Michael Green was motivating it Now Tokyo’s bid to build the world’s tallest wood building – but only complete it in 2041! Hopefully other cities are faster! What can we do? – Lobby your local government – Dream up ways to extract and store carbon […]
What can you do to help future generations?
Wednesday, December 5th, 2018Autumn is the time of year that reminds me that each one of us is like a leaf, both ordinary and extraordinary. Our lives are fleeting and, like leaves, even when we can no longer contribute as we did before we can still contribute long into winter and beyond but in a totally different way. […]
Do you feel like you don’t fit in?
Thursday, November 2nd, 2017Our lives are driven by the questions we ask ourselves. Are you asking the right questions? There’s something compelling about running with the herd, moving as one at recklessly high speeds. Horses tune into this state. It is like they can’t stop themselves. Cyclists feel it too. Wheels whirring. A sense of peace that comes […]
Interview with Markus Hirzig: Risking change – is it safe?
Friday, September 29th, 2017We will be discussing this topic with Markus Hirzig today on our sister site Earthuni. Join us live and ask questions. – Topic – the game of curiosity and safety In this call Markus will talk about safety and security as the base of our development. We will discuss the tension between curiosity and safety/belonging. […]
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