Where’s Dirk Gently When You Need Him?
By Erik Assadourian, Gaianism
Ultimately, trying to free the ship, or even convert it to run on green fuels or the latest in sail technology is treating the superficial layers. Instead, we need to dig deeper (yuk yuk).
Are Environmentalists No Wiser than Monkeys Reaching for the Moon?
By Erik Assadourian, Gaianism
If the moon is a symbol for true sustainability, it may be out of environmentalists’ reach—no matter what they try. We may have already crossed too many tipping points to prevent a massive ecological state shift.
What’s in a Name?
By Erik Assadourian, Gaianism
This is the pathway forward: cultivating nature in ways that heal both the landscape and provide for people. Gaian Guilds can mimic those holistic interactions to cultivate a restorative community: working to heal social ills in ways that also heal the Earth.
#Do Nothing For The Climate Day
By Erik Assadourian, Gaianism
The climate needs us to do more nothing—as it is our pursuit of growth and more, more, more (whether profit, stuff, or children) that is at the heart of our sustainability crisis.
2021: The Year of the Post-COVID Consumer Orgy?
By Erik Assadourian, Gaianism
2020 was a year lived in fear—fear of the surprise arrival of a novel coronavirus, of not understanding it, of getting it, of watching a loved one get it—never being sure if they’d survive.
Gaia is Responding to our Actions. Will We Act Differently in Time?
By Erik Assadourian, Gaianism
It does not much matter if you devote yourself to deep adaptation or to slowing the collapse—both are essential and both are part of our bigger collective struggle. The only thing we cannot afford is no corrective action at all.
Two Bite-sized Reflections for Thanksgiving and the Holidays
By Erik Assadourian, Gaianism
It’s almost Thanksgiving here in the US, and the official start, globally, of the holiday shopping season. But, of course, COVID is raging, and lots will be different this season.
Living with Collapse
By Erik Assadourian, Gaianism
This is at the heart of the Gaian philosophy. The hope is to develop local communities of those who understand our utter dependence on the Earth, as well as the moment in time we’re living through