The meaning of Lent is limits
Now, what does this have to do with linking a life to place and to season? What do ethics have to do with ritual? How does a seasonal round of celebration put limits on our behavior? And are those limits what we need?
Society
The Muskovites Are at the Gates: Is the Republic Doomed?
The tectonic truth is that Donald Trump and Elon Musk could stop their chainsaw rampage through the federal government, foreign alliances, and the US Constitution immediately, and it would take years to undo the cumulative damage they’ve already wrought to democracy, the federal government, and the reputation of the US as a reliable ally.
Hall of Mirrors
However destructive and threatening to all Life, modernity is a brief flash, perhaps best ignored by those who intend to stay for the long haul. Ride it out.
Mutual Aid: Lessons from East Boston
Last fall, Tufts University Distinguished Senior Lecturer of Urban Environmental Policy and Planning, Penn Loh, hosted a discussion following the release of a new report, Mutual Aid lessons from the COVID 19 pandemic strengthening civic Infrastructure in East Boston through Community Care.
Turkish attacks on Tishreen water dam are an ecological threat to the whole region
The struggles and resistance at the Tishreen Dam are not just a local matter, but have an impact on the entire region and are an example on a global scale of the defense of land, water and nature against the ecocide and war policies of the central states. That is why the situation at the Tishreen Dam is a focal point for all those who are fighting against the destruction of the ecology by imperialism and capitalism.
(Some of) The Central Questions of Our Time
In this Frankly, Nate invites us to reflect on some of the most urgent questions of our time – and what they might mean for both our collective and individual trajectories ahead.
No matter what Elon Musk thinks, government cannot and should not be run like a business
Those telling you that government can be run like a business are either ignorant or trying to trick you.
Iain McGilchrist – Wisdom Over Power: Why Contemplation & Wonder Are Essential for the Future of Humanity
Today Nate is joined by psychiatrist and neurologist Iain McGilchrist for a deep dive on the implications of western society’s over-reliance on analysis and categorization on the quality and expectations of our leadership and governance systems.
Reviving Native Food Sovereignty
These projects and many others like them are quite literally weaving traditional knowledge, culture, and Native values more deeply into these villages and communities across Southeast Alaska.
Why The War on Dreams Must Inspire Us to Build the Greatest Desire Machines the World Has Ever Seen
Our ability to organise and resist is vital, but I believe now more than ever that our true strength lies in our ability to cultivate longing, to build awesome Desire Machines.
What is Wealth?
Can we mature our understanding of wealth before it’s too late? Could we create regenerative cultures which transmute income back into wealth? And can we collectively recognize that true wealth cannot be found in our pockets but rather in the natural world we inhabit?
Seeing My Settler Ignorance in the Mirror of This Moment
The pain of this moment offers a profound invitation: to re-educate ourselves, transmute our settler ignorance, and rise together in loving solidarity.
