Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Stone Age Herbalist I want to track this strange oscillating vision, of whales as powerful spiritual beings but also a target of relentless persecution. Human nature is not endlessly malleable, and it contains all sorts of destructive impulses, but we would do well to turn this on those destroying our seas and not on those who call it home.
RIVERCIDE – a live investigative documentary on the shocking state of Britain’s rivers, hosted by leading environmental journalist George Monbiot (author of Feral, Out of the Wreckage, presenter of Apocalypse Cow, Guardian columnist) and directed by Grierson-winner Franny Armstrong (McLibel, The Age of Stupid) – will be streamed live on Wednesday 14 July, 7pm BST.
Unlike the Jason Kenney government, Albertans understand in a visceral way that water is the only true treasure in an arid land, and that mountain brooks quickly lose their song if we dig up all the rocks for coking coal to fuel steel mills.
Looking out from Big Bear Landing, you can see the rice coming in strong, and the swans on the lake, huge flocks of them. A constant in our lives, the rice remains, awaiting the Anishinaabe, our prayers, our songs, and our gratitude.
The much larger-scale but invisible transformation of our world – elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide levels – will outlast us and will wreak climate havoc for millennia.
Penny Livingston-Stark is internationally recognized as a prominent permaculture teacher, designer, and speaker. She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?”
This points to the most important characteristic of the future: it is something that we are all co-creating as part of the interconnected web of our collective thoughts, ideas, and actions.
A pair of climate scientists on Thursday said the record-high temperatures that have ravaged the northwestern U.S. and western Canada over the past week—killing hundreds and sparking dozens of wildfires—represent the “world’s most extreme heatwave in modern history.”
Traditions are passed down through many generations of Burren farmers to maintain the critical symbiotic relationship between farming and conservation. In his first Letter From The Farm, Shane takes us through farming in the Burren, past and present.
The story that Lent tells in The Web of Meaning is filled with fascinating accounts about ancient wisdom traditions such as Buddhism, Taoism, and neo-Confucianism…..and how the insights from these traditions actually intersect with recent findings in biological sciences.
For my part, I find the following straightforward idea most credible: We should eat what our bodies evolved to eat.
The climate crisis is today — at best — being treated only as a business opportunity to create green new jobs, new green businesses and technologies.
