This Life Is Not Yours

By Erik Assadourian, Gaianism

But then he dropped a big rock, the ripples of which reached all the way to me standing a bit removed on the shore. He said, “This life is not yours.”

‘Coyote’ Alberto Ruz on the Rights of Nature

By Alberto Ruz Buenfil, Chiara Lionello, Antonio Giachetti, Esperanza Project

Every time a group of people starts to make others understand that there’s a need to take action for a given problem, they can start to undertake initiatives to adopt this law, as we are doing. The abolition of slavery in America and of apartheid in Africa started with small groups which engaged themselves in the recognition of specific rights.

Returning to—and Tidying Up—the Fold

By Erik Assadourian, Gaianism

To survive we must return to the fold of Gaia. Returning to the fold means “to begin participating in some group or activity that one left for a period of time.” In other words, we have stopped participating fully in the Gaian community, following Earth’s laws, and have been making up our own rules

Waves, Waterfalls and Our Eventual Return to Gaia

By Erik Assadourian, Gaianism

Knowing that our lives are brief—and worse—not knowing where the end of the waterfall is (is it a short drop or a long one?) means it is up to us to live every moment of our lives well. Not “live it up” but live meaningfully, purposefully, and conscious that life could end at any moment.

Man, Conqueror of Nature, Dead at 408

By John Michael Greer, The Archdruid Report

Man, the conqueror of Nature, died Monday night of a petroleum overdose, the medical examiner’s office confirmed this morning. The abstract representation of the human race was 408 years old.

Collapsing Into Gaia: What to expect when you’re expecting collapse

By Dan Allen, Resilience.org

We are in the early stages of a great unraveling, an epic collapse of the largest human civilization this planet will ever know.  How are we to make sense of it?  Maybe this little diagram can help.