The Last Mile

By Erik Assadourian, Gaianism

And there is no shame in leaving the marked trail of the race you started to follow a better course. There is only shame at not running your best race. For yourself and for Gaia.

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.

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

Money, Gods, and Taboos: Re-sacralizing the Commons

By Ugo Bardi, MAHB

I mulled over the question for a while and I came to the conclusion that, yes, Erik Assadourian and the others are on to something: it may be time for religion to return in some form. And if religion returns, it may well be in the form of some kind of cult of the Goddess Gaia. But let me try to explain.

Without Solidarity, There’s No Survival

By Erik Assadourian, Gaianism

Also, if we cannot expand our perspective to transcend White supremacy, how are we going to transcend “human supremacy,” that is, the delusional belief that we are outside of nature, that we don’t have to obey the same laws as every other species on the planet?

After the Virus

By Stephan Harding, Schumacher College

To steer ourselves towards compassion we need to dedicate ourselves to becoming Gaia-wise.  Spending time in nature deeply listening to birdsong – that’s a good way to start.

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.