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Learning more - for the journey.
So I am reading about the Achuar and the Amazon this morning and came across this description: "Potential dangers are ever present: quicksand, biting insects and spiders, poison snakes, thorns, and...
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Pachamama - Changing the Dream
I'm heading into the Ecuadorian Rainforest to be with an intact indigenous tribe - the Achuar - a dream-based culture. Pachamama (Mother Earth) calls...It's time to get serious about changing the Dream.
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First stop: Quito Ecuador
Important safety tip— learn Spanish before you go.One of my biggest fears in traveling to Ecuador was not knowing the language. As it happens, I was saved by a downloaded version of Google translate.
View ArticleRainforest Journey with Pachamama Alliance
I've not shared the rainforest experience with anyone really... I somehow don't have the words. Loretta and I returned from the Ecuadorian rainforest only to be evacuated due to wildfire and now, with...
View ArticleThe More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible
Charles Eisenstein author of The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible, offers a heart-opening view of this moment in time. Watch:If you haven't read his book, you are in for a treat.Want...
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What if Global Warming is Happening for Us?
Pachamama Alliance recently interviewed author Paul Hawken on the topic of why it is important to set a goal to REVERSE global warming--and how that is possible. He asks a provocative question: What...
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What Happens When We Bow More Deeply in Service to the Planet?
Author and speaker Charles Eisenstein offers a powerful perspective on the potential we each have to make a difference. Credit: Pachamama Alliance
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Soil can save the world!
Remember this? The Soil StoryWell, "Kiss the Ground" has a new trailer out. It's only a minute long and it is fantastic:Yes, living soil can help reverse global warming.
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Befriending Our Despair
As compassionate, sensitive, open people, we can all be overcome by the magnitude of the losses wesee every day. Even the most optimistic among us will be affected by the staggering losses and the...
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Baby Steps
My grandbabies are taking their first steps now--and in a few months from now they will be RUNNING... in a couple of years, skipping.They don't know it now, but these baby steps are opening up a whole...
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Amplify the Call
The historic and inspiring Global Climate Action Summit, @GCAS2018 closed yesterday with a strong Call to Action to "step up ambition", chart a clear path towards a zero-carbon future and to empower...
View ArticleListening for a New Way of Being
Meilin Ehlke gives us a way to listen for the New Story as it emerges within.It calls us and pulls us forward if we are willing to listen for it.
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Lessons from Pachamama - Call to Change the Dream
Twenty five years ago, the Achuar, an ancient indigenous dream culture deep within the Amazon rainforest in South America, began receiving warnings in their dreams. Their ancestral lands were at risk,...
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Lessons from Pachamama - The First Gift
The First GiftOnce in Ecuador, after a couple days acclimating and exploring the city of Quito, we headed out by bus to the edge rainforest, arriving at the airport city of Shell where we were issued...
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Lessons from Pachamama - The Second Gift
"When the Self emerges, the ego takes a hit"The Second GiftI knew before the trip that the Achuar interpret their dreams at four a.m. and we would be invited to join them. What I did not know was that...
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Lessons from Pachamama - The Third Gift
The Third Gift.On the day we were to leave the jungle, we awoke once again to a downpour. Our flight out was supposed to be at 8 a.m. The plan was that we would hike there for a hour. so we would need...
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Lessons from Pachamama - Coming Home
Coming HomeJust days after we returned home to Lake County, we were evacuated for 12 days due to the Ranch fire. We worried about the loss of our place and struggled with the nearly unbreathable air.I...
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Build a Solar Oven Like This
A fast tour of how to build a solar oven--the Solar Box Cooker. Enjoy:For more information, including a materials list, plans and instructions, visit the Solar Cooking topic in our Mighty Network at...
View ArticleNeed hope?
UPDATED 6pm 9/22The after-watch party is as good as the movie! Here is the party link on youtube:https://youtu.be/emfG6ehpE4UUPDATED 9/22/2020Yes, solutions are still possible! If you need hope, then...
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New Story Hub
A few years ago I was working on an idea and ended up taking a detour so never got the idea fully launched. (I called it New Story Center) Luckily, it turns out that Findhorn has been at it for...
View ArticleRestoring Damaged Ecosystems
In May of 2019, I attended the Global Earth Repair conference in Port Townsend WA. There I met John Liu and was deeply inspired by his keynote on the topic of restoring large-scale damaged ecosystems....
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Future Crunch
Looking for inspiration? Here is a site self-described as "A Weekly Roundup of science, technology and intelligent optimism (not necessarily in that order.)" I thought is was kinda...
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Regenerating soil and land under solar panels
This is a very good idea:https://www.greenbiz.com/article/dual-use-solar-farms-welcome-nature-back-land
View ArticleEarthrise by Amanda Gorman
A beautiful recitation of her poem Earthrise by Amanda GormanEnjoy!
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