Sharing Gardens — Giving and Receiving (193)

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Lone Bobcat Woods Calls Us to Return

It was the birds who called us back to Lone Bobcat Woods. Many of them are just returning themselves. They call in the spring! And they welcomed us in their own unique perfect ways. A raven couple who took up residence in the past year flew over to check out what we were … [Read more...]

Octogenarian recalls The First Great Depression

Rowena was six years old when the stock market crashed in 1929. Her family had moved to southern California from British Columbia only four years before. Her father got occasional work in construction. The family scraped by. Soon thereafter her parents separated, and her … [Read more...]

March News from Peak Moment TV

 The news of Japan's earthquake and nuclear crisis shook me. I share my very personal inner and outer responses in "Shaken."Inner response? I keep "getting" that a no-growth economy and increasing chaos are the New Normal. Industrial civilization is collapsing under the … [Read more...]

Carolyn Baker on Navigating the Coming Chaos

Carolyn Baker stopped by for a Peak Moment conversation on her way back to Colorado after conducting a workshop based on her new book, Navigating the Coming Chaos: A Handbook for Inner Transition. In spring of 2010 we'd taped a long-distance conversation via skype about her … [Read more...]

Managing the 21st Century’s Sustainability Crises (192)

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Managing the 21st Century’s Sustainability Crises (192)

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Better than Nukes: Plug the Leaks

The Japanese nuclear plant crises of 3/11/11, by no means over, invite plenty of discussion about not building more nuclear plants. John Michael Greer ("The Twilight of an Age" episode 138) provides a sane, simple, common-sense alternative to building more nuclear plants in … [Read more...]

To Counter Radiation and Nurture Yourself

I just came across some grounded and beautifully-spirited essays from Dori Midnight, the Midnight Apothecary. They offer recipes, foods, and practices in response to concerns about radiation from the Japan crisis. I learned of these from Rady at Food Freedom, who posted a … [Read more...]

Shaken

I am feeling shaken. Personally. An earthquake halfway around the planet in Japan may be touching us directly. The butterfly effect, up front and personal. This planet is one organism. If I were to anthropomorphize the planet's activity (which could be as ridiculous as the … [Read more...]

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