(Or, how we spent our summer vacation) Early in June 2011, a renter for our off-grid house appeared! This will free us to travel for extended periods. A major downsizing opportunity! We are retaining Robyn's room for long-term storage. The guest space adjoining our garage … [Read more...]
Books for these times – Books to share
July 13, 2011 by 5 Comments
Okay, I'll fess up that books are one of my "gazingus pins." Whazzat? Glad you asked. As I mentioned in my conversation with Vicki Robin, I valued this concept elaborated by her co-author Joe Dominguez in Your Money or Your Life. A gazingus pin is something that we have a … [Read more...]
Dave Ewoldt Envisions A Sustainable Future
June 13, 2011 by 2 Comments
I always appreciate Dave Ewoldt's inclusion of reconnecting with the natural world as an essential element in creating a sustainable future. It's there in almost everything he writes. It makes sense. As this psychologist noted in our conversation, what goes on inside us is … [Read more...]
Meeting up with Mike Ruppert and Dmitry Orlov
May 26, 2011 by 5 Comments
At the GreenLife EcoFest on May 22, 2011 in Grass Valley, California, Dmitry Orlov presented "The Twilight of the Antipodes and the Cultural Flip" about swapping the market economy for gift economies, as humans have done throughout most of history. He was followed by … [Read more...]
Two Lawyers Empower Sharing and Sustainable Economies
May 24, 2011 by 2 Comments
Wednesday, May 18, 2011. We taped a lively chat with Janelle Orsi and Jenny Kassan, co-directors of the Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC) in Oakland, California. These passionate women are using their lawyerly skills to help people form sharing organizations like … [Read more...]
Letter from Hokkaido, Japan: Yes to Resilience!
April 24, 2011 by 4 Comments
This letter is from an American living in Hokkaido, Japan. I asked this longtime Peak Moment viewer and supporter what it was like after the catastrophic March earthquake and tsunami. He replied: Dear Janaia, We are fine here in Hokkaido. The tsunami didn't do much harm … [Read more...]
Lone Bobcat Woods Calls Us to Return
April 6, 2011 by 4 Comments
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
April 3, 2011 by 7 Comments
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...]
Carolyn Baker on Navigating the Coming Chaos
March 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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...]
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