Hi friend, When we first heard about it in 2016, we made a beeline to a New Tribe training with Bill and Zoe Alowan Kauth in Ashland, Oregon. Inspired, we immediately produced two Peak Moment shows with them: Longing to Belong: Looking for Your Tribe part 1 and part … [Read more...]
Connecting with Ourselves, Each Other, and Earth — Personal Tools for These Times, part 2 (332)
July 14, 2017 By Leave a Comment
“If we’re going to really be present in this predicament, we’re going to have to befriend all of our emotions. So we teach some tools for how to do that. Being present with your body. How does the body fit in with all of this? Then, we teach some tools for how do we really … [Read more...]
Connecting with Ourselves, Each Other, and Earth — Personal Tools for These Times, part 1 (331)
July 9, 2017 By Leave a Comment
“Every single metric [of abrupt climate change] has been accelerating since I took on writing the book [The Impossible Conversation] in 2014,” says Dean Spillane-Walker. “But … the calling of our times, is: who will be together in the face of these predicaments?” Dean and … [Read more...]
Share-It Square: Creating Neighborhood Gathering Spaces (330)
June 23, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Every year for the past two decades, the neighbors near Sherrett Street in southeast Portland repaint their colorful street intersection. Resident Mighk Simpson gives us a tour on painting day. On the sidewalk corners are spacious cob benches (with roofs), a children’s … [Read more...]
Living Abundantly in the Sharing Economy: A Voice of Experience (329)
May 16, 2017 By Leave a Comment
“I ask the groups that hire me to pay me what feels good and right and fair to them, an amount they can afford, and that they can give joyfully… I basically trust them. And it works out really well.” Freelance group facilitator Tree Bressen has made her livelihood in the … [Read more...]
Longing to Belong: Looking for Your Tribe? part 2 (309)
June 22, 2016 By Leave a Comment
Bill Kauth and Zoe Alowan, co-authors of We Need Each Other: Building Gift Community, modeled the tribe-forming process on fraternal lodges like Elk and Oddfellows. It begins with a champion, one or two people who establish the tribe's values. The champion invites others … [Read more...]
A “New Tribe Training” Transforms Our Lives
June 10, 2016 By Leave a Comment
What would it be like to be part of a group of deep friends who live nearby — people committed to being there for one another come what may, building intimacy and trust over the years? Having a community of friends who live in their own homes but are committed to staying in … [Read more...]
Longing to Belong: Looking for Your Tribe? part 1 (308)
June 4, 2016 By Leave a Comment
"If you look at our DNA, we're meant to be connected…. You can take people out of the tribe, but you can't take the tribe out of the people." Bill Kauth and Zoe Alowan share a model for community where people live in their own homes located "roughly within biking distance." … [Read more...]
Visit McCaskill Street — Forging Community through Resource Sharing (297)
November 12, 2015 By 1 Comment
It all started with neighbors meeting to save money and share information around energy, water, food and more. It has grown into shared projects, shared tools and deepened friendships. Residents joined brushes to paint a wall mural with unique neighborhood themes, … [Read more...]
What Goes Around Comes Around at the Bicycle ReCyclery (295)
September 2, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Behind us, people of all ages are fixing and assembling bikes. It's shop day at the Jefferson County (Washington) ReCyclery. Founder Chauncey Tudhope-Locklear and Board President Kees Kolff explain how opportunities exploded when the Recylery became a non-profit … [Read more...]
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