Original article posted in Vermont Commons July 31, 2006 and written by Peter Forbes of Center for Whole Communities. Not all that long ago, our ancestors drew their identities from the […]
Archives for September 2011
october 2011
WEST COAST fearlessMeditation I | Practice of the Body CXC | Center for Transformative Change | Berkeley, CA Friday | October 14, 2011 | 7:00-9:30pm Register 22nd Annual Bioneers Conference […]
The Happiness Institute in San Francisco
I met Leah Pearlman at Wednesdays, a meditation sangha, that meets (you guessed it!) every Wednesday in Santa Clara, California. During one of our shares, or maybe even after dinner […]
newDharma Talk | The Value of Effort & Release
As social change agents, we try to do too much because there is so much to do, and the need to get things done never seems to stop. But that […]
quote | october 2011
“God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.” —John Muir, Naturalist & Author
Love & Money | Fetzer Institute
Fetzer Institute provides funds for projects that support forgiveness, love, and compassion and that make a profound impact on people’s lives. “[They] seek to understand the motivations and preconditions of […]
Sustaining a Practice
How can we sustain balance with practice? What is it about the word practice that makes us turn away from activities that promote our well being? I often experience the […]
27 Days of Change | Fall 2011 Practice Period
Thirty-three people from around the world participated in the 27 Days of Change | Fall 2011 Practice Period. There were a number of local Bay Area participants, many on the […]
Howard Rheingold | Who Said Collaboration Wasn’t Sustainable?
As humans–being extremely complex, very intelligent, and oftentimes, narcissistic creatures–we often forget that we are animals. Looking back at a time in which survival of the fittest meant that humans […]
october 2011
Sustainability and Sustenance in the American Agri-food System Author Patricia Allen discusses the efforts of two movements, sustainable agriculture and community food security, in her book Together At The […]
Welcome | october 2011
“In the process of helping the earth to heal, we help ourselves.” ~ Wangari Maathai In India, banyan trees are called trees of knowledge and trees of life, a fitting […]
Art, an Alternative to Foreclosure
Original article, “Bus stops that became homes overnight,” by Anna Edwards appeared August 24, 2011 in the UK’s Daily Mail Not all protest is about marching or boycotting, there is […]