Here’s a fascinating (7 mins) article in our education series on how the current Pandemic is helping to change the way we think about “work” and its impact on our home planet. Canada has always been seen as the American continent’s conscience in action and in this article I sense truly impact-full results from concepts […]
education
Every day=NEW normal
A great (and short) article about ecovillage-inhabitant behaviours in a GENseries on building the new normal. It can help our thinking about how — ideally — we want tomorrow to look and for whom. PET has chosen: What about you? Check out: https://ecovillage.org/ecovillages-and-new-normalities/
A fresh vision for the world
11February is Park Ecovillage Trust’s 12th birthday! And on the eve of this auspicious day I just read a short article (+-4 minutes’ read) by Thomas Hübl about re-affirming the need for real=authentic relationships with all our fellow planet-dwellers (of all ‘ kingdoms’). Trying to remain on the middle path: it is clear on the […]
Climate motivation
During our first virtual AGM at the beginning of the month (thanks to all PETmembers for joining us for an enjoyable and informative hour) mention was made of a speech by Paul Hawken. I was intrigued so I found a pdf of it online which I’d like to share with you. If you don’t agree […]
Poetic (re)structure
The health crisis is causing every entity on this planet to restructure; the Findhorn Foundation — educators within the living Findhorn Ecovillage — included. Two recently read blogs (links below) highlight some “How2 & In2What” considerations that might help us all with our evolution ie. with what motivates & informs our evolutionary choices — outward […]
Eco-principles
Fritjof Capra writes about “some basic principles of ecology: interdependence, recycling, partnership, flexibility, diversity, and as a consequence of all these, sustainability” (+- 4 min. read). They’ve become even more relevant in this 20th year of the new millennium: “the survival of humanity will depend on our ecological literacy, on our ability to understand these […]
Megatrends
The scale of change needed in today’s world requires creativity at the same level, a new model and self-leadership with hard&soft skills that seem polar opposites. Being technology-savvy while also deeply aware of natural & human systems and psychology; courageous, but humble enough to deeply listen and change course if needed; aware of the true […]
