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The Persimmon Tree

The tree just stood there. What kind of tree? You’ll find out soon enough. But it just stood there, so I turned my restless eyes and hands to the creek, moving, wet, smellable and populated. The creek cut deeply into the Earth, as if someone had cut out a narrow strip to craft a belt or...

Childhood, comfort, communion, Earth Listening, Essay, other than human, relationships, safety

These Are Patterns That Connect

[A tribute to the Bunya Dreaming Festival — 26th January, 2019] Like spiders’ webs with life-force gone, the old ‘ropes trail’, a test of skill and balance and courage, strings from tree-to-tree across ephemeral waters. Ageing — tenuous — connections Holding fading memories of past...

SAFE in the Global North

I should feel safe here in my comfortable, warm home here in rural Germany. I have routines that give my days structure. The water flows from the tap, the ovens faithfully give warmth (thank you trees!), there’s organic coffee, tobacco and plenty of food (come by, I’ll cook for/with you). I’m on...

November 19, 2024
Claude Schryer

listen and co-create

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November 3, 2024
Kristopher Drummond

Falling

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autumn, collapse, collapse acceptance, collective change, death, dis-illusionment, dying, fall, leaves, life cycles, long dark, mortality

August 18, 2024
Deep Live Gatherers

DEEP LIVE GATHERING 2023 FINAL REPORT

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celebration, ceremonies, collective change, communication, community-building, Deep Live Gathering, deep relating, Earth Listening, events, international, nature immersion, spirituality

Break Your Heart and Plant Some Trees

i’ve been observing the habits of modern human beings and the responses of this living world to our behaviors for years. and i’ve come to the conclusion that we’re basically S.O.L. yes, policy change is critical and must be taken immediately, vigorously and at massive scale. but planting trees...

awakening, collapse acceptance, collective change, deep adaptation, healing, nature immersion, planting trees, resilience, truth-telling

the gift of the word

[ best results if read aloud, with an occasional rush of words, or have someone else read, and listen only ] Speech, / Words, letters, sounds, / heard by both the inner ear and the outer. Letters, sounds, words, / linked invisibly to ideas and thoughts. Ideas, thoughts, letters,...

#poetry, communication, Community, consciousness, inspiration

How can we better connect to make a difference?

In this article, Dorian summarises some key insights from his PhD research in DAF and FairCoop, and outlines a theory of radical collective change in social ecosystems.

action research, activism, collapse, community-building, conscious learning, decolonising, relationships, unlearning

Gentle persuasion in a time of crisis

How the cultivation metaphor can help Probably most of us in DAF struggle with frustration that so many people can’t face into the climate crisis. I’d like to share an approach which could help. A friend of mine who was a long-term XR activist told me sadly, “What I’ve learned is that you...

gardening as metaphor, human cultivation, new book, nourishment, relationships, resilience