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Tag Archives: communityHow we eat. It matters.We live in a world that is undoubtedly obsessed with food. It’s a world of privilege. I’ve spent a largeView full post » waves and tides“There’s something about the thousands of glittering lights, the veil of nighttime that almost makes this placeView full post » On turning 30“Do I prefer to grow up and relate to life directly, or do I choose to live and die in fear?” — PemaView full post » Oh hey spring.“She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbor: “Winter is dead.” ― A.A.View full post » Blitz“Sitting at our back doorsteps, all we need to live a good life lies about us. Sun, wind, people, buildings, stones,View full post » #lightthedark bunbury“The image of a Syrian child’s lifeless body washed up on the shores of a Turkish beach this week broughtView full post » Created or Curated?I’ve been writing less lately, online at least. I think I’ve become confused about what blogging means, IView full post » #Fordthinking: Community livingThere are a few things in life I’m really passionate about: kindness, compassion, social change,View full post » A compassionate revolution.We concern ourselves so often with how we look, with the hair on our bodies, with the colour of our skin, with theView full post » A certain kind of stillnessWe live in a world where everything seems to not only be getting faster and more frantic… but louder. Perhaps weView full post » ConnectedA couple of weeks ago Bo and I moved into our own home. A sweet little cottage with a greenhouse window in the kitchenView full post » Community Timebanking: Bringing communities closer.I’ve been speaking about community growth and resilience since I finished my Masters mid 2014. Everytime IView full post » To listen is to learn.There has been a lot of noise lately. A lot of it coming from me. I’ve spent the past 8 months of my lifeView full post » The end of the Nothing New ProjectA year ago I had a crazy idea. Not a new idea in the grand scheme of things, but I pretty radical idea in my ownView full post » The “No Buy” Gift GuideIt can be easy to forget that what we have in our lives is secondary, always, to WHO we have in our lives…View full post » Remembering“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, itView full post » Week 48: Communal Responsibility.On Friday I stood in my friends suburban backyard homestead. It had been a busy day of work meetings and daycare. WhenView full post » Week 41: The art of living without shopping.People often ask me how I can live without shopping. Both friends and family seem aghast at times that this is what IView full post » Shared“Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste.” ― Charlotte Brontë As parents we spendView full post » How do you determine the value of a life?Perhaps one of the biggest problems that we face on a day to day as a part of modern human society is how poorly weView full post » A simple exchange“Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste.” ― Charlotte Brontë I got a message from aView full post » What buying nothing is teaching me about giving…Bo and I are moving out of our place this week, we are moving into transitional accommodation as we continue toView full post » A community driven by a mothers heart…It took me a long time to find and become even a tiny part of a community that felt like home. After I returned fromView full post » |