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Igniting hope and agency: An evening in conversation with Jon Alexander

How can we spark a bit of hope and agency in people when times feel particularly challenging? We believe that bringing people together as a community to share the load and ask questions together as a collective is a powerful - if not vital and very human - way to reignite hope. This article goes into depth about the 'why' behind the event, shares highlights from the evening, and links to a recording of Jon's talk.

Eco-Anxiety: A Gut Feeling

Belonging as an ecosystem

This is an excerpt from, "Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home: © 2018 Toko-pa Turner, Her Own Room Press.

Can anyone guess who the most valuable people are?

This article first appeared in The Kiwi Diary 2011! The message has not dated however. Hopefully it inspires you to plant a veg or two.

The Great Simplification

I think you're absolutely right. That can emerge online. We are Facebook friends, not that I use Facebook that often, but I can see vicariously some of your pastimes where you hike to the Arctic Circle in Sweden and such. Just a personal question, Tomas, what do you care most about in the world?

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The Healing Power of Play

Play is a reason on its own. It is a universal need. A universal pleasure and a way to process your life which increase vitality, open up creativity and embrace our humanity. It holds the power to heal and transform what is being called to be healed in our lives.

Letting Your Soul Speak

Now, more than ever, it is so important for us to live from our Soul.

Declaration of Interdependence

“We are sun and moon, dear friend; we are sea and land. It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honour him for what he is: each the other’s opposite and complement.” (Hermann Hesse, “Narcissus and Goldmund”)

Timeless Time

Time seems to work against us, it seems to be our enemy. We are used to consuming it, controlling, managing, and making the most of every single second.

Politics of being

Crisis brings opportunity for System Change: Changing Food Systems in NZ

New Zealand has the possibility of supplying the world with premium, clean, green, organic produce, and quality meat. Imagine a country that is farmed in a way where we add massive value at the source by increasing diversification, decreasing greenhouse gas emissions, sustaining the soil for future growth, and the water ways slowly returning to their natural state due to aggressive planting initiatives.