You Were Made For This

By Clarissa Pinkola Estes

My friends, do not lose heart. We were made for these times. I have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly bewildered. They are concerned about the state of affairs in our world now. Ours is a time of almost daily astonishment and often righteous rage over the latest degradations of what matters most to civilized, visionary people. 



You are right in your assessments. The…

The Quakers, or Friends, can perhaps be thought of as a transition initiative that has survived, without burning out, for 350 years. During that time we have struggled with some of the most contested social and environmental issues of our generation. We are a diverse community of theists and non-theists, without dogma or creed, engaged on spiritual journeys, acting in the world and committed to truth, equality, peace, justice and simplicity.

 On 2nd August, 2011, some 40-60 Friends…

The Great Turning or The Great Unravelling?

Maddy Harland in conversation with Joanna Macy in Permaculture Magazine

http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk/articles/great-turning-or-great-unravelling-maddy-harland-conversation-joanna-macy

At the time of Buddha Shakyamuni, 2,500 years ago, the early Buddhist community that gathered around him was  highly sustainable, ecologically aware, and self-consciously so. In many ways it can be seen as a perfect model of how to live contentedly with very little and in harmony with nature. The monks and nuns recycled cast-aside rags to make robes. They ate with moderation,…