All summer, I’ve been traveling and teaching regenerative approaches to our current environmental and social breakdowns, showing people how we can redesign our way of living to meet our needs while healing the environment around us. It’s been an inspiring but very packed trip, with few days when I haven’t been working or traveling, […]
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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead
Small Groups Can Indeed Change the World— —but to do so, they must work together effectively and nourish their relationships. Sadly, there’s a pattern that repeats again and […] 
At the Dawn of 2018 A new year is beginning, and many of us are relieved to leave 2017 behind, as if the change in the calendar date could signify a change in everything. For me, last year was a strange mix—politically disastrous, personally full of satisfying work and some incredible experiences. […] 
Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Wildfires… …Nazis marching in the streets and open sexual predators running for office—and that’s not even talking about who is holding the highest office of the land! 2017 has been a year of disasters, on every level. Now, at year’s end, I’m sure you have a hundred good causes asking […] 
Monster Hurricanes, Raging Wildfires, Massive Floods, Unprecedented Heat Waves… This disastrous summer has shown that climate change is no longer a theory but a full, galloping reality. Now is the moment to organize around it, and build a movement broader and stronger than ever before. Great efforts have indeed been […]
Today We Visited the Aranya Farm It’s a beautiful example of food forests, inter-cropped annuals and biodiversity, a paradise on a plot of land that was a barren crust of thin soil over rock twenty years ago. Now it is rich with mangos, bananas, papayas, soursop, acacia, mulberry, pigeon pea, sorghum, tomatoes […] 
“Sacred fire, that shapes this land, Summer teacher, winter friend. Protect us as we learn anew, To work, to heal, to live with you.” This is the chant we sing each summer as part of the fire protection ritual we do on my land in Western Sonoma County. […] As I sit down to write this post, I’m taking a break from preparing for our Passover Seder here at the ranch—a ceremony that’s an amalgam of my Jewish roots, Pagan practice, and our very down-to-earth desire to give thanks and celebrate another season of baby lambs and kids. The goat kind, that is. I’m […] |
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