Category: Deep Ecology & Spirituality
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Collapse Now and Avoid The Rush
“We use these situations either to wake ourselves up or put ourselves to sleep.” Pema Chodron (1996) When Things Fall Apart This short post is largely a personal reflection on barriers that keep us from thinking about the possibility (inevitably?) of social collapse. Unbelievably this is the first post of mine for nearly 9 months!…
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Limits to Growth: on what Authority?
In a recent blog post Professor Jem Bendell, author of the Deep Adaptation paper wrote a challenge to views expressed by John Foster of Lancaster University/ Green House UK Think Tank ( the latter’s strapline is “It aims to lead the development of green thinking in the UK.” I’m beginning to automatically view with caution…
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Thoughts on Moving into Right Relationships
As the Winter turned into Spring I have been getting outside as time permits using my forestry skills to fell some trees for trail clearance, thinning and mushroom log harvest and cutting some cedar for construction projects. We are reopening a trail next to Cold Creek which hasn’t been used for so long it’s got…
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Singing My Way Back Home
I’m preparing a Spanish tortilla in my folks kitchen. I can only describe the sounds coming out of my phone as “fluid landscape”. The Reeling by Brighde Chaimbeul, the award-winning young piper from Skye. We had a family holiday on Skye in September 1998 that I will never forget, and the Reelings are bringing back…
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Where is the Centre of the World? Between your own two feet.
I’m sat in the ‘Ponder’ at my parents home in West Sussex, where I’m based for my Winter Holiday visit to the UK. The wind is whooping around and the blasts of rain on the glass roof and walls sound like pebbles on a tin roof. Mum and Dad are in the cosy living room…
James T Jones 