An exploration of a language of place, its role in rebuilding our sense of place, our rediscovery of the intricacies of the natural world around us
A view from outside the education box. An article originally published by Oksana Simonoff on Aurora School Alternative’s website.
Apihai has gifted the most prized land Puawhananga, kōwhai and plum are in flower.
How can a shift in education contribute to the health and wellbeing of Aotearoa?
An exploration of a creative process for rewilding and reconnecting to a well-spring beyond industrialisation.
The people in power, the ones doing all this hideous stuff on our behalf, know pretty much exactly what they are doing, and why. And we do too.
As an antidote to the shortcomings of the current Auckland Plan 2050, I am going to continue the project I began 10 years ago - a Dark Green Vision for Tāmaki Makaurau. I invite others to contribute.
A meditation on the inter-species genocide happening all around us in Auckland.
As industrial society declines and falls, what to do? One of the most helpful responses to that question that i've encountered comes from John Michael Greer. Here it is, straight from the source.
What do we hope for? To continue as we have always done? To escape this world’s predicament? For ‘solutions’ that maintain our privileged convenience? All that is hopeless.
I have worked all over the world for more than 18 years as a professional environmentalist. And I’m sorry.
Choosing to lead a life with less of a focus on shopping for pleasure is good both for personal happiness and the health of the planet.
I explore and embrace a dark green worldview which gives my life purpose, focus and meaning and a navigational compass for action.
The natural world and industrialised civilisation are headed for collision and collapse. I’m sorry if we haven’t mentioned this to you before.
The Want Project will be a journey back in time, peeling back and examining layer after layer of our consumerist culture to understand how we got here - and how to adjust to life in an age of limits.
