We are journeying to Southern Chile to visit a Mapuche community in Nueva Imperial with Marcelo of Evoluzion. Our intention is to participate in Mapuche culture and make good relations. We are preparing to bridge people to a rich and important culture by creating an immersive, educational, tranformational travel experience in August for International Indigenous Day. We will celebrate the Mapuche […]
The earth is the one thing that we always rely on to stay steady, to be unchanging, to be a solid platform on which all the other ever-changing elements of our lives rest. It must have taken me ten seconds to realize that the phenomenon occurring was… an EARTHQUAKE! The sensation was not how I […]
Reposted from Moving Worlds – By Derk Norde Last week, the first KIWA Investment Summit took place in Quito, Ecuador, bringing together almost 200 professionals from all over the world for 3 days of insights, networking and investor matchmaking. Thanks to Martin Acosta, CEO of KIWA and the amazing organizing team, representatives of the following 3 sectors […]
To travel by boat through the Amazon is to travel into an isolated world. It requires ultimate surrender, and constant vigilance. Surrender, because nothing is certain in this riverine world of floating houses, mestizo magic, and pink dolphins. Departure time is irrelevant, if the boat even leaves at all. Vigilance, because everyone, and everything, will […]
By: Chloe Maxmin, leader of the Divest Harvard movement April 10th, 2015, I am writing this post from a blockade in Harvard Yard, sitting in front of the main door to Massachusetts Hall (Mass Hall) where President Drew Faust and Harvard administrators have their offices. I began blockading at 6:45 a.m. this morning along with over […]
Reposted from Rob Greenfield TV By: Rob Greenfield It’s been 4 months since I moved into my tiny house and life is splendid! It has come along a bit slower then planned because of travels and other projects but today I felt it was finally time to share my life, off the grid, in the […]
Last year I began a new life in the rolling hills of rural Missouri. Since my arrival here I’ve given up driving in personal vehicles, planes, and buses. I don’t drive a car, or ride in one. I know this may sound extreme, but it feels like the appropriate thing for me to do given […]
Reblogged from Lost in Sound By: Zac Fabian ‘Kinnection Campout – the Fountain of Power’ An Open Letter on How Intentional Gatherings Are Helping Us Survive Climate Change Kinnection Campout & the Tribal Council family has radically changed my life. It’s unfortunate transformation has become clung to a trendy ideology of self idolism and commercial […]
It is 9:00 am on Mother’s Day and we gather in a large circle outside to call in the elements and sing songs that honor the mother of us all, the Earth. To cast the circle, each person announces their name and their mother’s name, which got me thinking about my mum, and then everyone’s […]
Valle Del Elqui, Chile’s mellow toned, mystical and tranquil gem received 13 international entrepreneurs from Startup Chile. The Ignite Experience was a weekend of exchanging knowledge, inspiring and being inspired by the community and the children of Tierra y Valle. Tierra y Valle is a cultural and sustainability education center connecting children to nature and […]