Classical traditions and contemporary applications
In the past few decades, the idea of tradition has become fragmented from main stream lifestyles of people whether we speak of ayurveda and health, […]
Ecological Wisdom
Life Breath
I’ve been building with natural materials now for 11 years. What started out as an exercise in seeing how far I could go to create […]
December 2018: Editorial
“If we can practice opening to the crises in our personal lives as teaching moments, as evolutionary stepping stones, we will be far better prepared […]
Mahesh Anna: Work is worship
For Mahesh anna his farm is a sacred space – the source of all his inspiration and learning. His journey into natural farming has made […]
Vivir Bien:Old Cosmovisions and New Paradigms
The concept of Vivir Bien (or Buen Vivir) gained international attention in the late twentieth century as people searched for alternatives to the rampage of […]
Contribution to Roundtable on Vivir Bien
A contribution to an exchange on Vivir Bien: Old Cosmovisions and New Paradigms Many thanks to Pablo Solón for his insightful essay on this important alternative […]
Art for whose sake?
I have always wondered… If art is just a medium of expression? If it is a way to connect or of connecting? And is art […]
Creative Reuse in the Classroom: Waste as a Valuable Resource to Developing 21st century Learning & Life Skills in Children
The value of the arts to children’s learning, growth and development is undeniable. Significant research points to the fact that children who receive an arts-rich […]
Discovering Art in Nature
Art has the power to heal, just like nature. When we create art in nature we connect to something deep within ourselves. To something which […]
Art and Ecology Now
Herbert Read – critic, poet, anarchist, and cofounder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts – famously saw the artist as (in German) ein Ruttler, an upsetter […]