One simple thing we all can start doing immediately. FLUSH THE TOILET LESS. “If it is yellow let it mellow, if it is brown flush it down” is my motto. or better still if you’re in the country then pee outside. In a year the average person with modern plumbing can save 6,230 Litres of water per year. A four person family is 25,000 litres per year. A town of…
As part of my self care, wellness and nature connection practice I only drink living spring or creek water. When I’m in cities I either drive out to the closest source of good water every couple of weeks or, in the worst case, I buy the best bottled water I can find. Finding good water is easy when I’m out of the city and in nature. I look for a…
We can be hijacked from our sovereignty anywhere we have given our power away. This can be due to lies that we have believed, manipulations of our greatest fears and desires and any other reason we give away our power. By hijacking of sovereignty, I mean when our exhibited behaviour does not match our espoused values. For example, that time when you were angry and shouted at and belittled someone…
Watching the world cup rugby final I got to thinking. Participating in community is like playing a sport. A group of people get together to do something with a common purpose and a clear set of rules. In sport you learn the rules and some skills then go do it and have fun. If you want to be good at it then you need to thoroughly understand the rules, learn…
Ecovillages – the dream, the prevention and the preparation For me, Ecovillages are one of the answers to creating a healthy society. They are many people’s dream lifestyle, part of the prevention of environmental collapse and are also the preparation in case things do get hard ie Ecovillages are the dream, the prevention and the preparation all in one solution. I’d like to see many more villages created – hundreds…
Community – a hardship or an adventure? How do we think about living in community? As a really difficult and hard journey, people are painful? Or do you think of it as a fun, full of learning and adventure? There will be moments of magic, moments of dullness and moments that are really hard. That is true of any life you choose. There are things that need to be let…
WILD COMMUNITY ECOVILLAGE FUND AND FOUNDATION
Founder and CEO of the investment fund and not-for-profit foundation. Our vision is to create a healthy society through funding and supporting ecovillages.
GLOBAL ECOVILLAGE NETWORK
AN ambassador and qualified trainer for GEN – The Global Ecovillage Network. The Global Ecovillage Network envisions a world of empowered citizens and communities, designing and implementing pathways to a regenerative future, while building bridges of hope and international solidarity.
UCA NEWS ASIA
UCA News was a 100 person not for profit news agency with offices in 10 Asian countries. I reviewed their operations, improved processes, facilitated workshops and company retreats, outsourced their IT function and hired key staff. We increased content production by 500% over a one year period and added five new publications.