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Understanding Gaia

What Are Floors Without Ceilings?
4 Jan 2026

What Are Floors Without Ceilings?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 3

Are there a complementary set of measures that could make the planetary doughnut three dimensional?

Climate Change, collapse, consumerism, sustainability, wisdom
G. W. Wilson’s Disappointingly Biophobic Poison Ivy
10 Nov 2025

G. W. Wilson’s Disappointingly Biophobic Poison Ivy

by Gaian1 | posted in: Guest Contributor, Understanding Gaia | 0

Manuel Casal Lodeiro explores what could have been a very Gaian comic book, Poison Ivy, but turned out biophobic instead.

art, cartoons, ecophobia, nature awareness, sustainability
My Bowl of Cereal
4 Nov 2025

My Bowl of Cereal

by Bart Everson | posted in: Guest Contributor, Understanding Gaia | 0

This week, Bart Everson digs to the bottom of Americans’ love of cereal to explore its cultural and environmental impact.

consumerism, consumption, Diet, Gaia
WWGD?
30 Sep 2025

WWGD?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Gaian Prayers, The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 2

What Will Gaia Do? A new mantra for the tough times ahead?

Climate Change, collapse, Gaia, Gaian Way, sustainability, wisdom
Offering Testimony on the Decline of the EpA
27 Aug 2025

Offering Testimony on the Decline of the EpA

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Guest Contributor, The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 4

Erik and Bart share their comments asking EpA to continue doing its job of protecting the environment.

Climate Change, Gaian Way, nature awareness, politics, sustainability
What Makes for Sustainable Teas?
11 Aug 2025

What Makes for Sustainable Teas?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Understanding Gaia | 0

Part II of the Gaian Guide to Liquids: a look at perhaps the most sustainable beverage in the world.

consumerism, Gaian Way, health, sustainability
The U.S. Environmental “protection” Agency strikes again
6 Aug 2025

The U.S. Environmental “protection” Agency strikes again

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 0

EpA continues to undermine America’s environmental laws. Wise words from David Orr helps us understand why.

Climate Change, ecological literacy, nature awareness, politics, sustainability, wisdom
The Hot Summer Three-Step (One Step Forward, Two Steps Back)
28 Jul 2025

The Hot Summer Three-Step (One Step Forward, Two Steps Back)

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 1

Shifting Rhythms, Launching Projects, and Ignoring the Root Causes of Climate Change

Climate Change, collapse, consumerism, nature awareness, polycrisis, sustainability
Earthhog Ecology
16 Jun 2025

Earthhog Ecology

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Understanding Gaia | 1

Noticing too strong a similarity between groundhogs and humans.

consumerism, nature awareness, sustainability, wisdom
Surprise Communique from Titan
2 Jun 2025

Surprise Communique from Titan

by Gaian1 | posted in: Guest Contributor, Learning from Other Traditions, The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 2

Tom Prugh offers some unsolicited advice from aliens who have gone through their own planetary bottleneck.

Climate Change, collapse, sustainability, wisdom
The Glacial Wave
27 May 2025

The Glacial Wave

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 0

The ripples of the future collapse of ice sheets feel slow and far off. Until they don’t.

Climate Change, collapse, Gaian Way, Prepare, Resilience, sustainability, wisdom
Is it time to update the hurricane naming system?
19 May 2025

Is it time to update the hurricane naming system?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Guest Contributor, The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 1

Shouldn’t we name extreme weather events after those contributing most to them?

Climate Change, Cultural Change, nature awareness, sustainability

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