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Resilience

When Fiction and Reality Meet: Lessons for the EU from the Danish TV Show Borgen
18 Jul 2022

When Fiction and Reality Meet: Lessons for the EU from the Danish TV Show Borgen

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: The Quickening | 0

What can a power-hungry TV politician teach the head of the European Commission?

Climate Change, collapse, degrowth, population, Resilience, sustainability, The Quickening, transition
Lyme, Lyme, Go Away, Please Don’t Come Another Day
19 Jun 2022

Lyme, Lyme, Go Away, Please Don’t Come Another Day

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Practices and Rituals, Understanding Gaia | 2

My hopefully brief encounter with, and meditation on, Lyme Disease

Climate Change, Gaia, Gaian Way, nature awareness, Prepare, Resilience, suffering, wisdom
The Dance of Decluttering
5 Jun 2022

The Dance of Decluttering

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Learning from Other Traditions | 1

Not as much a Two Step as a 28-step, at least for this “Chaotic Creative.”

consumerism, plenitude, Prepare, Resilience, sustainability, Wheel of the Year, wisdom
Deliberative Democracy and Gaianism: Natural Complements
8 May 2022

Deliberative Democracy and Gaianism: Natural Complements

by Gaian1 | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Growing the Gaian Community, Guest Contributor, Learning from Other Traditions | 1

Tom Prugh explores the overlapping qualities that Deliberative Democracy and the Gaian Way share, and their cross-fertilizing potentialities.

Climate Change, democracy, Gaian Way, governance, Guilds, Prepare, Resilience, wisdom
The Parable of the Truss
27 Mar 2022

The Parable of the Truss

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Parables, Growing the Gaian Community, The Quickening | 2

It is the relationships between members (whether of a bridge or a community) that provide strength.

collapse, Community, Gaian Way, Prepare, Resilience, wisdom
Envisioning the Transition to an Ecological Economy
20 Mar 2022

Envisioning the Transition to an Ecological Economy

by Gaian1 | posted in: Guest Contributor, The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 2

Brannon Andersen explores what changes are needed to grow an ecological economy in the cracks of the current unsustainable system.

Climate Change, collapse, consumerism, degrowth, Gaia, Gaian Way, Resilience, sustainability
We’re All Ukrainian. We’re All Russian. We’re All Gaian.
12 Mar 2022

We’re All Ukrainian. We’re All Russian. We’re All Gaian.

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, The Quickening | 0

All humans share one life-giving planet. Even if we never learn to stop fighting over who gets to control it.

Amusing Ourselves to Death, collapse, conflict, consumerism, Gaian Way, Prepare, Resilience, sustainability, wisdom
Soylent Green is People! So What?
6 Feb 2022

Soylent Green is People! So What?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: The Quickening | 9

Is it a problem that Soylent Green was made out of people? Or was the problem simply a lack of transparency?

Climate Change, collapse, consumerism, Diet, health, Resilience, sustainability
The Winter Darkness: An Opportune Time for Opening Oneself
26 Dec 2021

The Winter Darkness: An Opportune Time for Opening Oneself

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Practices and Rituals, Learning from Other Traditions, Understanding Gaia | 1

Welcoming the solstice and a back spasm as a moment for spiritual growth.

anxiety, COVID, Gaia, Gaian Way, gratitude, health, nature awareness, Resilience, Ritual, sustainability, wisdom
Should we eat insects or people in the future?
4 Dec 2021

Should we eat insects or people in the future?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Learning from Other Traditions, The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 4

Or perhaps people-flavored bugs? Or bug-flavored people?

consumerism, Diet, Gaian Way, health, nature awareness, Resilience, sustainability
On Dying
14 Nov 2021

On Dying

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Learning from Other Traditions, Understanding Gaia | 4

Philosophical Soundings on Death, Impermanence, and the Cycle of Life.

death, Gaia, Gaian Way, nature awareness, Prepare, Resilience, wisdom
Lessons from Lebanon: A Meditation on Collapse
9 Oct 2021

Lessons from Lebanon: A Meditation on Collapse

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, The Quickening | 3

Collapse may visit you, too, one day. Have you imagined living through this?

Climate Change, collapse, Community, Gaian Way, meditation, Prepare, Resilience, sustainability

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