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Resilience

Experiencing the Wrath of Ida and the Bliss of Gaia
12 Sep 2021

Experiencing the Wrath of Ida and the Bliss of Gaia

by Bart Everson | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Guest Contributor, The Quickening, Uncategorized, Understanding Gaia | 4

Bart Everson reflects on how disruptions in daily life can sometimes connect us more closely to Gaia.

Climate Change, Disasters, Gaian Way, Prepare, Resilience, The Quickening
Lessons for the Climate Conflict from the Afghanistan Withdrawal
29 Aug 2021

Lessons for the Climate Conflict from the Afghanistan Withdrawal

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

Exploring the eerie parallels between geoengineering and the war in Afghanistan

Climate Change, collapse, consumerism, Prepare, Resilience, Technology, The Quickening, wisdom
To Boldly Go… Where Few Have Imagined
8 Aug 2021

To Boldly Go… Where Few Have Imagined

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 6

Why is the imagined future so dominated by wizards rather than prophets?

Climate Change, collapse, limits, Resilience, Science, Science Fiction, Space, storytelling, sustainability
Can We Still Chart a New Course?
1 Aug 2021

Can We Still Chart a New Course?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Growing the Gaian Community, The Quickening | 4

A reflection on the recent update to the Limits to Growth and what it means for our future.

collapse, degrowth, Gaian Way, population, Prepare, Resilience, sacrifice, sustainability, The Quickening, transition
Upon Consideration of a Lone River Birch
27 Jun 2021

Upon Consideration of a Lone River Birch

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

What I’ve learned from an isolated little tree in my backyard.

Gaian Way, Indigeneity, nature awareness, Purpose, Resilience, transition, wisdom
Signing—and Sustaining Silence—in Nature
20 Jun 2021

Signing—and Sustaining Silence—in Nature

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Learning from Other Traditions | 0

Exploring the power of sign language in being present (and silent) in nature.

ASL, communication, nature awareness, Prepare, Resilience, Sign Language, Silence
Back To Normal? Is That What We Really Want?
29 May 2021

Back To Normal? Is That What We Really Want?

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

Should we really pretend like COVID never happened? Or should we instead understand it revelation?

Climate Change, collapse, consumerism, COVID, Gaia, Gaian Way, Indigeneity, Prepare, Resilience, transition
America’s Democracy in an Era of Collapse
9 Nov 2020

America’s Democracy in an Era of Collapse

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Growing the Gaian Community, The Quickening, Uncategorized | 1

An election reflection from a Gaian perspective.

Activism, America, Climate Change, collapse, Community, degrowth, education, health, politics, Prepare, Purpose, Resilience, sustainability, transition
Free Money Day? How about Free Veggie Day?
20 Sep 2020

Free Money Day? How about Free Veggie Day?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Growing the Gaian Community, Learning from Other Traditions | 0

#FreeMoneyDay is a clever way to challenge people’s thinking. But is there a way to apply its sharing mission to charitable food distribution?

Charity, Community, degrowth, Diet, Gaian Way, Mission, postgrowth, Resilience, Sharing
Questions at the End of the Nuclear Age
9 Aug 2020

Questions at the End of the Nuclear Age

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Practices and Rituals, Growing the Gaian Community, The Quickening | 2

Seventy-five years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, do we know how we will guard the poison fire we have created for millennia to come?

collapse, Gaia, Gaian Way, Prepare, Purpose, Resilience, sacrifice, wisdom
What are you doing to commemorate Earth Overshoot Day?
12 Jul 2020

What are you doing to commemorate Earth Overshoot Day?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals | 2

This August 22nd is the day when we start consuming beyond Earth’s biocapacity for the year. How will you spend this day?

Climate Change, collapse, consumerism, degrowth, Diet, Gaia, Gaian Way, limits, Purpose, Resilience, Ritual, sacrifice
Grappling with the Spectre of Death
7 Jun 2020

Grappling with the Spectre of Death

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

Could COVID-19’s shiniest silver lining be a heightened salience of mortality?

anxiety, death, gratitude, Resilience, wisdom

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