The Great Turning
transition to a life-sustaining society, regenerative practice, Indigenous wisdom, living systems, cultivating paradigm awareness, ecological literacy…
The Great Turning
It is the story of all life that is holy and is good to tell, and of us two-leggeds sharing in it with the four-leggeds and the wings of the air and all green things; for these are children of one mother and their father is one Spirit.
John G. Neihardt • Black Elk Speaks
Ecological Belonging is an emerging idea centered on developing a new narrative around how we connect ourselves to the world.
We start with a simple question: “ How do we live? ”
We are inviting people to remember , renew and reweave the stories, rituals and practices that root us in a deep interconnectedness between ourselves, our communities, our... See more
We start with a simple question: “ How do we live? ”
We are inviting people to remember , renew and reweave the stories, rituals and practices that root us in a deep interconnectedness between ourselves, our communities, our... See more
Ecological Belonging
As Yanomami leader, Davi Kopenawa, memorably puts it: There is only one sky and we must take care of it, for if it becomes sick, everything will come to an end.
What Indigenous Wisdom Can Teach Us About Economics
I could see that the Wasichus did not care for each other the way our people did before the nation’s hoop was broken. They would take everything from each other if they could, and so there were some who had more of everything than they could use, while crowds of people had nothing at all and maybe were starving. They had forgotten that the earth
... See moreJohn G. Neihardt • Black Elk Speaks
“The system that is you sets the tone for every system you touch. Lead yourself like a living system — with rhythm, with rest, and with reverence.”
Joel Carboni • Becoming Regenerative: A Leadership Journey for Those Who Refuse to Burn Out
Crazy Horse dreamed and went into the world where there is nothing but the spirits of all things. That is the real world that is behind this one, and everything we see here is something like a shadow from that world.
John G. Neihardt • Black Elk Speaks
The crises of the modern world verify what Indigenous cultures have always known: that all phenomena are inextricably interconnected.
What Indigenous Wisdom Can Teach Us About Economics
Grace is the realization that no matter what appears on the surface of life, no matter what has come before or what appears to be lost, when you tap back into this perfect seed pattern, it will emerge again, fresh, vital, overflowing with new possibilities.