Jay Matthews

Like, if you think about this, I just want to lean in for a second and get us to think about like that, which the energy that, um, that is inside of a seed that can crack its seed coat, and roots can go down and these leaves can go up, is the same energy that swells, um, the lilac buds in the spring, and as the same essence, that then turns that... See more

Yü, or how I found my inner geographer : Our deep history with geography and our need to reorientate to this seemingly innate intelligence to work with map-like models.

And there’s the crux. Is it worth giving up what I have to look for something better? I don’t know— is it? Who can make that decision but you? But even by DECIDING TO LOOK, you go a long way toward making the choice.

An incredible encyclopaedic work on the work of Sir Patrick Geddes, a trans-disciplinary theorist with long reaching influence including the origins of ecological design, GIS software, bioregional design, and "Think Global, Act Local".

"This is a little book about a big subject. I'd like to share six views of our changing world, its people, its places, its environments... Our planet is mid-chapter and we are the authors of its destiny."

modern societies are filled with institutional rules which function as myths depicting various formal structures as rational means to the attainment of desirable ends.

Sir Patrick Geddes emphasized the need for transdisciplinary education as a facilitator of cultural change. He advocated ecologically and socially appropriate practices, and stressed the need for an integration of human settlements and livelihoods into the natural conditions of their particular region. According to Geddes, appropriate local action... See more

Finding this sort of internal power is an individual art to master and probably will not be clear when you first start creating online. When people start putting themselves out there fully, they are at peak uncertainty and crave a roadmap. As I like to say, don’t find a niche, find a mode or a state you can keep showing up in.