Tijn Tjoelker
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Weaving together the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible 🕸️
Tijn Tjoelker
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The way of the tourist is to consume; the way of the pilgrim is to be consumed. To the tourist the journey is a means. The pilgrim understands that it is both a means and an end in itself. The tourist and the pilgrim experience time differently. For the former, time is the foe that gives consumption its urgency. For the latter, time is a gift in... See more
The Tourist and the Pilgrim
Communication implies a recognition of self and what lies beyond it — the existence of other selves. Communication is the forming of threads between individuals. It’s a way to make one life useful to other lives, to make oneself important to other selves. It turns individuals into a community. If it is true that a whole forest or field is in
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This part of you that lies below the horizon of your understanding is the part of you that’s already matured into the next dispensation of your existence. It doesn’t need the same things that you think you need at the surface of your life now. And so you know intuitively that if you drop below that horizon, your surface life will fall apart, and so
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Circularity: A framing and navigating reflection
Exploring circularity encompasses understanding natural resource flows, designing for mutual benefits, implementing sustainable practices, and fostering social connections to create resilient, regenerative systems for individuals, communities, and economies.
Link“Circularity is creation with the intention of building mutual social benefits while closing resource loops. Resource flows can be of various kinds – material, energy, water, financial, and social. Flows have quantifiable or qualitative currencies.”
—Systemic Design
