Amena Bal talks about the importance of inner and outer regeneration, understanding the deep ecology of things, building in earth-care and people-care into ecovillages, and the importance of connecting with self and others through language and silence.
I am a refugee. My parents fled our ancestral place in the DRC when I was 3 years old. But I still remember having good food and health and the warmth of family and community when we lived in Walungu.
As a European-American woman, Mary Curtis Ratcliff describes her evolving understanding of the Indigenous peoples of the United States and how her meeting Chief Leonard Crow Dog in the 1970s transformed her own way of living and being.
Mary Curtis Ratcliff talks about her art rooted in nature and natural phenomena, her views about her own ‘success’ as an artist, and the role of gratitude in the way she approaches her art and her life.
Morag Gamble shares her perspectives on permaculture, what inspired her to become a teacher of sustainable living, and what drew her to move to the Australian ecovillage of Crystal Waters and raise her family there for the past several decades.
In Greek mythology, Orpheus is a bard known for enchanting plants and animals with his music. This drawing depicts him surrounded by nonhuman beings of the Pacific Northwest, many of which the artist has cultivated specific relationships with.
Bharat Mansata talks about his journey in natural farming. He describes what inspired him and his wife to open their ecology-focused independent bookstore (Earthcare Books), his mentor, Bhaskar Save, the natural farming movement, Vanvadi, and the ecologically disastrous ‘Green’ revolution.
“Cooperation is the fundamental Law of Nature,” declares a sign at the entrance to Bhaskar Save’s orchard-farm. This simple and concise introduction to the philosophy and practice of natural farming is rooted in Mr. Save’s deep understanding of the symbiotic relationships in nature.
Through misappropriation, control, ecocide, and inequity, extractivist systems cause severe ill-being for humans and ecowebs. FiveBecomings projects serve as practical demonstrations of how to create transitional and regenerative systems that ensure ecoself- and ecoweb-rooted integrated self-reliant wellbeing of a community.
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I step outside and the rain begins to play, bouncing fat drops against my upturned paper. Drops bead on my paints, clear orbs swelling until the tension releases, and they soak in, hydrating my purples and oranges.
Massive deforestation in central India is leading to ecological disaster, with desertification, biodiversity loss, and water scarcity, all aggravated by climate change. We are using Indigenous knowledge and state-of-the-art scientific approaches to help communities regenerate forests and restore livelihoods.
India's Hasdeo Aranya forests have witnessed an intense struggle by ecoweb-rooted (tribal) communities to protect natural resources, as well as their lives, livelihoods, and cultural identities. Their movement's victory has secured a large portion as an elephant reserve; However, threats of deforestation still exist.
