Two very different perspectives of Hurricane Katrina appear in the book I’ve just finished, The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein, … Read More
Katrina and The Shock Doctrine
Inspiration
The Tyranny of Merit
Do you believe that we all get what we deserve? If you’ve done well in life, do you believe that … Read More
Presence and Presencing
A super-quick blog post today, heavily plagiarised from my doctoral dissertation, as I’m doing a full-time online course this week … Read More
Magic, Mystery and Everyday Miracles
“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in … Read More
Braiding Sweetgrass, Kiss the Ground, and Other Hints of Hope
Eco-warriors sometimes get exhausted. Often, it seems that there is too much bad news, and not enough good. And even … Read More
Reasons to be Cheerful(ish)
“When we get out of the glass bottles of our ego, and when we escape like squirrels turning in the … Read More
A Brain of Two Halves
“If I am right, that the story of the Western world is one of increasing left hemisphere domination, we would … Read More
Complexity, Emergence and Creativity
I’ve been thinking about emergence a lot recently. It’s the theme of the event that I’m curating, TEDxStroudWomen (which is … Read More
Reality, Russian Dolls, Rocks and Ripples
I’ve written before about Don Hoffman’s book, The Case Against Reality, and you might want to read that blog post … Read More