The physical separation of internet access from our daily living and work spaces significantly shifts the way we engage with technology.
Invisible Structures
Team Sports as a Bridge Between Expats and Local Community
The Art of Simplicity
Finding Home in Permaculture
Social Permaculture: The Secret to a Successful Community
The people part of our work is arguably the trickiest. Even though it takes experience, know-how and intelligence to design and install orchards, build buildings, and manage water, I’d say that they all pale in comparison to the work that’s required to create a holistic and healthy human environment in which to live.
Healing in Community
The Fear of Splitting Open, and no, I’m not talking About Jackfruit
Rancho Mastatal - A Paradigm Shifter
Why Rootedness Matters
Post-Rancho Thoughts
Unexpected Aspects of Permacultural Communal Living
Wealth Exists Not in Having Great Possessions, But in Having Few Wants
There’s no escaping from the fact that we are in the midst of a social, economic, physical and mental health crisis. We have been waking up to this fact at an increasing pace and the majority of people can see that a change is essential if we don’t want to enter another mass extinction of our own doing.
An Interwoven Life
If You Practice Yoga, Practice Permaculture
Permaculture Design & The Importance of Recreation and Team-Oriented Thinking
Rancho Spa-Statal: Finding Balance and Pleasure in a Life on the Farm
A day here can be very physically demanding: cutting bamboo, hauling bananas, and moving piles of sand and clay. I have learned that building a community and living in alignment with the Earth require sweat and persistence. But the Ranch has also taught me that finding healthy ways to relax and have fun is equally important for finding balance. If a community is going to last, you have to find ways to laugh and spark joy in any situation.
Life Lessons From Moving Piles
There are piles of sand and clay ready to be formed into adobe bricks or wattle and daub mix, piles of starfruit and lemons waiting to be fermented, stacks of bamboo waiting for the next bamboo construction workshop, piles of green papaya anticipating its second life as kimchi, piles and piles of knowledge held in peoples brains, piles of books filling up the library waiting for the next curious mind, piles of manure, compost piles, worm piles, piles and piles of piles.
