Imagine you’ve left the old story behind. You know, the one that takes for granted that Earth belongs to humans to exploit at will. You’ve started a hike into the unknown. There’s no map and for all you know you could be going in circles. But when you turn around and see the smog hanging over the world you left behind, you realise that even if you’re lost and without a map, you’re still on the right track.
Latest Film Released
The Art of Slowing Down Time
Documentary, 30 minutes.
Solo-sailor Emma Ringqvist decides to leave the stress of modern life behind, and spends 164 days alone on the Atlantic. This film includes poetry from Stephen Jenkinson, recorded and arranged by Gregory Hoskins. It also features artwork from Daniel Beerstecher’s Land Sailor project, filmed by Erik Schimschar. Also: photography from the remote island Tristan Da Cunha by renowned travel photographer Andy Isaacson.
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An Unlearning
My meeting with Charles Eisenstein, whose book “The Ascent of Humanity” helped me figure out what was “off” in this world, and how it could be instead.
Podcast Spotlight
Dougald Hine – On Regrowing a Living Culture
Dougald Hine is a writer and social thinker, and one of the founders of the Dark Mountain Project. In this interview he’ll share his thoughts on “pocket sized universities” and on the importance of regrowing a living culture.
Stephen Jenkinson | Origins of an Orphaned Culture
In this double-episode we hear author, poet and grief counsellor Stephen Jenkinson on the topics of grief, soil and the origins of an orphaned culture. The book “Ishmael” by Daniel Quinn serves as an entry point.
Brigid LeFevre on Life, Soil and Kimchi
This biodynamic farmer grows and ferments vegetables as part of a customer supported agriculture model. In Brigid’s garden the primary goal isn’t to turn a profit, but rather to make the soil more alive with the passing of each season.
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