Category Archives: Earthly Love

Embracing a Mindset of Liberating Success

Vandana Shiva is one of my favorite eco-role models. Not only is she a renowned speaker on GMO and food issues, to me she symbolizes the highest expression of human potential. She is at once fearless, joyful, and peaceful. She … Continue reading

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Nature

Nature is everywhere. It is the gnarled old tree uplifting the cement sidewalk. It is the asphalt, the grass, birds, ladybug, mosquitos, wind, and rain. It is the golden ratio. It is you and me. It is the breath we … Continue reading

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Highlights from my Permaculture Design Course

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Justice Begins With Seeds: A Tapestry of Global Family

This is the fourth and last part of a series of posts recounting my experience at Justice Begins With Seeds, a powerful anti-GMO conference held in San Francisco one month ago. See the first, second, and third parts. To celebrate … Continue reading

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The Ecosystem

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Adeline Nieto, former blogging intern at {r}evolution apparel. I crave the bigger picture. You know those posters that use hundreds of little photographs to compose one big photo? Well, that’s how my brain works. I … Continue reading

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Life at Aquarius Ranch

Aquarius Ranch is home to cats, dogs, chickens, and horses. They are the most friendly, fear-less, and loving animals I have seen. Urban animals simply can’t compare. Freedom to these simple creatures is having space to run around, food and … Continue reading

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One World, One Love

The Internet is Interconnected See its nodes of connection Heart to heart to heart Amidst fluxes of connection Emerges a whole, A collective being. Breathing, speaking, beating hearts Loving, Learning, Sharing. One Heart One Voice One Mind One World One … Continue reading

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It’s Climate Science, Not Rocket Science

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by SherryGreens. Unlike rocket science, the basic premise of climate change is pretty easy to understand.  Yes, it involves a really big planet, and yes, there are a series of interrelated systems involved … Continue reading

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Science, Sustainability, and Me

A few months ago, in my survey, one of my readers asked what role science has to play in my pursuit of sustainability. Science has made sustainability much more real to me. I can do my own research on the … Continue reading

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The Other GHGs – Why They Matter Too

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Ali Dark. Carbon is an important greenhouse gas in terms of the long term effect on our climate. But did you know that the warming we have seen to date, the change … Continue reading

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