Copenhagen – The Human Face of Climate Change

Our learning village community is a beautiful thing. We are a circle of people from many countries and off all ages who have come together to play, learn, explore and deepen our understanding of who we are as human BEINGS on this planet so we can put a human face on climate change. What are [...]

Copenhagen Day Two – Finding my rhythm

It is day two here in Copenhagen. I arrived on Tuesday night and went right to a conversation and presentation at Survival Academy, which is a series of workshops and experiences put on by friends of ours during the next ten days. It was great to arrive and see so many people I know.
Then, the [...]

The Eagle and Condor

One of my favorite prophecies comes from the Andes Indians. It is called the Eagle and Condor prophecy. What might happen if we come together beyond our differences, putting past wounds behind us, with the express purpose of creating a new world together?
I believe it is the only way we are going to thrive in [...]

Relationship Economy

Five years ago I began hearing about the need for new forms of exchange. It was clear to the experts I was hearing that we were heading down an unsustainable road with things as they were. Now, there are a few different exchange economies popping up.
I am part of a Time Bank where I give [...]

A Question to Stimulate the World

In preparation for the Inner Climate Learning Villages – we are looking for a question that will Stimulate the World!
So I put out a request to the Art of Hosting community. Such rich inquiries came back. Here are a few:
a question that was once offered by Vaclav Havel:
“How do we prepare ourselves inwardly to live [...]

Women Moving the Edge

In 2006 I got an email from a friend that invited me to a gathering she was co-hosting in Belgium called Women Moving the Edge. “I have no idea what that is” I thought “but that is so cool and I know I am moving something, so I am going!”
In February 2007 I attended the [...]

Childlike Wonder

In high school, throughout college and during my first years as a music therapist, I worked with mentally disabled children and adults, encouraging them to build life skills through the beats and vibrations of music. I always loved being with these ’special needs’ people. They are special indeed. I delighted in how they found joy [...]

Backyard Enlightenment

Three hours! How can I walk that long? That was my reaction to the assignment from my Masters program in Transpersonal Psychology. “Go outside for at least three hours, if not eight. Have no plan. Just go where your feet take you. Learn to trust your intuition and pay attention to all you experience.”
“I don’t [...]

Creative Expression – Avenue to God

It has been my life long passion to dance, draw, sing, move, play and be in the joy of the moment. But I didn’t know that for soooooo long.
I put my creativity away, behind a curtain, to fit in and be like all the other moms and wives in my corporate circles. When I participated [...]

Inner Climate Learning Villages and CoP15

Is there a topic hotter (no pun intended) than Climate Change? No. People across the planet are asking questions about what they can do to curtail the shifts in nature. We have let this go very far and we are feeling the effects in weather patterns and seeing them in the suffering around the world [...]

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