Love is Always the Answer “Let us remind you that love is always the answer in any situation for whenever you are in a dark space love is the light that lights your way, love is the lantern that will…
The Beauty Way I spent a deeply stirring week at the Ojai Foundation this past October with Joanna Macy, trainers from the Pachamama Alliance and a gang of beautiful, conscious folks who have dedicated their lives to a creating sustainable…
New Years Insight The day after new years, in a moment of receptive consciousness I had an interesting affirmation emerge in my mind. To understand it as I do, requires elaborating on the idea of edges from permaculture. The saying…
What I Want For Christmas I decided to move to OUR Ecovillage for the winter to rejuvenate after a long year of finishing my MBA and being present with the passing of my father Chris in the summer. I’ve come…
TWOTSM: The Way of the Superior Man It’s been a while since I’ve had the wherewithal to put my thoughts in written form. With the completion of my MBA, moving and the passing of my dad, life has been full…
The Art of the Start – Ch 1 to 3 So I’m back in BGI mode for round 8 of 9. Year 3 is definitely the most interesting as it is now time to start synthesizing all of our other…
BGI Using the Social Web for Social Change Post Mortem The semester is over and we’ve been asked to reflect on what elements of the course worked and what could use a different approach. Here is my download:
How (not) To Build a Team I realized this semester that many of my ideals and ideas are often ahead of the curve of where many people are at. In the past I’ve operated as a solo entrepreneur so it…
Regenerative Communities: How big should they be? I was reading some more of Chapter 14 in the Permaculture Design Manual and found some useful insight on village size. I’ve been asked many times and have thought about ideal sizes for…
Copyright and Fair Use This week’s Using the Social Web for Social Change class at BGI had my classmates and I digging into legal stuff concerning: copyright, patents, trademarks and fair use. Many of my classmates are working on videos…
