The Gift Economy of Standing Rock
The principles of indigenous culture informed the Water Protectors’ camps: generosity, compassion, and collective survival took precedence.
Finding Balance of Public and Private in Community
The erosion of the commons by private interests is a disaster for modern human settlements; a community without shared spaces is barely a community at all.
Public vs. Private: Group Dilemma Laid Bare!
For some neighbors, the logical leap from “glimpse of skin” to “nudist colony” is a surprisingly short one to make.
Ecosexuality: Embracing a Force of Nature
Only when we create a container that is loving enough and strong enough to embrace the erotic, do we create a container that is loving enough and strong enough to embrace all of Life itself.
Five Tools to Help Groups Thrive
A clearly articulated evolutionary purpose, a welcoming of the whole self, and governance through self-management are keys to collective success.
Social Permaculture: Applying the Principles
Permaculture’s 12 principles apply to human groups just as much as to any other ecological system.