A new essay by Pegi Eyers in Communities Magazine
"Reclaiming the 'We' from Ancient Wisdom" was published in the Fall 2018 "Networking Communities" issue of Communities: Life in Cooperative Culture. You can access the digital download (with donation) >here< This essay, with illustrations by Pegi Eyers, is included with other inspired content for clusters, alliances, networks, gatherings, cooperatives, intentional communities, co-housing and eco-villages.
The economic model of unlimited growth on a finite planet isn’t working, and in the face of potential climate disaster we have been busy creating resilient communities, and finding our kindred spirits in the process. At this point with the stakes so high, we are fulfilling the directive to shift the paradigm, and replace it with more ethical and sustainable ways of being. Intentionally or not, in our rapid coming-together we have drawn on ancient models of tribal and village life, from eras that pre-date colonialization both in Europe and here on Turtle Island. Yet how much do we truly remember?
Read the latest issue of Communities here.
The economic model of unlimited growth on a finite planet isn’t working, and in the face of potential climate disaster we have been busy creating resilient communities, and finding our kindred spirits in the process. At this point with the stakes so high, we are fulfilling the directive to shift the paradigm, and replace it with more ethical and sustainable ways of being. Intentionally or not, in our rapid coming-together we have drawn on ancient models of tribal and village life, from eras that pre-date colonialization both in Europe and here on Turtle Island. Yet how much do we truly remember?
Read the latest issue of Communities here.