Gaia Education for Systemic Transformation

A New Worldview (One of four dimensions in Gaia Design Framework) This dimension explores the why of creating sustainable and regenerative cultures. Participants are invited to contemplate the role of spiritual practices like meditation, pilgrimage, prayer or solo-time in nature in creating deeper socio-cultural and ecological ties with the place we inhabit and the communities we participate in. … Read More Gaia Education for Systemic Transformation

Resisting Fascism, Building Resilience 2: Mussolini-Style

Originally published at Open Culture: Umberto Eco grew up under Mussolini’s fascist regime, which “was certainly a dictatorship, but it was not totally totalitarian, not because of its mildness but rather because of the philosophical weakness of its ideology. Contrary to common opinion, fascism in Italy had no special philosophy.” It did, however, have style, “a… Read More Resisting Fascism, Building Resilience 2: Mussolini-Style