What is sustainability?
I define sustainability. If you kill this crow you undermine an energy renewal process in the ecosystem. I think people over-complicate the definition on sustainability, which confuses and drives...
View ArticleNature and tradition
Traditions capture belief and behavior of ancestors. This board game was traditionally played by my Celtic and Colchester ancestors, the Celts called “wood wisdom.” After being forgotten for...
View ArticleUbuntu and animals
We can extend Ubuntu to other species. How can we be happy if we make other species unhappy? Danny Williams commented on my recent blog post about Ubuntu that this philosophy is extendable to other...
View ArticleOur connection to land
The idea of Ubuntu can extend to “I am my land, my community, my ancestors, my descendents, and the plants, animals and geography of my land.” Ubuntu is my connection to my community, I am because we...
View ArticleNature of death
Death is a part of nature. Death is an aspect of nature. Hordes of the undead and devilish swamped the streets of Colchester last night, watched over by parents and a highly visible police presence to...
View ArticleInto the darkness
Impermanence, death, winter and nature. “What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.”Photo dedicated in memory of NIKOtheOrb, RIP. The first day of November heralded...
View ArticleThe fool who gambled his son
Treasure is not always gold. Inattention and carelessness risks the loss of the essential. I sit in the middle of Colchester, people watching. A father and son stop, the father abandons the son on the...
View ArticleThe rise of localism
Globalism and central control is coming to an end. Bees are localised, sustainable and self-reliant, something humanity will learn the hard way. The first of a series of debates on Scottish...
View ArticleBecoming a caring source to others
Find your internal source, it will ripple change into the world. I sit close to running water when I need to think. This water source and its bridge in Colchester was an inspiration for the Liberated...
View ArticleGetting close and personal with nature
Nature is often full of adventures and surprises. Two of the wild animals waiting to surprise you in nature. This morning a cat sits expectantly for treats. I am clumsy and a rain shower of treats...
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