Truth and the dance of fact and story (Sense-Making Part 7)
Facts ground us in reality. Stories ground us in meaning. The two together can produce powerful guidance, what we call “truth”. But …
Intrinsic Participation and the Great Co-Creative Dance
In this essay I expand on the idea of “intrinsic participation”, a concept I introduced in “Creative Participation of the Whole – …
Offerings for a New Paradigm Politics
We are near the end of our summer fundraiser. Folks have donated $3274 toward our $15,000 target. Please join them in supporting …
Dancing with Systems – and Interdependence!
Donella (“Dana”) Meadows has written dozens of remarkable articles about systems thinking. Today I decided to share one of my favorites – …
Seeing Together (CO-VID)
The apocalyptic COVID-19 can be taken as an invitation to see together into deeper truths about ourselves and life that the pandemic …
Introduction to Participatory Sustainability – Part 1
Very few people have read my compact book PARTICIPATORY SUSTAINABILITY. Recently, on re-reading it, I was surprised to find it contains a …
Braiding ourselves back into the world
Here is my experience with the remarkable book, Braiding Sweetgrass, which successfully immersed me in the indigenous awareness of the living world …