Sabbatical Report, Alexandra Bal It has been a while since I have written anything in this blog. This is in big part due to the fact that I have been on sabbatical, withdrawing from daily activities to focus on my research. Ahead of the sabbatical, I conducted the first round of interviews for the SHHRC … More Sabbatical Report
“Fundamentally, Permaculture is about making connections. At its most basic level, Permaculture is about reviving old connections with Earth, family, community and Nature (these are all one, as becoming connected ultimately tells us). It is about creating new connections that encompass technologies sanely used, that encompass communities which extend to the far reaches of a … More Permaculture Design is About Understanding, Emulating and Reestablishing Natural Connections. (Perma)Culture and Sanity.
“Money Flow in Our System Erodes Environmental Quality Socialism failed because it couldn’t tell the economic truth; capitalism may fail because it can’t tell the ecological truth. Lester Brown Because of the nature of our economic system, any time money moves from one place to another ecological and social degradation occur somewhere. One reason for … More Reblogged: Money and Renewability, Sustainability, Economic Slavery, Environment. (Perma)Culture and Sanity.
When walking through the ‘valley of shadows,’ remember, a shadow is cast by a Light. Austin O’Malley You can accept or reject the way you are treated by other people, but until you heal the wounds of your past, you will continue to bleed. You can bandage the bleeding with food, with alcohol, with … More latest image series: Valley of Shadows
. ”Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you – all of the expectations, all of the beliefs – and becoming who you are.” – Rachel Naomi Remen
I love this passage: “A play ballet. This is in nature: it overrides a carnivorous nature and what otherwise would have been a short fight to the death. And if you’ll begin to look closely at the husky that’s bearing her throat to the polar bear, and look a little more closely, they’re in an … More Alternate state of play
Now, scientists just need to make the link between how cortisol inlfuences the gut brain and we will know that stress causes an increase in food and other types of sensory sensitivities….. The moral of the story: eat well, be zen….. Here is the article: Your food influences your mood: The second brain … More Reblogged article: Your food influences your mood: The second brain residing in our stomachs | | Independent Editor’s choice Blogs
Nature’s Child – YouTube.
HSPs learn differently. They learn through their senses/bodies/spirit. In that sense they are like visual-spatial learners who, according to Linda K. Silverman and Jeffrey N. Freed:” learn holistically rather than in a step-by-step fashion.” While these authors see visual sensing as primordial, in the HSP context, all senses play an important role in learning. HSPs … More Reflection 6: HSP and Learning
THE BIG MYTH.
I am having a Ha ha moment. Of course! for Michel Serres skin is central to the `philosophy of mingled bodies’ that Serres inaugurates here because of the principle of contingence: in the skin, through the skin, the world and the body touch, defining their common border. Contingency means mutual touching: world and body meet … More Michel Serres and Skin
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