In the current economic climate many people are out of work and also many community and voluntary groups are having their funding cut more and more.  Many of these groups carry out vital work in their communities and yes I find in my own local area, while the level of unemployment creeps up, the number of people willing to volunteer is dropping drastically!

I am lucky to still have full time work and I volunteer in my local area working with disadvantaged families (not a do…

Watershed Songs. Interview with  Erik Ohlsen, Owner, Permaculture Artisans by Willi Paul, Publisher, PlanetShifter.com Magazine

http://planetshifter.com/node/1947

"...our entire design process and leads to healthy communities, healthy ecosystems and happy clients.A point that we always stress to all our clients is that the design is never complete. It is…

Pain & Pleasure, Hope & Fear. Interview with The Seeker, The Search, The Sacred, Author Guy Finley by Willi Paul, Publisher,…

There come times, of greater awareness of the world around us, that sometimes are so vast in scope that I feel almost on the verge of madness, or that my head or the whole world will split open with the force of it.

Moving .. thought.. into places beyond the scope of language and symbols my mind has for it, but instinctively knows are there, hidden beneath the specific illusions of the senses we create in order to experience and manifest our environments.. which are really one and the…

Slow, Steady, Beautiful: Interview with Ken Foster, Terra Nova Ecological Landscaping, Santa Cruz by Willi Paul, Publisher - PlanetShifter.com Magazine 

http://planetshifter.com/node/1945

Permaculture guilds? In the past Santa Cruz had a Permaculture guild become very…

All I really have to offer, Is my authenticity.

I created the Temple, because I wanted a place like this to exist.. I had a vision for a community that I wanted to be a part of, that I couldn't find. So I decided I would try to build it.

I decided to put any fears and insecurities behind, and devote myself to focusing on doing what I love, making friends, sharing with people, welcoming them, and just being authentic, and encouraging others to do the same.

In our…

VASTE: Transmuting New Symbols, Community Alchemy & Myth for the Permaculture Age.YouTube Video + Sketches. Willi Paul, openmythsource.com

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VASTE: vision assessment strategy timeline evaluation

T R A N S M U T A T I O N S

Observe and Interact. Interview with Design Ecology Civil Engineer Ben Jordan. By Willi Paul, Publisher, PlanetShifter.com Magazine.

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WP: What songs, poems, symbols and/or Heros come to mind when you think about permaculture…

Thank y'all that welcomed me.

I really don't know what to say about myself, since I don't know anyone here. I'm 68, a disabled Nam vet and a retired registered nurse. I live in the desert, a recluse,I guess. I have some health issues that I have been told are terminal, but I'm still here. There's still lessons I need to learn and things I need to do. My husband (of 31 years) and I run a 501(c)3 non-profit no-kill sanctuary for elderly and special needs animals (farm and exotic). We…

soil food web song: Interview with Antonio Roman-Alcala, sf urban ag alliance. By Willi Paul, Publisher, Planetshifter.com Magazine

http://planetshifter.com/node/1941

I believe Alemany is more of an education strategy than a localization strategy. It will continue to educate and inspire, like so…

Have come to the painful conclusion that America ceased to be a Democracy when the Republicans ( headed by Abraham Lincoln )  violated the autonomy of the Confederacy by declaring war on it on the flimsy pretext of " preserving the Union " and abolishing the horrible institution of slavery. True enough, slavery HAD to end but for purposes of humanity, NOT politics. World opinion would have put an end to it much sooner than later via…

Nectar: Interview #2 with Permaculturist Kevin Bayuk. By Willi Paul, Publisher, PlanetShifter.com Magazine

excerpt: 

 

"It is my observation that some of the permaculture teachers and leaders who have been designing and teaching for two decades or more seem to communicate in a way that is less than optimally collaborative. I'm not sure that I have any suggestions on how any perceived schism might be…

Now I've been on this world a fairly long time in human terms or just a blink of a moment in universal terms all depending on how you perceive things.  I have come to notice rather sharply recently the changes that have been going on since my time spent on this earth in this body in these times.  Okay so some of the changes are glaring, and you might be wondering if I've just been asleep all of these years just oblivious to the seeming chaotic state the world is in.  Not really, I'm just…

I was just sitting on the ether, letting the energy filter through me, adjusting the balance and holding the levels and the consciousness stable.

I read the energy and it fills me with sadness, as those I believed in, chose the path of pain and fear again. I sighed deeply.

Around me I felt the change in vibration, “Zolan……

Permaculture Age Symbols 3: Colors, Archetypes & New Myths. Willi Paul, openmythsource.com

“Hey Willi - I really enjoy your New Myths, they provide a great future-imagining process, thanks for adding them to the conversation. My gut feel is that the…

New Myth 13: BioChar & Shovel, Permaculture Union Local 473, 2023 AD. Audio on YouTube. By Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Magazine

The bad smiles from the seed bankers always please. Dowsers and crushed pavement fairies are here tonight, voting on a benefits package from the permie princesses, farmers and school queens who employ them.

 …

Earth

A Letter From the Ancestors



Children of the Earth,

From

time to time, we visit,

and when you ask for guidance, we come.

Things

are not looking so good there,

and we wanted to let you know

how much we appreciate all those of you

who give their best to Earth Mother.

We come

to honour the Fae, the Earth Angels, and all who have returned

in order to be

beacons of light here.

Don't give up, continue n the fight, and…

We spoke the same language of the soul

and one night you let me enter the temple,

that sacred place of spirit,

you left the gate open for me

I entered softly, with great respect

with bare feet and shawl

gently my footsteps found their way

and my eyes beheld your light

Radiant with love

and acceptance,

warm…

When I saw this picture a friend posted today, I had to stop and

pause.

All I could think in that moment, is that I am related to that

delicate self propelled flower.

I saw myself in him and realized that

sometimes we forget our own beauty, sometimes old

wounds ache and we turn

away from our own radiance.

Little brother was a simple reminder of my own

grace, and I remembered; to walk softly,

live with a light spirit,

and

that I have the…