Change the Story, Change the World
"Bioneers 2016 speaker and performer, Alixa Garcia of Climbing PoeTree, talks about race, privilege, love and compassion. We caught up with Alixa in New York City in preparation for Bioneers. Watch Climbing PoeTree perform at Bioneers Oct. 21st-23rd, 2016. Join us!" Watch video
"In the early 1990s psychologist and deep ecology practitioner Theodore Roszak realized that there was a connection between an individual’s emotional problems, the ills of Western society, and the exploitation of the natural world. This led him to search for a new kind of psychology that addressed the sources of our cultural madness and the psychic harm that occurs from being disconnected from nature. "Roszak coined the phrase ecopsychology to describe this new field of study. Ecopsychology … Continue reading
"I have been indoctrinated to believe that art is frivolous at best and dangerous at worse. We are here to work and get things done, not play. Art is playing, isn’t it? What if what we are calling art is just a whisper of the creative force that has been neatly contained by the fancy canvas and the ticketed rock concert. What if there is a force so powerful behind and beneath these conventionalized art forms that we can barely look at it out of the corner of our eyes. "Much like religion has … Continue reading
Cynthia Jurs, summiteer and founding member of the Earth Treasure Vase Global Healing Project, shares the healing journey of the Findhorn Earth Treasure Vase one year on from Findhorn's New Story Summit.... Twenty-five years ago I initiated the Earth Treasure Vase Global Healing Project, after receiving the teaching from a 106-year-old Lama living in a remote cave in Nepal. As I have traveled around the world with this practice it has evolved into a relevant ceremony for diverse cultures and … Continue reading
Summiteer and founding member of the Earth Treasure Vase Global Healing Project, Cynthia Jurs, shares the story of the Earth Treasure Vase healing she lovingly offered at Findhorn's New Story Summit which took place in September 2014. Inspired by an ancient Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the Earth Treasure Vase Global Healing Project brings healing and protection to the Earth by filling consecrated clay vessels with prayers and offerings, and ceremonially burying them in the Earth in collaboration … Continue reading