Kosmos Summit Preview | Day One
Dear Friends,
It's heartening to see the Kosmos Climate, Consciousness and Community Summit take shape! Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh has a phrase - This is the legendary moment! To me, it means the time has come to let go of fear. I have taken that as my mantra this week. The planning window is narrow; the dates, April 20-23 were predetermined. As an official hub of the Findhorn Climate Change…
The Pileated Woodpecker: Avian Divinity in a Time of Chaos
The Pileated Woodpecker: Avian Divinity in a Time of Chaos
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Book | Trees of Power
By Akiva Silver
They have come from the mysteries of the deep past. When I look at the sky, what I see there is not simply blue. There’s a radiance, an energy, a power. It is from this power that trees feed. Literally building their bodies out of the radiant sky, trees of power are strong beings to ally ourselves with. Their wisdom and abilities are very different from our own.
The Community Awaiting Us
By Joanna Macy
To help us meet the challenge of climate chaos, the biggest challenge humans have ever faced, we have the science now, the telecommunications, and vast amounts of information. What we need more than anything is our natural strength and legacy of being in community.
Emergent Universe Oratorio
By Kari Auerbach and Sam Guarnaccia
The EUO was deeply inspired by the work Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Thomas Berry, Brian Swimme, and Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim from the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University. These seminal thinkers have endeavored to lead us to a new understanding of the place of humans in the Universe.
The Earth is Doing Her Best
This stuff of creation we are made from requires something from us now. Animals of the world, trees and flowers, minerals deep in the earth, already know their true nature, how to be. We have forgotten. The species with the most gifts, the most to give back, has forgotten its place in the order of things, has forgotten about stewardship, awe, and grace.
The Power of Community
‘Ecovillages’—communities that consciously regenerate life within and around them—start appearing when we notice that the world really needs us to wake up and come fully present now. 'Business as usual' is no longer an option. Then we find that we have an endless capacity to find intelligent and different solutions.
Paradise Lost | The Sequel
Just as we’ve mapped earth’s geography to the last square block, we need to do the same with its ecology. A new breed of global power brokers needs to create this new mapping with the goal of it becoming a planetary vital signs monitor that is easily accessible to us all.
Consciousness and the Combustion Engine
By Stephanie Mines and Robert E. Yuhnke
Getting to zero emissions by 2050 as the IPCC Report demands requires a collective detox from our addiction to oil. We are in the midst of a global overdose. We need to enter a universal treatment center with consciousness as the lead therapist. We have to come clean.

