EcoSomatic Action

Leaning into our collective unraveling through communal practices, education and deep listening.

Urban Homesteading

Growing a Wellness Paradigm from the Ground Up

The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings."  Masanobu Fukuoka, The One Straw Revolution Is there such a thing as land-based healing? How do we cultivate change? How has the garden healed me? How does it matter that people learn to grow their own food, or create a bond with the plants and soil where they live? How does that confer … [Read more...] about Growing a Wellness Paradigm from the Ground Up

Repair the Future

Remarks from Sustainability Fair, Fort Collins, CO September 17, 2012 Repair the Future I am an urban homesteader and I am here to testify for the urban homesteading movement that is growing and spreading so beautifully throughout our country. We are everywhere! I speak as a homesteader, but also a therapist, a teacher, and a mother about a way of life my family has adopted that works for us on … [Read more...] about Repair the Future

Predator-Proof Your Flock

Little Mayhem on the Prairie OR Don’t Do What I Did This is a horrible story, the kind of thing you want to never happen. I read a book once called Urban Homesteading and when I got to the chicken part, the author [that would be me] says, most emphatically, “Don’t get an animal if you can’t provide a safe home for it” and “You must have a predator proof cage.” She says it over and over, … [Read more...] about Predator-Proof Your Flock

McMansions and Chicken Coops

Check out this online interview with Rachel Kaplan by Willi Paul at http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1628 about personal and planetary healing. Different? Sort of. Connected? Definitely. Available at a chicken coop near you. And another about "survivalist strategies" which is an odd term, but an interesteding conversation from the same committed interviewer, Willi … [Read more...] about McMansions and Chicken Coops