Culture

As in her earlier writings, Robin Wall Kimmerer challenges us to view the Earth not as a resource to be managed but as a partner in an ongoing exchange of gifts, where abundance is nurtured through flow and cycles of giving and receiving. This book is all about reciprocity and developing a “gift...

Not everyone will agree with every part of Greg Campbell's massive work that satisfies on so many levels: as a story, as a social critique, as a personal deep transformation journey, and as an eye-opening revelation of what it means to be within and part of an aboriginal culture. 

Campbell's...

From the website: "How can we re-imagine education with the Earth? 

The education system was built to feed a predatory economy that is now destroying the planet. Who still wants to be part of that? What can we learn from what has not worked? What can we do differently today? How can we compost our...

From the website: "Changer d’échelle : du projet au mouvement. Il existe dans le monde aujourd’hui 10 millions d’entreprises sociales, qui génèrent 2 trillions de dollars annuellement et emploient 200 millions de personnes (WEF, 2024). Pourtant, l’innovation sociale est encore méconnue en Suisse.

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"In May 2024, we are gathering academics, activists, practitioners and visionaries from over 60 countries who are engaged with diverse communities and environments. The 18th International Society of Ethnobiology* Congress (ISE Congress 2024) juxtaposes biodiversity and cultural landscapes, evoking...

Inspired by ancient tribal gatherings, conferences, unconferences, transformative festivals and Burning Man, The Gathering Of Tribes is a regenerative, co-created and participatory - new kind of - gathering designed for the 21st century. A gathering designed to support the growth of a regenerative...

Departing from the roots of modern political and security thinking, author Nayef Al-Rodhan weaves together emerging understandings in human behavior and neurobiology, international relations to present a series analytic frames based on them which he applies to international relations in his Ocean...

A series of essays from a diverse group--some globally known and others who should be--this collection show the diversity of visions revolving around people-centered leadership, offering social, ecological, economic, spiritual, and ethical frames and practices to shift from the destructive and...

Diet for a Green Planet, 15 ECTS, is an International Study Unit and aims to provide a grounded understanding of the food system from farm to fork and how the food system is connected to climate change mitigation and eutrophication, support biodiversity, rural development, human health, and rural...