by admin | Dec 9, 2019 | Biodiversity, Blog, Climate Science, Community, Consciousness, Ecosystem, Environmental Activism, Nature
A new type of seaweed, I thought. Black – I haven’t seen this here before. But it isn’t seaweed, washed up on the beach this morning. It’s ash. We’re 25km south of the fire that has just ravaged over 70,000 hectares of forest between Batemans Bay and...
by admin | Dec 6, 2019 | Archetypes, Blog, Climate Science, Community, Consciousness, Ecosystem, Environmental Activism, Myth, Nature
Being trained to read mythic symbols, i have sometimes erred on the side of caution when it comes to the classic “End is Nigh” predictions. I’ve often felt i was in a similar boat to the IPCC: if we warn people that it’s the end of the world as...
by admin | Oct 30, 2019 | Biodiversity, Blog, Climate Science, Community, Consciousness, Deep Connection, Ecosystem, Environmental Activism, Meditation & Mindfulness, Nature
The first bird turned out to be alive, still. Only just though. It was so weak i could approach, nudge, and note its feeble movement in protest as my dog backed away from the scene. The next one was certainly dead, turned up so that you could see its guts had been...
by admin | Oct 10, 2019 | Blog, Climate Science, Community, Consciousness, Deep Connection, Ecosystem, Environmental Activism
A simple three point defence of climate action in the face of current conditions: The drought is biting so deep in New South Wales, that even this nice patch of rain we are now having (at least on the south coast) hardly keeps the dust down. The whole south east of...
by admin | Aug 21, 2019 | Blog, Climate Science, Community, Consciousness, Deep Connection, Environmental Activism, Meditation & Mindfulness, Myth, Nature, Ritual, Sacred
How do we keep plugging away when the odds are against us? Whether we are environmental activists calling for climate justice or dealing with our own inner issues and challenges in life, we need to take care of ourselves if we want to keep going.This simple practice...
by admin | Aug 20, 2019 | Animism, Biodiversity, Blog, Consciousness, Ecosystem, Nature
The dead wombat has been there for a couple of days now. The stench tells the story, as do the flies. The painted stripe down its back is another thing – a sign to those who care, that this one has been checked. Its pouch is empty; no babies need to be rescued...
by admin | Aug 15, 2019 | Biodiversity, Blog, Climate Science, Community, Ecosystem, Environmental Activism, Nature
Here is a letter that is less than 1 page long and is designed to gather support for the Global Climate Strike on Friday 20th of September. Please feel free to adapt, sign as your own, share widely and use to initiate a conversation in your workplace or with anyone....
by admin | Aug 8, 2019 | Biodiversity, Climate Science, Community, Consciousness, Environmental Activism
The School Strike for Climate started by climate action heroine Greta Thunberg has spread to the adult world (as predicted here in March). So now we can throw ourselves into support of the movement without worrying about whether or not we’re supposed to wait for...
by admin | Jul 4, 2019 | Animism, Archetypes, Blog, Consciousness, Deep Connection, Evolution, Meditation & Mindfulness, Music & Art, Myth, Nature
In Anima, Thom Yorke follows a trail that was set out for his soul when his European ancestors crossed paths in the great forest. For this new audiovisual feast from Paul Thomas Anderson is fairy tale, folks, mark my words. And as a writer who has long explored the...
by admin | May 24, 2019 | Archetypes, Blog, Meditation & Mindfulness, Music & Art
Not all Severins songs are about cosmic power, depth psychology, ecosoirituality, animism and the like. Some are about plumbing. The unrelenting pressures of parenthood, including showing loving kindness to children even when they are unravelling our patience faster...
