O.U.R. Ecovillage
OUR Ecovillage, on 25 acres near Shawnigan Lake on unceded Coast Salish territory on Vancouver Island, has operated as a Regenerative Living Demonstration Site and Educational Research Center since 1999. What began in the early 1990s as a group of housemates in Victoria, British Columbia, dreaming of land-based learning grew into a registered non-profit multi-stakeholder […]
Joan Borysenko, PhD
Joan Borysenko, PhD is a distinguished pioneer in integrative medicine and world-renowned expert in the mind/body connection whose work has been foundational in an international healthcare revolution recognizing the role of meaning and spiritual dimensions of life as integral to health and healing. After graduating magna cum laude from Bryn Mawr College and earning her […]
The Power of Community
The Power of Community is a zine by Sarah van Gelder, lifelong activist, writer, and founding editor of YES! Magazine, for anyone who wants to nurture belonging and shared power toward the beloved community envisioned by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. The zine addresses a country in trouble, recognizing that stocking up on food and […]
Rabbi Tirzah Firestone
Rabbi Tirzah Firestone is a pioneering author, Jungian psychotherapist, and leader in the international Jewish Renewal Movement who brings together Kabbalah, depth psychology, and the re-integration of feminine wisdom traditions within Judaism. Raised in an Orthodox home in St. Louis and sister to radical feminist Shulamith Firestone, Rabbi Tirzah embarked on a spiritual odyssey that […]
Search for Common Ground
Founded during the Cold War, Search for Common Ground pioneered a transformative approach to conflict: rather than seeking win-lose outcomes, the organization focuses on shared goals and what unites people across divides. Over four decades, this innovative methodology has expanded from a small U.S.-based initiative to the world’s largest non-governmental peacebuilding organization, operating in over […]
Falling Upward
Falling Upward by Richard Rohr, revised and updated, helps readers come to terms with the two halves of life, teaching that we can’t understand the meaning of “up” until we have fallen “down.” Rohr proposes that the second half of life is not primarily chronological but a shift in spiritual maturity found “when we begin […]
Voice Dialogue International
The Voice Dialogue International website represents the pioneering work of Drs. Hal and Sidra Stone, creators of the Voice Dialogue method and Psychology of Selves that emerged in the 1970s as a synthesis of Jungian psychology, humanistic therapies, and clinical insights. Voice Dialogue offers a powerful approach to understanding and working with the many inner […]
Powwows.com
PowWows.com is an online hub dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and sharing Native American culture, with a special focus on powwows—traditional gatherings that feature dancing, drumming, singing, and community celebration. The site serves as both an educational resource and a community platform, connecting Native peoples and enthusiasts across North America and beyond. One of its central […]
Biomimicry Institute
The Biomimicry Institute is embarking on a 10-year vision to dramatically scale the impact of biomimicry on the biggest challenges facing the world today. Since its founding 20 years ago, the organization has worked to spread the practice of looking to solutions developed by living organisms over billions of years for insight and inspiration toward […]
Gender Equity and Reconciliation International
Gender Equity and Reconciliation International (GERI) was founded by Rev. Cynthia Brix and William Keepin—an ordained interfaith minister and a mathematical physicist—who built a rigorous, spiritually grounded process for healing the oldest wound in the human family. Inspired by the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Truth and Reconciliation work pioneered by Archbishop […]
Braiding Sweetgrass
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer weaves together Indigenous wisdom and scientific knowledge to reveal what plants have to teach us. Kimmerer, a botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, brings her dual perspective as scientist and Indigenous knowledge holder to explore the gifts of […]
Jill Purce
Jill Purce is a British voice teacher, Family Constellations therapist, and author who pioneered the international sound healing movement in the 1970s through her rediscovery of ancient vocal techniques, introducing the teaching of group overtone chanting (producing a single note whilst amplifying vocal harmonics), and demonstrating the spiritual potential of the voice as a magical […]
The Wisdom of Trauma
The Wisdom of Trauma is a documentary featuring Dr. Gabor Maté that offers a revolutionary perspective challenging how our society understands and responds to mental health, addiction, and chronic illness. The film presents the profound insight that “so much of what we call abnormality in this culture is actually normal responses to an abnormal culture,” […]
How To Raise An Antiracist
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning, reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America while pointing toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. Instead of working with existing policies and systems, Kendi asks us to think about […]
Atlas Hugged
Atlas Hugged by David Sloan Wilson launches a devastating critique of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism and its impact on the world through the story of John Galt III, the grandson of the main protagonist of Rand’s iconic novel Atlas Shrugged. Just as Rand advanced her ideas through fiction in addition to nonfiction, Wilson pursues […]
Fantastic Fungi
Fantastic Fungi, a film by Louie Schwartzberg, takes viewers on an immersive journey through time and scale into the magical earth beneath our feet—an underground network that can heal and save our planet. Through the eyes of renowned scientists and mycologists like Paul Stamets, and best-selling authors including Michael Pollan, Eugenia Bone, and Andrew Weil, […]