What is Synergy in Education? Are we separate from nature, or inextricably linked? How can we blend education and activism? What is our responsibility to help young people shape society rather than simply react to it? Listen now on Podcastle: shows.async.com/synergy-in-e...

Perennial grain crops and the Land Institute are profiled in this piece from The Guardian. Perennial crops are indeed an important piece of our future food supply. Because, truly: "Soil is more important than oil" 🧪🌍🌱🐝 🦋 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'Experts have warned that the world’s ability to feed itself is under threat from the “chaos” of extreme weather caused by climate change.' 'From floods to droughts, erratic weather patterns are affecting food security, with crop yields projected to fall if changes are not made.'

‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Wow

wow, last week's conversation was so interesting and rewarding; emerging naturally from the experiences of participants. This coming week will explore shifting paradigms Earthwards- working with Donella Meadows' leverage points and others. As always, dm for meeting link.

Trump wants to hang this group

The Dems were only restating the law and the Constitution. Trump thinks they should be executed for this. Trump needs to have charges filed against him. Not even the President is permitted to threaten members of Congress or citizens with death, for following the law. www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...

This week's Earthwards Conversation is on land, garden, food and deeper entanglement with outdoors and living places. Wednesday Nov. 19th at 16.00 CET DM for calendar link.

A short talk on the magic of seeds and our entanglement with the 'lighteaters', the kingdom of plants. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szqa...

Justin Webb interviews the minister in charge of climate change and doesn't mention this? www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/13/world-still-on-track-for-catastrophic-26c-temperature-rise-report-finds?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-gb #r4today

Governments failing to shift to a low-carbon economy will be blamed for famine & conflict abroad, and will face stagnation and rising inflation at home, the UN’s climate chief warned on Monday at the start of the Cop30 climate talks. #climatecrisis #cop30 #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

These are the times for warmth and community. I am offering this four week book talk for Earthwards: Transformative Ecological Education. The past book circles have been so inspiring and formed communities of care and cohorts of action all over the world. DM me to register and receive the links.

How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health

What if these are the fleeting temples we make together, so far from tribe and fire?

If you haven't bought 'Earthwards: Transformative Ecological Education' yet, it's available now through several different e-book stores, and with a forward by Stephen Sterling.

It's hard to believe it has been an entire year since my book Earthwards was published. I still find this book launch conversation with Ann Finlayson from SEEd - Sustainability and Environmental Education to be one of my favourites. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMpo...

At the link below, enjoy Robin Wall Kimmerer's essay from our five-volume book series Elementals, shared here as part of a partnership between the Center for Humans & Nature and @emergencemagazine.bsky.social. Robin's essay appears in Earth, vol. 1 of Elementals: humansandnature.org/elementals

I wrote this article for The Deep Times Journal two years ago, but every Autumn reminds me of the wisdom and generosity of seeds. journal.workthatreconnects.org/2023/09/02/w...

The Guardian view on Trump’s Gaza plan: the bloodshed must end, but this proposal betrays Palestinians | Editorial #palestine #theguardian

Children under 12 with ecoanxiety. Schools must act to develop transformative ecological awareness that can build a culture of care, resilience and resolve. dm me for free book circles, workshops, presentations on Earthwards: Transformative Ecological Education. www.hawthornpress.com/books/change...

apnews.com/article/isra... @worldnewscan.bsky.social

Their report is titled The Netanyahu Government Is Implementing a Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Gaza of Palestinians. America is Complicit. The World Must Stop It. You don't get a Peace Prize, and You don't get a Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I was reminded of this again this morning. Ron Finley is known as the 'guerilla gardener' for his work with community gardening in South Central Los Angelos. Here is his iconic Ted Talk: www.ted.com/talks/ron_fi...

We are not disconnected- we are in fact inseparable from the rest of the natural world, and must come to re-member this.

Soul crushing déjà vu... Legal DC residents are avoiding school, work - even being in public - in DC areas where ICE & troops are posted out of abduction fears. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The UN general assembly can avoid a security council gridlock chng.it/WjNkXW9tGp

Referring to blocked humanitarian aid, Higgins added: "There are 6,000 trucks with enough food for three months, and it has been blocked, and it is outrageous." www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/ir... @worldnewscan.bsky.social

A Contagion of Gratitude: Understanding nature as gift. 'When we change how we think, we suddenly change how we act and how those around us act, and that’s how the world changes. It’s by changing hearts and changing minds. And it’s contagious.' Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Guardian 2020

"People’s connection to nature has declined by more than 60% since 1800, almost exactly mirroring the disappearance of nature words such as river, moss and blossom from books, according to a study.”

You okay with this? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Now with a link to the article: www.bbc.com/news/article...

In my book I write about developing a culture of care- this is not political it is deeply human. Our capacity for empathy allowed us to develop community and cooperation and will see us through present and coming crises. Bang a pot at 6pm wherever you are! Make this viral. en.royanews.tv/news/61507

How can we introduce early systems thinking and nature awareness with younger students? Chapter 7 of Earthwards tells the story of students developing awareness of our interdependence on natural cycles and networks. Book available here: www.hawthornpress.com/books/change...

How many times has this happened now? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/w...

In 22 months 57,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel New United Nations reports shows which companies are funding the genocide "There is a prima facie responsibility on every state and corporate entity to completely abstain from or end their relationships with this economy of occupation”

One of the consequences of Israel’s 12-day conflict with Iran was a drop-off in attention paid to the war in Gaza, where a terrible humanitarian situation deteriorated even further. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

We must stop ignoring this

When will the genocide end? When the Palestinians in Gaza are all dead? Israeli genocide has surpassed in scope that of the Nazis last century. The fact that a nation which owes its very existence to that genocide is now committing genocide is sickening. apnews.com/article/isra...

An American pastor and Trump-linked political strategist, Johnnie Moore is head of the "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" which has been setting up death traps for food. He is linked to orgs promoting Jewish migration to Israel on the basis of biblical prophecy and to the Anti-Defamation League.

Dying of starvation is bad enough...dying waiting for food to stop your family dying of starvation! In what world is this okay.......

Why is this still happening? Why is Isreal not being held accountable?? At least 40 more Palestinians killed seeking aid in Gaza, say medics and officials www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...