Breathe. Think. Flow. We teach this simple model for living well, and it has become our go-to framework for running our own businesses and lives. The 3-step process emerged over years of noticing what worked for us as we researched a huge range of body-mind-spirit and elevated consciousness models, sharing our perspectives through books and …
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Category:Holonics
Holonics, integral thinking, big picture thinking …
Cosmic Vibes, Pizza, and the Earth Charter
“That’s them, the swifts,” said Bernadette, my fellow Co. Carlow Environmental Network (CCEN) committee member, at the sound of the high-pitched call. We were standing in the An Gardin Beo courtyard after a CCEN community gathering about the Earth Charter. It was a beautiful June evening and we watched the breathtaking dance of the swifts …
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Mother
Without mothers we are nothing. We come from our mothers and we know that. (Sometimes even our mothers don’t know who the father is.) For the gift of life we should be grateful to our mothers every day. We are drawn to our mothers, even though we might argue with them. We start our existence …
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Celebrating 25 Years of Positive Change
“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence – it is to act with yesterday’s logic.” Peter Drucker’s comment captures the need for system change that defines Astraea. When we stepped out of our old lives and into the unknown in 1999, we had a clear goal: To find balance between people, …
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Private property should be abolished…
Following below is Helena Sheehan’s speech to the Trinity College Dublin Philosophical Society debate on whether private property should be abolished. It carried the day. It is helpful in framing an awkward, ignored yet important cultural issue on the nature of property ownership and it’s impact on equity and justice in our legal systems. Dr …
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Goodbye Superpower
Although it was expected, it was a shock to wake up to the impending results of the Presidential election in the USA which prove again the primitive values of our world. America is considered by a majority of people to be the world leader since the Second World War, during it which it supported Germany …
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Feast Upon The Earth Engages Everyone in Choosing Our Future
Summer Inspiration At DLR Lexicon, Dublin The inspirational timescape Feast Upon The Earth has moved from Tullow to Dun Laoghaire’s Lexicon Library for the rest of the summer. The launch talk in July was “very engaging,” said Susan Lynch, senior executive librarian at Lexicon, who welcomed the timescape. “I don’t usually see so much participation …
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DLR Lexicon Welcomes Feast Upon The Earth
Feast Upon The Earth is on the move! DLR Lexicon will host the timescape from 26 July to 31 August 2024. The timescape prompts new perspectives. It situates us in geographical time and shows connections between nature, humans, food, finance, fossil fuels, consumption, pollution and climate change. We see how we have impacted our world, …
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education
Learning is connecting the dots to see the big picture, a story told in a moment. The dots are ideas that answer the questions. The questions are what, how, when, why … The who is incidental.
Why should we change our minds?
We’ve been exploring human nature from the angles of anthropology, zoology and psychology and recently came upon Joseph Henrich’s WEIRD concept which is helping us to understand the relatively narrow perspective we all grow up with. WEIRD is an acronym for Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich, Democratic, and delves into the religious convictions, beliefs, practices, technologies …
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