Grounded Shamanism

17/06/2021

Sounds like a bad trip ... but what if it's true?

24/04/2021

There's a pervasive notion in our society that nature is something outside, over there, other, from what we are as humans.

16/03/2021

https://www.intelligentliving.co/students-at-green-school-spend-time-learning-outdoors/

Green School says: "So much has changed in our world in the 21st century. But why has Education adapted so little with the times?"

27/02/2021

Indigenous teachings offer insights into creating a more harmonious relationship with nature, which would reduce the risk of future pandemics

12/02/2021

"The Tao doesn’t take sides; it gives birth to both ying and yang.
All is welcome, both light and dark." – Lao Tzu

Art by Whosedreamisthis

26/12/2020

What is the shamnism orgin of christmas? What is the origin of the Christmas tree? Putting the star on top and all the brightly wrapped presents beneath?

25/09/2020

The origin of the term "Tree hugger"

"The first tree huggers were 294 men and 69 women belonging to the Bishnois branch of Hinduism, who, in 1730, died while trying to protect the trees in their village from being turned into the raw material for building a palace. They literally clung to the trees, while being slaughtered by the foresters. But their action led to a royal decree prohibiting the cutting of trees in any Bishnoi village. And now those villages are virtual wooded oases amidst an otherwise desert landscape.

Not only that, the Bishnois inspired the Chipko movement (chipko means “to cling” in Hindi) that started in the 1970s, when a group of peasant women in the Himalayan hills of northern India threw their arms around trees designated to be cut down. Within a few years, this tactic, also known as tree satyagraha, had spread across India, ultimately forcing reforms in forestry and a moratorium on tree felling in Himalayan regions."

text by Extinction Rebellion Atlanta

Photo: The village women of the Chipko movement in the early 70's in the Garhwal Hills of India, protecting the trees from being cut down. - Avantgardens