Published in Field of the Future Blog I am sitting in a train on the Räthische Railway riding back from Pontresina, high in the beautiful Swiss Alps. Surrounded by the presence of melting glaciers I reflect on two gatherings that happened here earlier...
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Nature Talks
Nature communicates with us, but what do we understand? We are at a time when one challenging message about the environment, nature, and health, follows another. No sooner do we think we have Covid-19 under control when new headlines come forward and...
Read moreThis is the first house to be 3D printed from raw earth
Multiple printers constructed the building in 200 hours using local soil, meaning it’s zero-waste and needed no materials to be transported to the site. Source: It´s nice that words by Jenny Brewer Mario Cucinella Architects and Wasp, Italy’s leading...
Read moreFrom Trash to Treasure: Why You Should Buy Secondhand Furniture
It has already stood the test of time, proving its value. Source: By Katherine Martink via treehugger Newsletter Browse an interior design website or magazine these days and you'll notice that the furniture looks suspiciously similar to that of fifty...
Read moreOne of the First Community Members, Dennis Orme - Voices of the Findhorn Foundation
Dennis was one of the first, if not the very first, community member to join the founders Peter, Eileen and Dorothy at Findhorn Bay Holiday Park in 1967. He ...
Read moreInner Climate Change Documentary_Findhorn Foundation
Visit our website: http://findhorn.org/InnerClimateChange This is the documentary INNER CLIMATE CHANGE, a Findhorn Foundation production inspired by the peop...
Read moreAn Imagined Letter from COVID-19 to Humans by Kristin Flyntz
Change subtitle into your language. Stop. Just stop. It is no longer a request. It is a mandate. We will help you. We will bring the supersonic, high speed merry-go-round to a halt We will stop the planes the trains the schools the malls the meetings...
Read moreCOVID-19 Will Fuel the Next Wave of Innovation
This global pandemic will shape businesses for decades to come. Black swan events, such as economic recessions and pandemics, change the trajectory of governments, economies and businesses — altering the course of history. The Black Death in the 1300s...
Read moreAn Ecology of Mind: A Film Portrait of Gregory Bateson
An Ecology of Mind is a film portrait of Gregory Bateson, celebrated anthropologist, philosopher, author, naturalist, systems theorist, and filmmaker, produced and directed by his daughter, Nora Bateson. “The film includes footage from Bateson’s own films...
Read moreThis new coastal Brookly park is designed to thrive as sea level rise
Instead of ignoring sea level rise, this park will evolve with it Source: FastCompany Newsletter Author Adele Peters [Photo: © James Corner/Field Operations/BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group/courtesy Two Trees Management] If you walk down Metropolitan Avenue, a...
Read moreImpressions of the Creative Communities Architecture Workshop Event
Impressions of the Creative Communities Architecture Workshop at basislager8 the ponstructions team camp Impressions of the International Creative Communities Workshop Event with John Marx Architecture and Art Director burning man San Francisco; Federico...
Read moreCreative Communities- build.future.cities Workshop Event
First impressions of an extraordinary event and kick off for a new network with the topic: build.future.cities and creative communities...with the initiators Ulrich Gehman ideal space and Heiner Weigand karmacom with the ponstruction team. The workshop...
Read moreFrom the Ground Up – Regenerative Agriculture'
Regenerative agriculture is one of the most promising wide-scale environmental solutions. This short documentary is a comprehensive journey through a variety of landscapes and regenerative farming techniques. ‘From the Ground Up’ is a story of genuine...
Read more7 amazing ecovillages green-minded travelers can volunteer at
Source: MATADOR Network by Ali Wunderman Ecovillages are like bright spots in all the darkness. While most of the world struggles to find solutions to the causes of our worldwide illnesses, ecovillages are communities who are entirely dedicated to eliminating...
Read moreAna Samoylova It feels like the sea might reclaim the place anytime
Photographer Ana Samoylova Miami is one of a number of places that are dangerously close to being overcome by the elements around them, as climate change continues to take hold. Alex Kahl talks to photographer Ana Samoylova about her series Floodzone,...
Read moreVandana Shiva: Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Forest
“We need to value nature’s biodiversity, clean water, and seeds. For this, nature is the best teacher. “The forest teaches us union and compassion. “The forest also teaches us enoughness: as a principle of equity, how to enjoy the gifts of nature without...
Read moreEUTOPIAN VISIONS - possible revolutions
Throughout history men and women have tried to create an ideal world made up of justice, peace, wealth, health, equality and dignity - free from suffering and fear and charged with a new meaning of coexistence, be it spiritual, philosophical and/or political....
Read moreWe can all make a difference | Jane Goodall
“When nature suffers, we suffer. And when nature flourishes, we all flourish. I do believe in the possibility of a world where we can live in harmony with nature, but only if every one of us does our part to make that world a reality. So that when you...
Read moreAn architect's vision for 'the city of the future' is now a hippie commune in the Arizona desert — here's what it's like
For decades, a community of workers has been building "the city of the future" in the Arizona desert. The project, known as Arcosanti, was envisioned by architect Paolo Soleri, who wanted to create
Read moreRolemodels for the NEW World: The NEW people-centred, driven by values and sustainable enterprises
This is the highlights of Upasina conscious fashion week in Auroville 2019 Upasana - The Conscious Fashion Hub is a platform to open discussions and answer questions to tackle present day social issues such as farmer suicides in India, plastic pollution,...
Read moreExploring the Future Beyond Cyberpunk’s Neon and Noir
From Afrofuturism to the New Weird, nine sci-fi subgenres for understanding what’s to come Source: Medium Daily Digest by Jay Owens “Cyberpunk” has been the go-to imagery of the future for a startlingly long time — Bruce Bethke’s short story of that name...
Read moreThe Highway or The Higherway / Documentary About Proposed Highway around Auroville
A highway is proposed to go though the intentional township of auroville.... This short documentary explores what this would mean.... https://www.auroville.o...
Read moreClean Up Drive at the Pondicherry Rock Beach_How personal initiatives changes a paradigma and creates mindfullness.
See how a casual morning walk of Lt. Governor Dr. Kiran Bedi on the Rock Beach of Puducherry turned into a cleanup drive giving rise to new strict guidelines to maintain beaches. See how a casual morning walk of Lt. Governor Dr. Kiran Bedi on the Rock...
Read moreCoconat - a woraktion retreat
Coconat just turned 1, and wow, we have done a lot in that time. Here is a bit about what we are up to and what we are about. Written and narrated by Julianne Becker Coconat - Space for anyone to be inspired, concentrate, work, and play in the countr...
Read moreWorking from Home Makes Companies Greener and Saves a Bunch of Money
His company’s customers don’t know this, but when Darrel Stickler joins a video conference from his home in Mendocino, California, he does the “newscaster thing” — dress shirt and sports coat up top, a pair of shorts down low. “I admit to that,” says...
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