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“The wedding ritual is one of the most powerful rituals in Western society,” says Sarah Kerr, owner of Soul Passages and founding director of the Holistic Death Network in Calgary. Sarah is a death midwife, celebrant and facilitator who offers nature-based spiritual support to individuals and communities navigating illness, death and loss.
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As I sat in a session at Living the New Economy, a five-day gathering of leaders in articulating and developing the emerging new economy, hot crocodile tears streamed down my face. Continue reading →

And I really do feel that everyone – that we each have a purpose, and that purpose is something that fulfills us on a really personal level, something that makes us full of gratitude and joy. I give thanks every day. And I also think that each of our purposes is something that contributes to the greater good – I don’t think that anyone’s purpose is to destroy the environment, or start wars, or to harm other people, or to convince other people that you have to buy a certain product or look a certain way. Continue reading →

Every once in a while, there comes a time and a necessity to break away from the day-to-day and step into a space of wandering in the halls of creativity and inspiration. Continue reading →

You are invited… DEEPENING FACILITATION PRACTICE: DEVELOPMENT WITH GROUP WORKS One-day interactive workshop Friday, September 26th | 9:30am-4:30pm CommunityWise Resource Centre, 223 12th Ave. SW, Calgary, AB Are you interested in improving your work with groups and communities? Calling project … Continue reading →

Article by: Marta Calgary is a forever growing city where some small businesses struggle to stay afloat with rising overhead costs. Steeps, a teahouse, was a local business that attempted to become a local mainstay, but struggled with the rising … Continue reading →

We arrived in South East Portland, where a remarkable gem of community living can be found innocuously concealed on a quiet city block. Continue reading →

“The most radical thing you can do is commit to your community,” said Mark Lakeman, one of the guest teachers in our 5-day long permaculture module at Breitenbush Hot Springs Retreat and Conference Centre. Continue reading →

Check out this great video with Mark Lakeman at TEDx:

The Meaningful Work Project is proud to support an exciting upcoming workshop with Mark Lakeman from Portland: Cracks in the Pavement Placemaking and the remaking of a modern city with Mark Lakeman Thursday July 17th 7pm – 9m We invite … Continue reading →

I quickly learned that the foundational theory to the earthship is that central utility systems such as power plants or water facilities are unreliable and lock us in to a rigid dependency on an outside provider (such as a municipal government). Continue reading →

A traumatic event or period (the large white arrow on the right side of the circle) cuts directly from the outermost realm of the unexpected and unknown, from beyond our comfort zone, directly to our innermost fears Continue reading →