The last three months were really about making our most basic value proposition work: Moving away from an anthropocentric worldview, by connecting people through and with the blue whales of land based life, i.e. ancient trees. We shared with you how to map trees within a commons and how kickstart an outdoor learning space by […]
Our white paper considers the establishment of a meritocracy, a form of decentralized government, in which everybody is rewarded for the purposeful contribution to society in the form of learning and / or action – organized within the scientific entities of eco- and bioregions. The background for this idea is based on the research of […]
Our March crew call happened on Spring Equinox and covered a wide range of new functionalities accompanied – as always – with the pedagogical and ecological theory behind our development steps. We introduce ecologist’s James Gibson radical 1979 hypothesis that the “value and meaning of things” in the environment can be directly perceived. He claimed […]
Our February crew call gave us the opportunity to take a step back from the development grind and look at our project with the eyes of a newbie. Our long time supporter Hans Galliker invited a few people from Zurich based Environmental Humanities, a NGO that perceives the Environment through the Humanities: The enormous scope […]
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On Agile Democracy and Spheres of Justice
Nuclear warheads did not win the cold war. It was blue jeans. Leopard tanks will not win the war in the Ukraine. A conditional basic income will. Join me in this essay in a vision of agile democracies, where power, wealth and responsibilities are truly shared.
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ARK Monthly Update: January 2023
Ahoi crew, welcome to the January 2023 monthly update from the ARK, the online space for nature and sustainability educators. Despite the Christmas break, we kept ourselves busy, and we’ve got lots of news and updates to share with you! School Class: Bulk Import of Students One of our goals for 2023 is to increase […]
The rise of green movements around the world confirms that environmental awareness and planetary stewardship are the result of economic growth. Collective action against climate change and biodiversity collapse can only be successful when it is tied to fair wealth distribution. A solution to the social crisis is therefore also a solution to the environmental […]
Indigenous stewardship shows a path on how to train guardians of the galaxy in every corner of the planet. Why are such bottom up strategies more promising than top down negotiations at COP conferences?
The consciousness crisis of humanity sits deep, so deep that I sometimes lose hope in our species. The Guardian wrote last week “Ordinarily a football World Cup would be a moment for celebration, a time to savor sport’s power to unite nations and a glorious distraction from the problems of the day.” Whoever wrote that […]
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Bioregional Identities – Wait but why?
Bioregional Identities are a vehicle for transformation. They give us a new sense of self in an era which demands from us an adaptation to the finite reality of the ecosystems in which we live. Bioregional identities are a door into a sense of home and belonging which is based on nature instead of culture.