Anima mundi is Latin for the soul of the world. Its origins trace back to Plato’s Timaeus. He describes the universe as a rational … Continue

Let’s start with breath. The oxygen you inhaled is the direct result of photosynthesis, the continuous work of every green thing around you. Just … Continue

In the 1970s, James Lovelock, the English scientist and environmentalist, proposed something that the scientific establishment found deeply uncomfortable. The Earth, he argued, is … Continue

The way our upbringing teaches us to pay attention keeps us safely outside what we are looking at. We observe, we record, we analyse, … Continue

In our culture, we see intelligence as needing a brain or a central processing system. With this brain, there is also the ability to … Continue

Aristotle placed plants at the bottom of a hierarchy of living things. He outlined this in his treatise De Anima – Latin for ‘On … Continue

If you sit with plants long enough, you might notice something: they reach for the light in a very different way to how humans … Continue

In our culture, there is a story about strength and power. As a young boy, I was told that the strong stand alone. They … Continue

Today I want to talk about Veridia. It is not a worldview that you adopt; it’s a framework. That’s an important distinction. Wellness and … Continue

Have you noticed that a place can choose you as much as you choose it? Have you thought about that before? You may notice, … Continue