I’m so grateful to John Ehrhart for suggesting and being lead manifester for our podcast series, Restoration Dialogues. As it says in the introduction to the show, “Welcome to Restoration Dialogues, where ideas and the felt experience of being human come together to...
As the winter Solstice approaches, it’s time to honor the dark before turning toward the light. Time to honor the literal darkness, the cold, the slumbering earth. And the metaphorical darkness—the insanity and separation—of industrialized society. As Carl Jung said,...
I recently heard the activist Paul Cienfuegos on Alternative Radio promoting a bottom up, grassroots approach to building a more just society through challenging corporate ”rights.” He made the point that on the basic issue of democracy and the people’s right to...
Everyday brings me messages that the work of restoration is becoming increasingly urgent. But what exactly does restoration mean? Why restorative activism and restorative practices? Why bother with all that and not just get on with making the world a better place? In...
I attended a talk recently that brought home one of the most difficult balancing acts in restoration: love and power. The speaker was Adam Kahane, an internationally recognized expert on conflict resolution and the author of Power and Love: A Theory and Practice of...
