Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day!

The fourth of July, a great American holiday celebrating our independence. When I was in high school, I always thought I can’t wait to get out of this country. A bit of an ironic thing for the son of an immigrant to believe. I saw so many problems, thinking...
Reflection is Learning

Reflection is Learning

Two experiences down, we’re in the home stretch now of this learning journey year, but its really just the beginning. In the last meetup, there was much action around the idea that reflection is learning. Sure, I’m a founding student of the Experience...
Unseen Shadow Workers

Unseen Shadow Workers

There was a tremendous amount of work that went into preparing for the Windship Build with Earthship Biotecture and The Earth Village Project. Earthship had done a similar humanitarian build in Malawi where they planned for 6 months in advance, yet they were still...
Sustainable Rehabilitation in the land of Waray

Sustainable Rehabilitation in the land of Waray

Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) was off the scale. A category six storm that devastated the Philippines, it was the strongest storm to wreak havoc on land in the history of humanity. I have been working with the Earth Village Project since January in the Barangay (village)...
Galloping into the New Year

Galloping into the New Year

As we shed our old skins, the year of the snake slithers into history and we welcome the galloping horse. According to the Chinese Zodiac. January 31st marked the Chinese New Year signifying the beginning of the year of the horse. I don’t usually read into this...