Pintakasi – Unconditional Community Support

Pintakasi – Unconditional Community Support

We arrived into Batug as a convoy of nine people contained in an SUV and a multicab packed full of tools, tents and supplies that were mostly donated. I would observe those little cars packed full of huge loads whilst traveling, always being amused and laughing at the...
Give and You Shall Receive

Give and You Shall Receive

I was debating what I should do after my experience in Australia. There’s a built in transition period designed into my year with Experience Institute and I was thinking maybe I’d have a week or two of ‘vacation’ time riding around New Zealand...
The Art of Team

The Art of Team

Teams are the glue that bind everything together in our world. There’s lots of frameworks and models freely accessible about different functional pieces of a venture like finance, business model, sales, marketing, community building, social media, organic farming,...
Social Enterprise Presentation Earthship Build

Social Enterprise Presentation Earthship Build

A few weeks ago, I was invited to give a talk at an earthship workshop organized by Terraeden Biotecture. The opportunity presented itself rapidly so there wasn’t much time to prepare, but I persisted as best I could. I decided it would be most valuable if I...
The Beauty of an Ugly Prototype

The Beauty of an Ugly Prototype

At Island Vibes, I met Fred who had recently taken a permaculture design course at a newly developed piece of land. Fred spoke of a gasifier machine he learned about at the course which sounded remarkable. They launched a community project to build one – a wood...