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Starhawk’s Common Sense Permaculture Principles

On 16 August 2011 By

Everything is connected.

Abundance, health and happiness come not from things, but relationships.  Money can’t buy me love!

As designers, we look at connections in space and time.  If we put things in the right place, do things in the right order and at the right time, we save work, money and energy.

“To every [...]

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The Fifth Sacred Thing Green Plan

On 15 August 2011 By

Less than a week to go on our Kickstarter campaign for The Fifth Sacred Thing movie.  We’ve done so well–but still have far to go!  However, it occured to me that it was past time to share with you all the Green Plan I wrote up for our production.  It’s designed to guide [...]

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Kickstarter Update #8: August 1 – Lammas, The Time of the Reaper

On 31 July 2011 By

August 1, Lammas, one of the eight key Celtic Pagan holidays on the Wheel of the Year.  Lammas, traditionally, was the beginning of the harvest, when the early crops are coming in and the summer fruits are ripe.  In Ireland, it was Lughnasad, the festival of the sun-God Lugh.  “Lammas” comes from “Loaf-mass”—the loaf made [...]

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On the Murders in Norway: The Need for a Multicultural Vision

On 29 July 2011 By

This summer has been a whirlwind of teaching permaculture and working on making a movie from my novel, The Fifth Sacred Thing.  But a few days ago I took a break to attend a performance of Guys and Dolls put on by SF Arts Education, in which my fifteen-year old Goddess-child Kore [...]

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Declaration of the Four Sacred Things

On 21 June 2011 By

The Earth is a living, conscious being. In company with cultures of many different times and places, we name these things as sacred: air, fire, water, and earth.

Whether we see them as the breath, energy, blood, and the body of the Mother, or as blessed gifts of a creator, or as symbols of the [...]

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Happy Birthday Starhawk!

On 17 June 2011 By

‎”Madrone nodded, repeated her own secret rhyme that took her quickly into trance… Energy pulsed through her, into the woman’s body… keeping her alive. For how long? As long as I can sustain it, Madrone thought… could be an almost infinite amount of time… if I could keep myself out of its way and be [...]

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