Safe places to settle.
Our Fifth Sacred team is all about community. But when we think about community, the 2015 version is debating where to settle, so that our communities won’t have to relocate due to climate change. Thanks to the industrial revolution and short-sighted civilization planning, we are in the midst of a big problem that will affect everything: sea level rise, rising temperatures, drought
Mother’s Day Grounding
When was the last time you put your feet on the earth? This seems like an easy answer, but when you actually think about it, I bet it’s been some time. I was trained as a massage therapist over 15 years ago, and for years, clients would seek my help for inflammation and chronic illness. I started asking my
The Doomsday Channel.
The Doomsday Channel Anyone else concerned about how dark our tv shows and movies are getting? I’m sitting here watching a series called The Fall, which shows steely X-Files alum Gillian Anderson chasing after an obsessed sex crime killer in Belfast. In the first season, after writers juxtaposed a strangulation scene with an explicit one-night stand scene frame
Producer Spotlight: Eric Watson
We are very pleased to announce the addition of a new member to The Fifth Sacred Thing production team, Eric Watson. Eric is a producer, writer, director, and committed environmental activist. His filmography includes several groundbreaking and critically acclaimed cinema classics including Pi, Requiem For A Dream, and The Fountain. After acting as a friend of the project for several
The Fifth Sacred Thing Update – December 2014
It has been quite a busy summer and fall for us as we continue to move The Fifth Sacred Thing project forward, and we have some exciting updates to share! First, Starhawk has continued to wow our team with her amazing creative output, and has now delivered the final draft of the TFST sequel, City of Refuge. No spoilers
What does Earth Day mean now?
Many know that the Earth Day movement first began in 1970, but few have heard the idea behind it. The Earth Day founder, then U.S. Senator Nelson, had recently witnessed a massive oil spill in Santa Barbara. The year was 1969, seven years after Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring became a New York Times bestseller, and in the height
Update from the International Permaculture Convergence
Starhawk’s been in Cuba for two weeks at the International Permaculture Convergence. She will be home in a few days to give us all the exciting news, but in the meantime, she sends this update: “I’m here in Cuba at the IPC, with amazing people who are doing incredible work all over the world! I’m
E.A.T. – Take a Dream and Make It Real!
Permaculture—a design science, and a set of practical tools and principles for creating a future we want to live in! Do you dream of a world that is beautiful, healthy, just, and balanced? Where everyone has fresh food, clean air, flowing water, and thriving community? Permaculture gives us the tools to create it, to heal
TFST Artist Feature: Karen Cusolito
Artist Karen Cusolito has worked in many media, from painting to assemblage to the mighty large-scale metal humanoid sculptures that prowl like so many praying giants in the yard at American Steel Studios. Karen is also the founder at the massive Oakland, CA workshop; it is home to painters, glass artists, fabricators, soapmakers, a compost
Follow up: Android Jones prints now available
Last week we told you about Android Jones, one of the artists on The Fifth Sacred Thing film. We’re so excited to have his work and enthusiasm joining this project. We’ve just learned that his site has added a shop where you can purchase prints of his stunning works. Pay him a visit and feast your eyes!