ON CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT
Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation by Paul Hawken | BOOK
Regeneration offers a visionary new approach to climate change, one that weaves justice, climate, biodiversity, equity, and human dignity into a seamless tapestry of action, policy, and transformation that can end the climate crisis in one generation.
The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe by Jeremy Lent | BOOK
Award-winning author, Jeremy Lent, investigates humanity's age-old questions - Who am I? Why am I? How should I live? - from a fresh perspective, weaving together findings from modern systems thinking, evolutionary biology, and cognitive neuroscience with insights from Buddhism, Taoism, and Indigenous wisdom.
Lentil Underground by Liz Carlisle | BOOK
A protégé of Michael Pollan shares the story of a little known group of renegade farmers who defied corporate agribusiness by launching a unique sustainable farm-to-table food movement.
ON SPIRITUALITY
What is Tao? by Alan Watts | BOOK
In his later years, Alan Watts, noted author and respected authority on Zen and Eastern thought, turned his attention to Taoism. In this book, he draws on his own study and practice to give readers an overview of the concept of the Tao and guidance for experiencing it themselves. What Is Tao? explores the wisdom of understanding the way things are and letting life unfold without interference.
Tao Te Ching translated by Steven Mitchell | BOOK
Findhorn Foundation | COMMUNITY + WORKSHOPS
A spiritual community and model for sustainable living, offering retreats, workshops and gatherings that create time to pause and reflect on life, while deepening our connection to meaning and nature.
ON EDUCATION
SANTA BARBARA HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER WELLBEING REPORT | RESEARCH STUDY
The purpose of this report (which I co-authored in 2019) is to share what we learned from secondary teachers what may contribute to their experience of wellbeing at school, as reported through a survey and one-on-one interview. Our goal was to listen to the diverse individuals whose task it is to educate our children using the public school curriculum, and who ultimately have a large influence on our youth as they become citizens of the world. We also wished to better understand teachers’ lived experiences navigating an everchanging, data-driven, and increasingly standardized institutional system.