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Written by Gail Hochachka
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Tuesday, 06 October 2009 04:37 |
Reforestation in the Sacred Valley
Drishti supports Andean community of Llicllec in reforestation efforts in Peru.
Visiting the Andean community of Lllicllec in September, 2009, we were inspired to donate to this community’s reforestation efforts. Much of the Sacred Valley of the Inkas has been deforested, either for construction materials or for agriculture. The community of Llicllec is cultivating native tree seedlings to reforest their communal lands. They also hope to restore the traditional root crops of earlier Inkan times, such as the 200+ varieties of potatoes. Their vision is for their grandchildren to know the ancient tuber crops of their Inka ancestors, as well as enjoy the ecological benefits of a hillside able to retain water and precious topsoil.
The community is unified in its vision, demonstrates mutual understanding on the long-term benefits of a reforested slope, and has developed a sustainable land use plan for the area. This type of intuitive integration of the subjective domain of experience (I), the inter-subjective domain of culture (We), and the objective domain of practices and systems (It/Its), is a solid foundation for any project. Associates of Drishti hope to continue to collaborate with the community on our future work-trips to Peru, to further develop the capacity for integrating these important, mutually-arising dimensions of social change work.
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Written by Gail Hochachka
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Thursday, 16 July 2009 23:06 |
New website, continuing work...We finally updated our website with something more true to who we are and more real to how we're engaging in the world! Please feel free to take a look around... At the end of July, we're holding our annual Drishti retreat, this time held in the community of Smithers in northern BC, where our leadership team will be visioning and planning for a great year. Some exciting things underway include.... |
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Friday, 15 May 2009 21:11 |
May 2008
The mandala was brought forth, the detail and depth of the whole becoming evident, and then the coalescent parts scattered once again. Will those parts ever quite be the same, will they ever be truly separate?
This week has been extraordinarily full, giving us hardly a moment to write in this blog. And it is difficult now to know how to share the fullness that this meeting has been. We met last Tuesday at the Ayasofia Pensions -- a hotel nestled beside the grand Aya Sophia cathedral (Church of Divine Wisdom). The group of 47 practitioners are each involved in international development in some way -- from gender equality work, to peace studies, to sustainability, to climate change, to green architecture, to sustainable communities, and more. The strand that connects us, that draws us together, is that each person is also applying Integral Theory in their particular areas of work across the planet. Two spiritual teachers joined us, guiding us towards the depth of wisdom and compassion that infuses this work of service in the world. |
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Friday, 15 May 2009 21:06 |
Integral Without Borders II, April-May 2008
Istanbul Meeting, April-May 2008 How does Integral Theory, as an incredibly comprehensive philosophy, move into praxis for the planet? How can the synergy found in integrating the truths from Eastern and Western ways of thinking and being, be brought to bear on key global issues today? Next week, beginning on April 22nd, 2009, in Istanbul, Turkey, 50 people will gather in a city of long-standing union between East and West to engage this very inquiry. |
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Friday, 25 April 2008 00:00 |
End of April, 2008
Here in Istanbul, in this lovely, angular and curvy, pedestrian scale city, I'm sitting listening with sizzling ears and trembling heart to the passion and compassion emanating from each presenter. The room we are in small relative to our numbers, and the room of course is not simply square, but flanked with side rooms, ante-chambers. So we have to adapt, fit ourselves to the beautiful imperfection of our physical surroundings. This seems to ironically reflect the Integral Practitioner - working with beautiful imperfection of humanity, messy mish-mash that it tends to be.
Feeling into the room, a haiku comes to mind
"in autumn our hearts are close
in this small room"
posted by Rochelle, workshop participant |
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