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Letting Go

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Dave Pollard

paragliding photo from wallpapers.org I have started working on a project with Cheryl to create a place on our island in Second Life that will allow our members and visitors to go through a “letting go” exercise. The idea is … Continue reading →

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First, Self-Accepting

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Dave Pollard

forest in France — photo by Luca Montanari ~~~~~ Go for long walks. Indulge in hot baths. Question your assumptions, Be kind to yourself, Live for the moment, Loosen up, scream, Curse the world, Count your blessings, Just let go. … Continue reading →

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Moth to a Flame

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Dave Pollard

The green areas on this map (from the Forest Frontiers Initiative) are all that is left of the world’s wild forests, the only remaining areas that are large enough and sufficiently intact to support a natural and largely undiminished ecosystem. … Continue reading →

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Too Smart For Our Own Good

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Dave Pollard

Last month I linked to an excellent CBC video summarizing the life, work and philosophy of uber-celebrity Eckhart Tolle. Tolle doesn’t really say anything new in his books — I think Richard Moss’ Mandala of Being delivers the same “learn … Continue reading →

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So What Next?

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Dave Pollard

drawing by hugh mcleod at gaping void In my recent post The Freedom to Do Nothing, I quoted Ran Prieur: When you begin to get free, you will get depressed. It works like this: When you were three years old, … Continue reading →

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The Stuff of Relationship

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Dave Pollard

In a recent tweet, Jerry Michalski asks: Is the www really connecting us? or just creating thin, artificial relationships? To which I replied: What is the ‘stuff’ of relationship anyway, and have we forgotten what it means, in the growing … Continue reading →

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How Many Relationships Can We Manage?

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Dave Pollard

Just about a year ago, I posted an article on the work that Christopher Allen had done on: optimal size of groups for sustainability and collaborative effectiveness (short answer: around 5-7 for work groups and around 50 for networks/communities), and … Continue reading →

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The Cult of Individualism and the Desolation of the Earth

Posted on December 24, 2009 by admin

My friend Paul Heft sent around Derrick Jensen’s article on the need to bring down the industrial systems that are destroying our planet, and my article in response, A Serious Resistance, which argued: It is time for us to mount … Continue reading →

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Links of the Week/Month — December 19, 2009

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Dave Pollard

I’ve been travelling, so my weekly update links have piled up for three weeks. There is some important reading here, and as usual the must reads are in the first section. This is a first notice that, as of December … Continue reading →

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Can We Choose Who We Love?

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Dave Pollard

Last evening I had an astonishing discussion with three of my colleagues in our Second Life community. The topic was love, and whether we have any control over who we love (whether it is at least in part a “rational” … Continue reading →

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