by Nicole Civita | Nov 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
As complex systems slip into a state of involuntary retraction and decline, things that once seemed solid start to crack open and come apart. When we peer into the cracks, we realize that they are portals. To enter, one must first release their tethers to the dominant...
by Nicole Civita | Oct 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
Although EcoGather exists and operates primarily in virtual spaces and relies upon digital community to connect across cultures, geographies, and lifeways, we often long to presence ourselves more in the spaces that we inhabit. We hold gratitude for the ability to...
by Nicole Civita | Aug 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
You might know cosmolocalism by another, less cryptic name: Design Global – Manufacture Local. In its earliest and most practical forms, this concept combines globally open source design with local or regional production to get the best of both worlds. When...
by Nicole Civita | Jul 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
A year to the day. The waters fell, the waters rose. Again. Boundaries breached. Again. Imbalance seeking its own resolution. The atmosphere holds what it can. Then water finds its level. Pulling banks into beds, collapsing edges, toppling centuries of habit and...
by Nicole Civita | Jun 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
By now, readers likely know that Juneteenth commemorates the day upon which exuberant freedom celebrations officially reached Galveston, Texas. On June 19, 1865, General Granger brought news of emancipation — and, importantly, the power to enforce the liberatory law —...
