by Michelle Auerbach | Nov 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
I had a strange but enlightening conversation with my spouse the other night driving along a quiet late-night highway. We were talking about faith, about the idea that there is a lot going on we don’t understand, and he said, “I have never understood why we are...
by Joe Fassler | Nov 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
This past spring I published my first book, a novel called The Sky Was Ours that took me more than a decade to finish. For a few more weeks, as I finish out a run of events and promotion, I’ll be too busy to face any larger existential questions about next steps. But...
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 Emily Shaljian | Sep 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
As the days grow shorter and chillier and summer growth slows to a trickle, death and decay return to the foreground of our senses while we collectively transition into fall. The dead leaves we start to hear crunching under our feet are a reminder of one of nature’s...
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...
