Prompt: Contentment is anathema to capitalism.  Response: "Capitalism thrives on the idea that individuals will always want more, drivi...

"(...) bear in mind that garden design as it is studied by the one nation which really understands it - the Japanese - takes many years...

“In fighting against resistance, we will become more focused on getting rid of the problem than on understanding what it is; by contrast, wh...

Estimates suggest that a garden of 1,000 square meters could sequester one ton of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) per year [see entry from November, ...

"A warning is not a prophecy; the former assumes that we have choices and cautions us about the consequences; the latter operates on th...

"A garden is what you want (and can manage and afford), and what you want is who you are, and who you are is always a political and cul...

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Image by Monica Pinheiro, license CC BY-NC-SA ( CC ).

“We are nature. When we stand firm on that undeniable fact, shedding the long-standing illusion that there’s nature “out there” and the...

"Given enough solitude and enough time, the mind shifts into default mode and pans through connections that at first seem wholly rando...

“(…) it’s time to wake up the tissues of perception that have been there all along. We are nature. When we stand firm on that undeniabl...

Which life is this? Some say it’s hell some say it’s bliss Some neither know  nor care to glimpse  What is temporal and what ...

"(...) humans who build their success solely on the oppression of others may one day find their own feathered nests collapsing. We...

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«Homeostasis refers to the fundamental set of operations at the core of life, (...) is the powerful, unthought, unspoken imperative, wh...

"Focus on enjoying your dayly rituals, using them as tools to enter a state of flow. Don't worry about the outcome - it will co...

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Image by Monica Pinheiro, license CC BY-NC-SA (CC)

"Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI) refers to the strategically managed network of urban green spaces and natural and semi-natural ecos...

Light at the end of the tunnel. Image by Monica Pinheiro, license CC BY-NC-SA ( CC )