The Autonomous Zine Atlas

Autonomous Zine Factory presents The Autonomous Zine Atlas! Zines have always moved through informal infrastructures. A zine library might exist in the back room of a bookshop or a community centre. A distro might operate out of someone’s living room … Continue reading

The Contemplation of Nature

Most of us spend our days surrounded by screens, walls, notifications, and noise. Yet just outside the door there is another world quietly continuing; clouds drifting, leaves moving, water reflecting the sky. Just spending some time shifting your awareness to … Continue reading

Glitch censorship

There is a particular kind of censorship that has kicked in the last couple of years that doesn’t announce itself like the good old fashioned Insta-jail. No warnings. No policy violations. No community standard reminders. Just a sudden irritating kind … Continue reading

It’s time to switch to ethical tech

Here is a quick list of some more ethical tech alternatives to Google, Microsoft and Spotify. This list is beginner-friendly, open-source, privacy-focused, non-corporate and as decolonial-aligned as possible. Search Engines DuckDuckGo Startpage SearXNG Mojeek Office Suites and Document Tools CryptPad … Continue reading

On courageous determination

A chef stands outside the Israeli embassy in Tokyo shouting “Stop Genocide!” He goes back every week on his day off. A man on the southern of coast of Sweden collects plastic from the beach. He goes on holiday once … Continue reading

Plum Village 40 Tenets

Dear friends, Welcome to the transcripts and my own summary notes from a series of dharma talks from Deer Park Monastery in Escondido, California:- ‘The Forty Tenets of Plum Village’. This class is based on the book in Vietnamese by … Continue reading

Contemplation of Nature with Ajay

Take a break and practice some nature-centred meditation with my friend Ajay!This is a short guided meditation instruction video about 22 minutes long. The Founder of the Foundation for the Contemplation of Nature, Ajay Rastogi, introduces an easy meditation technique … Continue reading

ICIMOD Mountain Prize

GREAT NEWS! The Majkhali village homestay mothers’ group, the Jagrati Swayam Sahayta Group, has won the ICIMOD Mountain Prize 2020. (www.icimod.org/mountainprize) This is a really a great honour for everyone involved. This award really rewards the tremendous effort and achievements … Continue reading

The original treehuggers

45 YEARS AGO, in the 1970’s, there was a non-violent grassroots protest movement aimed at the protection and conservation of biodiversity of trees and forests in India, and how more actions needed to be taken to protect nature that supplies … Continue reading

10: ON CONNECTED VOICES

Episode 10: ON CONNECTED VOICES Simple Transistor Landing page.  Direct download of mp3. Transcript: Welcome to Nordic By Nature, a feature length podcast on ecology today inspired by the Norwegian Philosopher Arne Naess, who coined the term Deep Ecology. In … Continue reading

9: ON ART

 Simple transistor landing page. Direct download of mp3. Voice intro: Welcome to Nordic By Nature, a feature length podcast on ecology today inspired by the Norwegian Philosopher Arne Naess, who coined the term Deep Ecology. In this episode, ON … Continue reading

8: ON KNOWLEDGE

Podcast episode 8: ON KNOWLEDGE Simple Landing page. Direct download of mp3. Intro: Welcome to Nordic By Nature, a podcast on ecology today inspired by the Norwegian Philosopher Arne Naess, who coined the term Deep Ecology. This episode, ON KNOWLEDGE, … Continue reading