Inspired by Lynne Twist’s books, I went literally off the grid, deep inside the Amazon rainforest to meet the indigenous tribes and learn about their way of living. It was a physical, mental and practical challenge on many levels and turned out to be a life-altering adventure that reinforced the urgency and importance of protecting the rainforest and empowering its indigenous people.
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Echoes of the rainforest – from Amazonia to London
Meeting this man, in London of all places, prompted me to finally break my social media and blogging detox to share with you about a profound experience I had early this year, deep inside the Amazonian rainforest in Ecuador. Sharamentsa – a village of about 100 indigenous men, women and children of the Achuar tribe…… Continue reading Echoes of the rainforest – from Amazonia to London
The Pursuit
A documentary with intrepid economist and social scientist Arthur Brooks who travels around the globe in search of an answer to the question: How can we live a good life and lift up the world together, starting with those at the margins of society?
Collisions
Now, at a time when technology is changing everything around us, Collisions is a salient message about how the past continues to reverberate across the generations.
Cultures, languages and why ancient wisdom matters in the modern world
“A language […] is not merely a set of grammatical rules or a vocabulary. It is a flash of the human spirit, the vehicle by which the soul of each particular culture comes into the material world. Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind, a watershed of thought, an ecosystem of spiritual possibilities.”…… Continue reading Cultures, languages and why ancient wisdom matters in the modern world
Gabriella Ferenczi 