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Ensemble Homestead Site Update - Q1 2023
For one reason or another, I’ve become very interested in permaculture. For those who don’t know (like me, a short time ago), permaculture, defined by co-founder of the practice, Bill Mollison, is “a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than
To Change Business, Reject It
News broke last week that Yvon Chouinard, the Founder of Patagonia, gave his company away for the sake of “fighting the environmental crisis and defending nature.” [1] Yvon has repeatedly defied the expectations of business. He built Patagonia into a leading example for almost everything in the realm of what
What’s Possible
Five of the six biggest waves ever surfed were surfed at Nazaré. Nazaré is a small Portuguese coastal town where, first in 2011, an American surfer named Garrett McNamara, rode a 78-foot wave. This set a new world record and changed the big wave surf world forever. Since McNamara’s
Slow Down for More
We spent the last two weeks of August driving well over 2,000 miles. Owen (our 6-month-old), our two dogs, Annie and I all packed into our Subaru Forester. (Thank you, Thule XT, we couldn’t have made this trip without you) Since Annie and I have been together, this
How to Be a Conscious Consumer
There are two seemingly contradicting realities of “conscious consumerism”: 1. No matter how “consciously” we buy, we aren’t going to shop our way into a more sustainable and equitable world. 2. The ways we do/don’t spend our money are incredibly impactful. Maybe this is confusing at first
Magic Exists
Orca whales are the apex predators of the ocean. And humpback whales might be the protectors of the ocean. It turns out, humpback whales will go out of their way to protect smaller marine animals from orca whale attacks. In fact, of 115 humpback-orca interventions documented, 89% were explicit rescues