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You eat Indigenous foods everyday
You eat Indigenous foods everyday
This is a quick summary of a fantastic article by Intercontinental Cry. A lot of what you eat today is thanks to the ingenuity of Indigenous peoples. From the corn... Read more...
Landbank, a practical way to participate in Landback
Landbank, a practical way to participate in Landback
*Cover image by Matt Hrkac Some First Nations friends and I have started talking about the idea of a First Nations governed and operated not-for-profit organisation called Landbank. A play... Read more...
The 10 'M' day, a healthy daily rhythm
The 10 'M' day, a healthy daily rhythm
Here is a new workday rhythm I'm striving for. Imagine if we synced up our teams and organisations so that we could support each other to move gracefully through these... Read more...
Systemic and domestic violence
Systemic and domestic violence
To paraphrase Noam Chomsky: 'you don't need to pull the trigger of a gun for it to be effective. The threat of the gun is enough to get people to do... Read more...
First Nations Cultural Safety Framework
First Nations Cultural Safety Framework
The Australian Evaluation Society has published an excellent framework on First Nations Cultural Safety. While it is focused on evaluation and evaluators, much of it is applicable to people working... Read more...
Invest in Native Foods (through a cooperative!)
Invest in Native Foods (through a cooperative!)
I just invested in a sustainable native food farm. It is a bithinga farm. Bithinga is the Dharawal word for Oyster. This 'Sydney Rock' Oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) farm is based on... Read more...
Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement and Ahangamage Tudor Ariyaratne
Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement and Ahangamage Tudor Ariyaratne
The Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement started by Ari (Ahangamage Tudor Ariyaratne) is an incredible example of what is possible. The movement is essentially a Buddhist anarchist movement of people working to... Read more...
The science of narrative and framing to shift mindsets
The science of narrative and framing to shift mindsets
We are currently renewing our strategic plan at Native Foodways. A core part of our new approach is to focus on narrative change. We believe it is the most important... Read more...
We are unborn
We are unborn
The following quote is from Zhuang Zhou describing enlightened sages living wholly in an unborn deep ecological perspective.  'For such people, birth and death change nothing. All heaven and earth could... Read more...
Earthseed - The Parable of the Sower
Earthseed - The Parable of the Sower
'God is change' - Lauren Olamina, main character in Parable of the Sower   Octavia Estelle Butler is a powerful Black writer. She has written many award winning books including those... Read more...
The conquest of bread 🍞
The conquest of bread 🍞
The Conquest of Bread is an incredible book written by Pëtr Kropotkin. Full text here.  Pëtr outlines how communities might live without governments, laws, and money. He develops a powerful... Read more...
How to make decisions about decisions
How to make decisions about decisions
One of the most important things to do in any new initiative is to set up a shared understanding around decision making. And then to agree on how to make... Read more...
Why I changed how I spell my name
Why I changed how I spell my name
Why I changed how I spell my name When I was born my parents officially named my Michael Kovari. This is on my Australian Birth Certificate. My parents, like many... Read more...
The power of sincerity
The power of sincerity
The power of sincerity One of the things that sets good collaborators apart from not-so-good collaborators is sincerity. If collaboration isn’t working, it can often mean some people are not... Read more...
Our change is unique and immortal
Our change is unique and immortal
One of our family dogs died yesterday. I'm trying to make sense of his death and to ponder how he might live on. Rest in peace Chipo.  To live is... Read more...
Personal and Social Healing Resources
What it takes to heal - Prentis Hemphill The myth of normal - Gabor Mate Read more...
Power, Privilege, and Identity
Hospicing Modernity - Vanessa Machado De Oliveira: Facing Humanity's Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism Outgrowing Modernity - Vanessa Machado De Oliveira:  Navigating Complexity, Complicity, and Collapse with Accountability and Compassion How to be Antiracist - Ibram X Kendi White Fragility - Robin DiAngelo: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism Nice Racism - Robin DiAngelo:  How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm The Power of Bridging - john a. powell: How to build a world where we all belong Another Day in the Colony -... Read more...
A quick talk I did on social innovation from 2013
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