Jul 24 2023
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Jul 21 2023
A Culture of Listening
Contrary to what most folks think, listening is not a passive intellectual exercise. It's an active, embodied skill, that get easier with practice.
Our culture values talking over listening. We attend to those who speak up, we praise those who…
Jun 14 2023
How to Interrupt Capitalist Culture
The world is changing around us at an alarmingly fast rate. 20 years ago, I was drawn to landscape architecture because I believed through this discipline, I could help protect nature and connect people to the environment and each other.…
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Everything is Connected
We've all heard this, and I think, deep inside, we know this is truth - but it's hard to live it when we are immersed so completely in our modern culture which functions on separating everything. It’s how we speak…
Read moreMar 4 2023
The Trouble with Capitalism
Sometimes internal work goes external, and vice versa. I tend to focus on individual development and self-care, but lately it's systemic change that has been occupying my thoughts, because the internal and the external are not so different. [More on…
Read moreNov 15 2022
Feldi Principles for Lessons... and Life!
Listening is necessary to connect, communicate and understand. To listen, we must find quiet... and that takes time. In a culture where time is often perceived as scarce and is equated with money, taking time is an act of defiance…
Read moreJul 11 2021
Anti-Racist Resource Guide
So, as an American person living inside a light brown body for 5 decades, I have experienced innumerable incidents of bias, micro-aggressions, and overt racism, and I've also been accused of not being black or Latina enough, and I have…
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