In the PERMIE KIDs Podcast today I share some thoughts about how my family and I are bringing permie into the holidays. Like many, I was brought up in a system fragmented and fractured in its relationship with the world and itself. I grew as a fragmented and fractured reflection…naturally. I still struggle to honor my authentic self, become aware of dysfunctional patterns and integrate myself into community and community into me.
My family and I have come to permaculture as a way of regenerating our human “being-ness,” as well as that of our Mother Earth and all of the communities which reside within her. Permaculture is a fundamental component of our journey back to wholeness, away from the segregated “me” and into the “we.”
Permaculture is a flexible and adaptable holistic design approach based on natural laws that allows us to examine and refine our relationships with a whole ecosystem, including ourselves. Utilizing whole system ethics and thinking as a guide, we implement design strategies that integrate and harmonize with the whole system.
This holiday season, I invite all of us and our children to think about how we can honor ourselves, others and Earth more authentically through one of the permaculture thinking tools – “Integrate rather than Segregate.” What would be on your “permie” holiday wish list? I’ll tell you what is on mine. It’s just one thing:
Dear World, What I Want Most of All for the Holidays Is…
To Truly Be Present by Doing Less with More
I invite you to join my family and integrate a little “permie” into your holiday. Integrate the permie spirit on the level of self, household, community and beyond. Share, learn and grow with others as they work to do the same. Together we can live a life that honors our ancestors and Mother Earth and lights the way to a better world for our children’s children.
In this show we cover:
Bringing Permie into the Holidays
Permie Holiday Wish List
Doing Less with More
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