COP21 – when astrologists do weather forecasting
New Year will, understandably, come even for those who aren't waiting for it. Well, the magic is in the waiting, and not in the New Year. It's nice to wait
UN sustainable development goals — revised!
In the UN they just finalized The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, to "transform our world". Politicians are obviously caught up in self-defeating dynamics, in the outdated approaches to solving the problems
The value of uselesness
What to say about a society in which value of human being is measured by: 1. capacity to accumulate material wealth and not use it to participate in the society
Lessons from the ecovillage tour
I could have put it into an essay, a report, a video, a PPT presentation… but ultimately I spontaneously put it into a poem. It is not the best poem
Where has all the (community) glue gone?
Every community needs some kind of social "glue" to keep it together. It doesn't matter how big or small the community is, the glue is always the non-productive, leisurely, intimate,
On “change” – Inspired by Nepal
If there is even a single little habit that I am unwilling to change in myself, I have no right to expect anyone else to change their own habits. People
How to Create a New Social System
Are you fed up with the present social system? Are you wishing to join or create a system that’s newer, better, healthier? Are you already a part of an alternative
A Just Society is Possible:
Diary from Global Ecovillage Network conference 2012 By Nara Petrovič (The article was originally published in Slovenian in the neswpaper Delo, Sobotna priloga, August 4th, 2012) I heard a call
ADVANCE in Slovenian Istria — August 4 to 19, 2012
From August 4 to 19, 2012, the emerging eco-community Naravice in Slovenian Istria (close to Koper) will host a two week event to delve into nature, people and relationships, called simply ADVANCE. Here are a
The last hours of fleeting negativity
I just finished reading The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight by Thom Hartmann and the final pages of the book reminded me of one of my favourite quotes, by Bhaktivinoda