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In the war of power

In the war of power

[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “In the war of power, politics and profit, all of life becomes a target.” Interview with Nicholas Bawtree, deputy director of Terra Nuova, Italy, published August 2017...

Love In Action

Love In Action

[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “Love in action is what creates the lasting change that we need... It's understandable that we're angry and hurt when we see what's happening in the world – it's kind of horrifying actually. As a human family, we have...

Slow Food

Slow Food

[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] "I'm one quarter Italian, on my mother's side, from Piemonte.  I have loved food since I was a little girl. I love making food, so I have the love, the passion for quality food. The “slow food” movement, as we call it in...

The heart can do amazing things

The heart can do amazing things

[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] On Charles Hurwitz, CEO of embattled Maxxam, then holding company of Pacific Lumber Company in 1999: "Hurwitz is a master chess player.  He's brilliant -- I felt like I was his pawn so many times. If he ever got in touch...

On the Last Day in Luna

On the Last Day in Luna

[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] "While I was getting interviewed in the tree, people kept saying, well, these sound like such great ideas, but you're living in a tree – what about when you come down to reality? They didn't realize in some ways I was...

How to transform our economics

How to transform our economics

[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] ""How can we transform our economics to be better for our planet? The first place we could start is by going back to look at the word economics. The root word of economics, from the Greek, comes from oikos, which means...