Spring Quarter: Sustainability in the Home

After spending my first two quarters at Evergreen reinforcing skills and concepts that are useful to me in my professional life, I am looking forward to spending my Spring looking at the microcosm of my family as a place to delve into the ideas of conscious parenting, effective education, somatic awareness and nutrition. These seem to me to be the fundamental parts of sustainable living- the Yin to the Yang of Right Livelihood. Ecological living is at it's heart about finding harmony with the Big Picture. But the Big Picture contains the Little Picture. In fact, it contains all the Little Pictures. Sometimes I think that the Little Picture doesn't get the attention it deserves anymore, and that touches the heart of the modern problem.

I want to spend Spring practicing presence, relating harmoniously, nurturing myself and my family with proper attention and nutritious food. And on this hyperlocal level, I will make the world a better place, one little picture at a time.