Alinternet reflections

What is our place in this great Earth metabolism? Are we justlocusts, bound to consume endlessly without ever giving back? What are our evolutionary options here? Could we use our big, developed brains to stewardnatural systems– since we seem to be outside them regardless? How can we use Planet Earth without using her up? How, instead of using – can we coexist with her? Will a change in our percep...

The super-rich are locking our societies into an increasingly dirty 'Business as Usual' through the forces of Neoliberalism and widening inequalities. Let's take back our ideological power.

For me there is mysticism, wonder and creation to be found in the miracles wrought every day in nature. Do we have in us the potential for unity? Just maybe, we do.

Limbic Capitalism is a term coined by historian David Courtwright in his 2021 book the Age of Addiction which refers to the coordinated and predatorial way big corporate, complicit governments and criminal organisations target or pleasure seeking limbic system to generate an addiction to their product, thereby maximising both sales and profits.

With our limited time left can we consider Capitalism as a vehicle for putting the planet at the centre of our agendas?

Located at the foot of the Snowy Mountains, Corryong's Acres and Acres co-op found a way to restore food relief to a town devastated by the Black Summer bushfires

Corowa is a small town nestled on the border of Australia's New South Wales and Victoria. For 10 years it has been servicing it's community, providing safety, food security and democracy to it's residents. This podcast is a deep dive into its origin story and values.

Truth. Is it objective? Or can we only ever grapple with it in its subjectivities? That is, is truth shaped by own experiences and position within the world? Is, what is truth to us, simply the paradigm or discourse that we operate within? And if so, how do we challenge or change what it is that is accepted as truth?

How degrowth can provide the solution to environmental and social problems, when guided by participatory action methodologies

A research report on three co-ops in Sydney and how they are disrupting cruel and wasteful processes of big supermarkets with market share

Forces like Neoliberalistic Capitalism and the constant pursuit of surplus capital are transforming our cities into elite playgrounds. Community-owned co-ops might hold the solution in taking it back

The power of the profit-motive

The only boundary I see is values-based.

How to conquer your bad habits this year. Tools for having self-discipline, as well as self-compassion, learning how to hold yourself to account whilst holding space for yourself. New year, new year, new gamified habit system

A tasting plate of epiphanies - from work and play, to rhythm and melodies to adhering to principles and spontaneously making meaning. Happy 2022 everybody, may the next year be as rich as your imagination. 

Emily Ratajkowski, in sharing her experiences of growing up as a model with all of its personal and professional complexies, invites us to examine concepts of ownership, sexuality, identity, security and power.

Is caring based in attachment or acceptance? In letting go or in resisting? In wanting to preserve or in accepting destruction? And how can we use this concept of our ethic of care in approaching saving the planet?

Can we ever be part of the great Earth metabolism? And by doing so would we fill the void first created by seeing ourselves as separate?

Planetary and mental resilience are linked – we need to heal ourselves to heal the world. Climate change has traumatised us and our industrialised ways of living speak of dissociations with our natural world. Healing ourselves mentally and emotionally is the best way to save the planet.

The importance of this skill and how it can permeate through society

An examination of the mechanics and philosophy behind how we manifest energy into our reality and how we can bring the world into a higher vibrational state.

An examination of the fear-based dynamics of western society and a guide on how to bust through our collective neuroses with love. Adult content warning.

What is the value of values and how do we ensure that those who volunteer to protect values are properly valued in return?

This podcast examines the cognitive skills needed for living a sustainable life aligned and in-flow with a natural environment. Distinction-making capabilities helps us learn skills, practice music, think and tolerate one another.

Waste and exploitation are intimately connected and contained within our cultural DNA. How do we imagine new, grassroots and decentralised ways of tackling them and discovering a better, fairer and more connected future?