Beautiful moments adventuring with trees, cliffs, stones and Aurora Solá’s mind 🌞 for The Plant Magazine 🌱 ~ grateful for 2 years of exploring landscapes together ~ Aurora’s intro to our conversation : “Sintra is a place frequently cloaked in fog and other less apparent forms of mystery. The name itself derives from Cynthia, the Greek goddess of the moon. Legends and tales of apparitions are as easy to come by as the natural springs that dot the Promontorium Lunae. Its oak forests house species from almost every latitude, product of the massif’s genial climate, Portugal’s long colonial traipsings and the local noblesse’s penchant for botanical competition. Lily and I went for a stroll through some of our fa-vourite paths in Sintra. It would, perhaps, have been better to stare in silence at the thrumming, waving, bristling presences that surrounded us. But as Sintra’s spirits gestured to us, we gave in to words, and along the way the conversation touched on eleven different animals, as well as angels, demons, other horned creatures and then, too, on the wayward power of intelligence.“ Photos by @irishumm ~ @theplantmagazine @carolmontpartstudio @carolmontpart @sighlab
Beautiful moments adventuring with trees, cliffs, stones and Aurora Solá’s mind 🌞 for The Plant Magazine 🌱 ~ grateful for 2 years of exploring landscapes together ~ Aurora’s intro to our conversation : “Sintra is a place frequently cloaked in fog and other less apparent forms of mystery. The name itself derives from Cynthia, the Greek goddess of the moon. Legends and tales of apparitions are as easy to come by as the natural springs that dot the Promontorium Lunae. Its oak forests house species from almost every latitude, product of the massif’s genial climate, Portugal’s long colonial traipsings and the local noblesse’s penchant for botanical competition. Lily and I went for a stroll through some of our fa-vourite paths in Sintra. It would, perhaps, have been better to stare in silence at the thrumming, waving, bristling presences that surrounded us. But as Sintra’s spirits gestured to us, we gave in to words, and along the way the conversation touched on eleven different animals, as well as angels, demons, other horned creatures and then, too, on the wayward power of intelligence.“ Photos by @irishumm ~ @theplantmagazine @carolmontpartstudio @carolmontpart @sighlab
Beautiful moments adventuring with trees, cliffs, stones and Aurora Solá’s mind 🌞 for The Plant Magazine 🌱 ~ grateful for 2 years of exploring landscapes together ~ Aurora’s intro to our conversation : “Sintra is a place frequently cloaked in fog and other less apparent forms of mystery. The name itself derives from Cynthia, the Greek goddess of the moon. Legends and tales of apparitions are as easy to come by as the natural springs that dot the Promontorium Lunae. Its oak forests house species from almost every latitude, product of the massif’s genial climate, Portugal’s long colonial traipsings and the local noblesse’s penchant for botanical competition. Lily and I went for a stroll through some of our fa-vourite paths in Sintra. It would, perhaps, have been better to stare in silence at the thrumming, waving, bristling presences that surrounded us. But as Sintra’s spirits gestured to us, we gave in to words, and along the way the conversation touched on eleven different animals, as well as angels, demons, other horned creatures and then, too, on the wayward power of intelligence.“ Photos by @irishumm ~ @theplantmagazine @carolmontpartstudio @carolmontpart @sighlab
Beautiful moments adventuring with trees, cliffs, stones and Aurora Solá’s mind 🌞 for The Plant Magazine 🌱 ~ grateful for 2 years of exploring landscapes together ~ Aurora’s intro to our conversation : “Sintra is a place frequently cloaked in fog and other less apparent forms of mystery. The name itself derives from Cynthia, the Greek goddess of the moon. Legends and tales of apparitions are as easy to come by as the natural springs that dot the Promontorium Lunae. Its oak forests house species from almost every latitude, product of the massif’s genial climate, Portugal’s long colonial traipsings and the local noblesse’s penchant for botanical competition. Lily and I went for a stroll through some of our fa-vourite paths in Sintra. It would, perhaps, have been better to stare in silence at the thrumming, waving, bristling presences that surrounded us. But as Sintra’s spirits gestured to us, we gave in to words, and along the way the conversation touched on eleven different animals, as well as angels, demons, other horned creatures and then, too, on the wayward power of intelligence.“ Photos by @irishumm ~ @theplantmagazine @carolmontpartstudio @carolmontpart @sighlab
Beautiful moments adventuring with trees, cliffs, stones and Aurora Solá’s mind 🌞 for The Plant Magazine 🌱 ~ grateful for 2 years of exploring landscapes together ~ Aurora’s intro to our conversation : “Sintra is a place frequently cloaked in fog and other less apparent forms of mystery. The name itself derives from Cynthia, the Greek goddess of the moon. Legends and tales of apparitions are as easy to come by as the natural springs that dot the Promontorium Lunae. Its oak forests house species from almost every latitude, product of the massif’s genial climate, Portugal’s long colonial traipsings and the local noblesse’s penchant for botanical competition. Lily and I went for a stroll through some of our fa-vourite paths in Sintra. It would, perhaps, have been better to stare in silence at the thrumming, waving, bristling presences that surrounded us. But as Sintra’s spirits gestured to us, we gave in to words, and along the way the conversation touched on eleven different animals, as well as angels, demons, other horned creatures and then, too, on the wayward power of intelligence.“ Photos by @irishumm ~ @theplantmagazine @carolmontpartstudio @carolmontpart @sighlab
Beautiful moments adventuring with trees, cliffs, stones and Aurora Solá’s mind 🌞 for The Plant Magazine 🌱 ~ grateful for 2 years of exploring landscapes together ~ Aurora’s intro to our conversation : “Sintra is a place frequently cloaked in fog and other less apparent forms of mystery. The name itself derives from Cynthia, the Greek goddess of the moon. Legends and tales of apparitions are as easy to come by as the natural springs that dot the Promontorium Lunae. Its oak forests house species from almost every latitude, product of the massif’s genial climate, Portugal’s long colonial traipsings and the local noblesse’s penchant for botanical competition. Lily and I went for a stroll through some of our fa-vourite paths in Sintra. It would, perhaps, have been better to stare in silence at the thrumming, waving, bristling presences that surrounded us. But as Sintra’s spirits gestured to us, we gave in to words, and along the way the conversation touched on eleven different animals, as well as angels, demons, other horned creatures and then, too, on the wayward power of intelligence.“ Photos by @irishumm ~ @theplantmagazine @carolmontpartstudio @carolmontpart @sighlab
GAIA @byskydiamond ~ jewellery made through an alchemical blend of air and rain from the sky, and recycled gold from the earth, that once travelled here from space on the backs of meteors. Sky Diamonds are created through a carbon negative process. What do we take and what do we give when we make things?
GAIA @byskydiamond ~ jewellery made through an alchemical blend of air and rain from the sky, and recycled gold from the earth, that once travelled here from space on the backs of meteors. Sky Diamonds are created through a carbon negative process. What do we take and what do we give when we make things?
GAIA @byskydiamond ~ jewellery made through an alchemical blend of air and rain from the sky, and recycled gold from the earth, that once travelled here from space on the backs of meteors. Sky Diamonds are created through a carbon negative process. What do we take and what do we give when we make things?
Gaia is a tough b•tch and so are diamonds. Delighted to share the Gaia jewellery collection I designed with @byskydiamond using their diamonds made with carbon dioxide captured from the air. Gaia was the Greek Earth deity and also, as biologist Lynn Margulis eloquently put it when coining the Gaia theory with James Lovelock, “Gaia is a tough b•tch” ~ our Earth is resilient if we work with it. Skydiamond makers: @therealdalevince @madeleinemacey Film: @robthoro Producer: @libbyrobok Gaffer: @salv_fitz Still photography: @clovergreenstudio Stylist: @josephecorchard Make up: @niamhquin Hair: @michaelalexanderharding Nails: @micahendricks
Presenting Gaia, our exclusive fine jewellery collection in collaboration with brand ambassador Lily Cole. A collection to create a moment of conversation and reflection. Speaking to the interconnection, between us and Mother Nature. You can read more about our new exclusive collection through the link in our bio. #SkydiamondXLilyCole #byskydiamond
Third & final @whocares.wins podcast episode w magician musician mycologist Merlin 🍄 🍄🟫 For this last episode in the “inner ~ outer landscapes” triptych for season 3 of Who Cares Wins, I spoke with my friend, biologist (also avid fermenter & accordion player) @merlin.sheldrake about how the leading edge of science invites us to shake up old perspectives on reality and our place and possibilities within it. We also discussed more-than-human legal rights, cooperation, entanglement, and ~ in spite of sciences’ best efforts to understand life ~ how wonderfully mysterious it all remains ✨ Link in my profile & via @whocares.wins to listen ~ Thank you: @merlin.sheldrake @moth_rights Sound design @waterpistoljames Graphics by @beapeach.co Podcast supported by @impossible Music by @merlin.sheldrake & @cosmosheldrake
Third & final @whocares.wins podcast episode w magician musician mycologist Merlin 🍄 🍄🟫 For this last episode in the “inner ~ outer landscapes” triptych for season 3 of Who Cares Wins, I spoke with my friend, biologist (also avid fermenter & accordion player) @merlin.sheldrake about how the leading edge of science invites us to shake up old perspectives on reality and our place and possibilities within it. We also discussed more-than-human legal rights, cooperation, entanglement, and ~ in spite of sciences’ best efforts to understand life ~ how wonderfully mysterious it all remains ✨ Link in my profile & via @whocares.wins to listen ~ Thank you: @merlin.sheldrake @moth_rights Sound design @waterpistoljames Graphics by @beapeach.co Podcast supported by @impossible Music by @merlin.sheldrake & @cosmosheldrake
Third & final @whocares.wins podcast episode w magician musician mycologist Merlin 🍄 🍄🟫 For this last episode in the “inner ~ outer landscapes” triptych for season 3 of Who Cares Wins, I spoke with my friend, biologist (also avid fermenter & accordion player) @merlin.sheldrake about how the leading edge of science invites us to shake up old perspectives on reality and our place and possibilities within it. We also discussed more-than-human legal rights, cooperation, entanglement, and ~ in spite of sciences’ best efforts to understand life ~ how wonderfully mysterious it all remains ✨ Link in my profile & via @whocares.wins to listen ~ Thank you: @merlin.sheldrake @moth_rights Sound design @waterpistoljames Graphics by @beapeach.co Podcast supported by @impossible Music by @merlin.sheldrake & @cosmosheldrake
In this @whocares.wins podcast, Dr Gabor Maté speaks about authenticity, compassionate self-inquiry, and how our internal reality shapes our world. This is episode 2 of the triptych of @whocares.wins podcasts that explore the connections between our inner and outer landscapes. You can find the podcast in my profile link ~ Dr Gabor Maté is a Canadian physician who has written many best-selling books on childhood development, trauma, and addiction. His book on addiction received the Hubert Evans Prize for literary non-fiction. For his groundbreaking medical work and writing he has been awarded the Order of Canada. His most recent book is ‘The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture’ Thank you to…. @gabormatemd Sound design @waterpistoljames Graphics by @beapeach.co Podcast supported by @impossible & @harvestseries
In this @whocares.wins podcast, Dr Gabor Maté speaks about authenticity, compassionate self-inquiry, and how our internal reality shapes our world. This is episode 2 of the triptych of @whocares.wins podcasts that explore the connections between our inner and outer landscapes. You can find the podcast in my profile link ~ Dr Gabor Maté is a Canadian physician who has written many best-selling books on childhood development, trauma, and addiction. His book on addiction received the Hubert Evans Prize for literary non-fiction. For his groundbreaking medical work and writing he has been awarded the Order of Canada. His most recent book is ‘The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture’ Thank you to…. @gabormatemd Sound design @waterpistoljames Graphics by @beapeach.co Podcast supported by @impossible & @harvestseries
New @whocares.wins podcast episode ~ link in my profile. This is the first in a triptych of episodes from Who Cares Wins exploring the connections between our inner landscapes and outer landscapes. For this first episode, I spoke with pioneering economist Kate Raworth (Doughnut Economics) and Sister True Dedication (former journalist and a Zen Buddhist nun ordained by Vietnamese peace activist and monastic Thich Nhat Hanh). I loved speaking to these women, and eavesdropping on their conversation. We discussed the nature of humanity, the nature of reality, and how Zen concepts such as Inter-Being might be applied to the cultural assumptions that lie underneath our economic and political realities. At the end of this ‘Earth’ week (every week obviously being Earth week) I hope you enjoy this offering ✨ 〰️〰️〰️ Thank you @waterpistoljames @claudiapereiradelgado @beapeach.co & @impossible for your work on this! Thank you @cfigueres @outrageoptimism and @plumvillagefrance for bringing us together.
New @whocares.wins podcast episode ~ link in my profile. This is the first in a triptych of episodes from Who Cares Wins exploring the connections between our inner landscapes and outer landscapes. For this first episode, I spoke with pioneering economist Kate Raworth (Doughnut Economics) and Sister True Dedication (former journalist and a Zen Buddhist nun ordained by Vietnamese peace activist and monastic Thich Nhat Hanh). I loved speaking to these women, and eavesdropping on their conversation. We discussed the nature of humanity, the nature of reality, and how Zen concepts such as Inter-Being might be applied to the cultural assumptions that lie underneath our economic and political realities. At the end of this ‘Earth’ week (every week obviously being Earth week) I hope you enjoy this offering ✨ 〰️〰️〰️ Thank you @waterpistoljames @claudiapereiradelgado @beapeach.co & @impossible for your work on this! Thank you @cfigueres @outrageoptimism and @plumvillagefrance for bringing us together.
New @whocares.wins podcast episode ~ link in my profile. This is the first in a triptych of episodes from Who Cares Wins exploring the connections between our inner landscapes and outer landscapes. For this first episode, I spoke with pioneering economist Kate Raworth (Doughnut Economics) and Sister True Dedication (former journalist and a Zen Buddhist nun ordained by Vietnamese peace activist and monastic Thich Nhat Hanh). I loved speaking to these women, and eavesdropping on their conversation. We discussed the nature of humanity, the nature of reality, and how Zen concepts such as Inter-Being might be applied to the cultural assumptions that lie underneath our economic and political realities. At the end of this ‘Earth’ week (every week obviously being Earth week) I hope you enjoy this offering ✨ 〰️〰️〰️ Thank you @waterpistoljames @claudiapereiradelgado @beapeach.co & @impossible for your work on this! Thank you @cfigueres @outrageoptimism and @plumvillagefrance for bringing us together.
New @whocares.wins podcast episode ~ link in my profile. This is the first in a triptych of episodes from Who Cares Wins exploring the connections between our inner landscapes and outer landscapes. For this first episode, I spoke with pioneering economist Kate Raworth (Doughnut Economics) and Sister True Dedication (former journalist and a Zen Buddhist nun ordained by Vietnamese peace activist and monastic Thich Nhat Hanh). I loved speaking to these women, and eavesdropping on their conversation. We discussed the nature of humanity, the nature of reality, and how Zen concepts such as Inter-Being might be applied to the cultural assumptions that lie underneath our economic and political realities. At the end of this ‘Earth’ week (every week obviously being Earth week) I hope you enjoy this offering ✨ 〰️〰️〰️ Thank you @waterpistoljames @claudiapereiradelgado @beapeach.co & @impossible for your work on this! Thank you @cfigueres @outrageoptimism and @plumvillagefrance for bringing us together.
New @whocares.wins podcast episode ~ link in my profile. This is the first in a triptych of episodes from Who Cares Wins exploring the connections between our inner landscapes and outer landscapes. For this first episode, I spoke with pioneering economist Kate Raworth (Doughnut Economics) and Sister True Dedication (former journalist and a Zen Buddhist nun ordained by Vietnamese peace activist and monastic Thich Nhat Hanh). I loved speaking to these women, and eavesdropping on their conversation. We discussed the nature of humanity, the nature of reality, and how Zen concepts such as Inter-Being might be applied to the cultural assumptions that lie underneath our economic and political realities. At the end of this ‘Earth’ week (every week obviously being Earth week) I hope you enjoy this offering ✨ 〰️〰️〰️ Thank you @waterpistoljames @claudiapereiradelgado @beapeach.co & @impossible for your work on this! Thank you @cfigueres @outrageoptimism and @plumvillagefrance for bringing us together.
Dirty Talk. A square meter of soil contains hundreds of thousands of species. And soils contain three times more carbon than all the carbon in living plants and animals. Let that sink in. Yet we are squandering the life of the soil through harmful agricultural systems that take nearly half of habitable earth. Flip the paradigm to support better forms of agriculture (such as regenerative, organic, agro-ecological) and we could see that half of the earth thrive. For many decades we have normalised chemical warfare on our soils through industrial agriculture ~ which deploys the same chemical technology that spawned the advent of explosives and poison gasses in World War 1. It has been estimated that less than 0.1% of the pesticides applied to crops reach the targeted ‘pest’; the rest enter the environment, contaminating water, soil and air, and driving biodiversity loss across insects, birds, bats, fish, amphibians, and other populations. Meanwhile, the UN reports that 90 per cent of the Earth’s topsoil is likely to be at risk by 2050. ‘Can mankind regulate its affairs so that its chief possession – the fertility of the soil – is preserved? On the answer to this question the future of civilisation depends,’ wrote botanist Albert Howard in 1940. When it comes to soil, ‘it is difficult to overstate the urgency of the crisis,’ writes Merlin Sheldrake. What to do? Of course when we think about soil health we can consider composting, growing, gardening, getting our fingernails dirty… but we are also impacting soil every day through the purchasing choices we make and the methods of agriculture those choices support. The farms behind food, fashion, beauty, skin care. This is why I am supporting #SaveEarthsSkin campaign from biodynamic skincare @weledauk – who are working with @marieclaireuk @dirt.charity 🍂 ‘The way we feed ourselves is the most direct and intimate aspect of our relationship to nature,’ writes Aurora Solá in Manifesto on the Future of Food. ‘Today that relationship is dangerously extractive. But if we flip that relationship, turning agriculture into a life-generating enterprise, then the entire train of human destiny will be turned around.’ 🌀
Dirty Talk. A square meter of soil contains hundreds of thousands of species. And soils contain three times more carbon than all the carbon in living plants and animals. Let that sink in. Yet we are squandering the life of the soil through harmful agricultural systems that take nearly half of habitable earth. Flip the paradigm to support better forms of agriculture (such as regenerative, organic, agro-ecological) and we could see that half of the earth thrive. For many decades we have normalised chemical warfare on our soils through industrial agriculture ~ which deploys the same chemical technology that spawned the advent of explosives and poison gasses in World War 1. It has been estimated that less than 0.1% of the pesticides applied to crops reach the targeted ‘pest’; the rest enter the environment, contaminating water, soil and air, and driving biodiversity loss across insects, birds, bats, fish, amphibians, and other populations. Meanwhile, the UN reports that 90 per cent of the Earth’s topsoil is likely to be at risk by 2050. ‘Can mankind regulate its affairs so that its chief possession – the fertility of the soil – is preserved? On the answer to this question the future of civilisation depends,’ wrote botanist Albert Howard in 1940. When it comes to soil, ‘it is difficult to overstate the urgency of the crisis,’ writes Merlin Sheldrake. What to do? Of course when we think about soil health we can consider composting, growing, gardening, getting our fingernails dirty… but we are also impacting soil every day through the purchasing choices we make and the methods of agriculture those choices support. The farms behind food, fashion, beauty, skin care. This is why I am supporting #SaveEarthsSkin campaign from biodynamic skincare @weledauk – who are working with @marieclaireuk @dirt.charity 🍂 ‘The way we feed ourselves is the most direct and intimate aspect of our relationship to nature,’ writes Aurora Solá in Manifesto on the Future of Food. ‘Today that relationship is dangerously extractive. But if we flip that relationship, turning agriculture into a life-generating enterprise, then the entire train of human destiny will be turned around.’ 🌀
Yesterday a woman came up to me to tell me how much she loved the original idea behind @impossible ~ the giving/receiving culture ~ kindness as currency ~ money free space I devoted much of my twenties to trying to build, with a motley crew of wonderful others. It got me thinking about that dream and the earlier one that birthed it… Impossible Utopias ~ my first little book ~ meanders through a different yet connected assortment of ideas ~ reclaiming utopia as (non)space within which limitless possibilities may arise ~ in the intensity and freedom of the unfettered present moment and the essence of the everyday. Extrapolating from the etymology of utopia ~ no place & the good place ~ I (think I) argue that the utopic offers an essential driving aspect of our unfolding cosmic reality, but can never be realised, made captive, in a physical form. It is a current, a state of being, not a destination. Funny then, that I later tried to sort of build one! The universe laughs. ‘A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing. And when Humanity lands there, it looks out, and, seeing a better country, sets sail. Progress is the realisation of Utopias.’ Oscar Wylde 😉 Deep thanks to Carol, Lucy and Gabriel for helping carve those early words and images into this little book. Photos are of early book manuscripts drafted and recently shared by @carolmontpartstudio including artwork by Gabriel Orozco ⚫️⚪️⚫️
