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The Meaning of Death – Stephen Jenkinson
IN JANUARY this year, I flew out to attend my first full session of the Orphan Wisdom school, founded by Stephen Jenkinson and his wife Nathalie. The term “orphan” is …
New Interview: The future of change is synchonistic
IGNITE MAGAZINE reached out and was kind enough to interview me on my latest projects and thoughts on creating paradigm shifts. Here’s a piece of their introduction: The Vancouver, B.C. …
Andrew Cohen – What is the Evolutionary Impulse?
IN NOV 2012, I was invited by a friend who works with spiritual teacher Andrew Cohen to interview him during a visit to Vancouver. Intrigued, I accepted the invite. Aside …
The Ultimate Guide to Crowdfunding Your Burning Man Art Project
THIS YEAR will mark my 5th visit to Black Rock City aka home to the audacious and irreverent Burning Man festival, held every year in Nevada. Every since I arrived …
Thomas Hübl – How to come from the future
IN APRIL 2012, I had the pleasure of sitting down with spiritual teacher Thomas Hübl. The interview was prompted by the post I wrote (We Come From the Future) which …
5 Ways To Build An Audience Before Launching Your Crowdfunding Campaign
ONE OF THE most common questions I get asked at my crowdfunding workshops is “can I do a crowdfunding campaign if I’m not famous and/or already have a huge audience?” …
Homecoming
WHAT IF you watched the last colours of dusk seep out of the atmosphere, leaving you silently in your own stillness? What if, beneath your modern certainty that life will …
Bone and Marrow
“Here it is. Here’s what Danny wanted so badly to return.” I’m shooting an interview at the home of Myke Chutter, a biologist who could pass for Robert Redford’s younger …
2012 – My Year in Visuals
WE MADE IT through the ordained Apocalypse. And to paraphrase Hafiz “All of life is clapping.” We decided to stay. We persuaded the world to show up for another day. …
Should I start a crowdfunding campaign?
“[Crowfunding] is not great at building the tribe, but leveraging the tribe.” – Seth Godin CLEARLY, 2012 is the year of the Apocalypse. Running a close second, you might consider …
Michael Stone: If you want to be radical, show yourself
AFTER A WEEKEND in Vancouver, Michael Stone must be tired. But you wouldn’t know it judging the amount of insight he offers consistently via yoga workshops, dharma talks, and film …
7 Ways to Craft a Kickass Crowdfunding Video
I CANNOT understate the importance of your crowdfunding pitch video. In a media saturated world, where everyone from marketers, to politicians, and now your friends clamour for your attention, our …
Chase the Nothing
I OFTEN THINK of the question “why is there something and not nothing?” It feels like the primordial question that arises from consciousness itself. To be aware that you are …
Maui – Dubstep Paradise
FINALLY had the time to sit and complete my footage from Maui last year. The visit was part escape from the Vancouver rain, and part shoot (which is how all …
Occupy Vancouver: To Make A Village
TODAY is the premiere of “The Occupation,” a feature documentary by BCIT grads Rafferty Baker and Matthew J. Van Deventer which chronicles the rise and dispersion of Occupy Vancouver. The …
Interview: Behind the journey of Occupy Love
On the eve of Occupy Love’s world premiere, The Extraenvironmentalist interviews producer Ian MacKenzie on the journey of the film, his take on the Occupy movement, and why it’s the …
What is the future of yoga?
What is the future of yoga in the West? That’s the sincere question I posted in various forms to some of the prominent yogis of the West, at the Wanderlust …
Electronic Awakening: emergence of the neo-tribal community
In Electronic Awakening, director Andrew Johner lifts the veil on an underground spiritual movement that has developed within electronic music cultures worldwide. Read my interview with him below. I’LL ADMIT: …
How To Fix The Future
This is how we fix the future: we take our gifts. If they are currently being employed, all the better. If not, continue to uncover them. Once found, we retract …
Permie Journal #1: The expression of life
From summer 2012-2013, I’m taking my first permaculture program with Delvin Solkinson. Each month, I’m posting a journal entry on my experience. I FINALLY DID IT. I took the leap …