transition

Sacred Economics

Sacred Economics with Charles Eisenstein – A Short Film from Ian MacKenzie on Vimeo.

Directed by Ian MacKenzie
Produced by Velcrow Ripper, Gregg Hill, Ian MacKenzie

Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth.

Today, these trends have reached their extreme – but in the wake of their collapse, we may find great opportunity to transition to a more connected, ecological, and sustainable way of being.

Read the book

This short contains some visuals from the upcoming feature doc Occupy Love

In Transition 2.0 – The Movie

In Transition 2.0 – The Movie

Hopefully we'll get some screenings here in Canada too! "In Transition 2.0 is an inspirational immersion in the Transition movement, gathering stories from around the world of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. You'll hear about communities printing their own money, growing food eve ...

Local/Global – Start With Your Cells

Local/Global – Start With Your Cells

Spring is a period of transition and this spring has been especially full of changes in my neck of the woods. I attribute it mainly to craniosacral therapy and the GAPS diet which we have been on for over a year now. The past couple weeks we ran out of probiotics (we take biokult twice a day) and ha ...

May Update – Health and Markets

May Update – Health and Markets

It's spring so there are a lot of transitions going on, this means a few things for Hella Delicious. I have mentioned this a couple times before, but my health is finally good enough that I can do things without collapsing from toxic overload--thank you GAPS diet! This was proven by our trip to Port ...

Economics as if People Mattered

Economics as if People Mattered

I spent a bit of time in Burma (Myanmar). In 2006 I was the Executive Chef of the historical Strand Hotel, where many deep thinkers (George Orwell, Rudyard Kipling, W. Somerset Maugham, Graham Greene, E. F. Schumacher...) wrote some of their incredible books. Maybe that is why I resonate with the id ...

A Question for Vegetarians

A Question for Vegetarians

I have a question I have always wanted to ask a few vegetarians, and perhaps this is a good place to finally do so... Is there that much difference between an animal and a plant? In recent years, and especially after reading Stephen Harrod Bruhner's book The Secret Teaching of Plants, D ...

A Language Older Than Words

A Language Older Than Words

A Language Older Than Words by Derrick Jensen (2000) Chelsea Green Publishing This was a GREAT book (size-wise and content-wise), but every word was worth it. It is written from the heart and shows a different way to look at our world. A book from someone who has looked deep into his own soul an ...