Far away in an intentional community in Oakland, California...

I am sleeping in a simple small hut stacked with books, herbs and potions, in the middle of a permaculture garden in Oakland. Life is blissful and adventurous. I am in an intentional community of about 30 that serves as a hub for the work that reconnects, social and environmental justice, and youth initiation. This place is like a hidden oasis in the middle of the city, in total service of The Great Turning. My trip continues in meeting and talking to people across all kinds of movements building the more beautiful world. Whether in Silicon Valley or this tiny acupuncture point in Oakland, lots of us are deep in the work of developing and uncovering Technologies For Humanity... all with different ideas as to what that is. It makes me hopeful. But not lazy - there's so much work to be done.