Nature, wellbeing and finding our own 'sacred groves'
It was a privilege to be invited to speak at this month's Urban Water, Urban Culture Symposium, hosted by Sophia University, Tokyo,...
Seasonal change: an opportunity to contemplate the little joys
I have mused before on seasonal change, especially as an opportunity to contemplate nature, beauty and life (see for example, The...
Geomentality: seeing the world in different ways
Recently I attended a hui to discuss landscape assessment in New Zealand. The discussion turned to the view of "landscape" from a te ao...
How we divide our landscape
Perhaps nowhere tells more starkly of the duality in our relationship towards the natural environment than Taranaki: the dichotomy of the...
Language as a window to different worlds
Recently my son and I went to a talk by Tina Makereti, a local author who has earned international acclaim for her writing. I have to...
