It's so amazing how our Quarantine Vision Quest led to this powerful, potent, scale-tipping Civil Rights Movement Moment.
I have also been witnessing people planting gardens + returning to nature during the Quarantine.
This energy, I like to call the #EcovillageWorld. But the Ecovillage World is nothing without #BlackLivesMatter. The New Earth must include + center racial justice, equality, cultural diversity, and the Beloved Community, with traditionally marginalized voices in leadership, at the center.
For this reason, I am weaving together #BlackLivesMatter with this message all about Ecovillages + Communes!
I graduated college with a Sociology degree, and went on to spend my early 20's living on Ecovillages and Communes (Intentional Communities).
Even throughout my adult life, I've lived in Co-housing, Community Houses, been an Airbnb host out of my home, and worked at many Retreat Centers in Hawaii, the East Coast, and West Coast.
It's so interesting and fascinating and AMAZINGG that so many people are thinking about alternative ways of living right now, and returning back to the earth.
In 1999, I did a study abroad program in India with School for International Training.
While in India, I chose to spend a month living in an intentional community called Auroville.
Auroville and Earthships are getting a ton of social media shares right now through articles like this on Auroville, and this.
Auroville was fascinating because people from all different countries from around the world live there in harmony together.
Some of the other communities I lived at and visited include Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, Twin Oaks Community, Earthaven Ecovillage, East Lake Commons Cohousing, Kalani Oceanside Retreat, Harbin Hot Springs, and more.
How can we makes sure the collective vision of the New Earth includes Black voices, not just the "white conscious" New Age voices I see in so many of my circles?
In Atlanta, there are so many Black-owned farms, Black-owned vegan restaurants, and Earth-based gatherings like Rose Retreat.
I started a YouTube series called Luminescence, featuring interviews with Black lightworkers and healers.
My newest episode is up! And if you go check it out, you can watch the other episodes too!
Luminescence:: Episode 14: Kareem Manuel of We.Society
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Sending you so much LOVE!
x
Debra.
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