by Russell Maier | Mar 27, 2020 | - Reflections, - Regenerative
For me its been a moment of some despair: I can palpably sense the shift in attention of the world from climate and environmental concern. Of course, it is understandable. But there’s deeper dynamics going on I feel; the ground is shifting under our feet.
by Russell Maier | Mar 2, 2020 | - Reflections
I am really excited… I think we’ve found an important new word for a concept that has pressing modern significance. A few weeks ago, Ani and I were immersed in the Bandung Spirit conference in Paris and Le Havre. On the first day, Dr. Seema Parhihar from Kirori Mal...
by Russell Maier | Feb 7, 2020 | - Reflections, - Regenerative
Today I had a fascinating conversation with Frère Damien. When I first arrived at the monastery 10 years ago, Frère Damien was a novice– early 30s, and just having entered into the order. Today he is the Abott– having been elected a few years ago as the...
by Russell Maier | Feb 6, 2020 | - Reflections, travel
This week I have journeyed to Chimay, Belgium to take a little retreat at the Abbey de Scourmont. I am so grateful. Really, this is more of an excuse to see my old friend Père Jaques. Père Jaques (90) and I go back ten years ago when I was passing by on my bike and...
by Russell Maier | Feb 1, 2020 | - Reflections, - Regenerative, -Ecobricks
I love this cartoon!! It totally nails it. Avoiding the scenario in this cartoon means we need to start doing business on planet Earth a whole new way. We need a whole different valuation and prioritization of our processes. But what other way is there? How doe we...
by Russell Maier | Dec 4, 2019 | - Reflections, -Ecobricks
It’s pretty cool to see the impact of our work unfold and the impact of the help we get along the way. I discovered this Guardian article on my Facebook feed that references a meeting and a subsequent training that Ani and I made in 2016 with a Muslim group in Jakarta. The Guardian picked it up, because it alludes to an exciting evolution in spiritual perspective here in predominantly Muslim, Indonesia.