Recipes for Happiness
Loaves of Love was inspired by the idea that happiness can be found in the simplest of actions and that this happiness is magnified when we share it with others. At a time in human history when we could easily lose ourselves in over-stimulation and over-consumption it feels important to take the time to appreciate the things that really matter: the food we eat, the people around us, the planet upon which we depend and simple acts of beauty and kindness.
What follows are links to some of the people and organisations around the world inspiring us to get re-connected – to other people, our food, the planet. I am sure there are plenty of others, so if you have any links you would like to share please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Building Community
If you are searching for ways to live authentically and harmoniously with the earth and all its beings this is a very good place to start. Puts a twinkle in the eye of all who have visited. Transformational.
A free email newsletter about finding our power to respond to global crisis. Bringing together ecology, psychology, spirituality and global issues, it lists events, news and resources to support the shift towards a life sustaining society.
WIKI site for the Transition Movement. Brave, bold and creative community responses to peak oil and climate change. Founded by Rob Hopkins whose blog you will find here:
Connecting to the Planet
The website of Joanna Macy, whose extraordinary work brings together Buddhist teachings, systems theory and deep ecology with the aim of developing a new relationship with our living planet.
Since 1966 Resurgence magazine has been one of the pillars of environmental thinking, generating an ecological awareness essential for human and planetary well-being and survival. Its is edited by Satish Kumar who loves baking bread…
www. cloudappreciationsociety.org
What can I say? These people are wonderfully off the wall and also make some good points. Check out the pictures, but don’t forget to just get outside and look up. Free aesthetic pleasure for all.
An online resource to promote the removal of concrete and asphalt to allow more room for trees, gardens, vegetation.
A blog devoted to creative urban and suburban adapatations to peak oil and climate change, looking towards the positives and opportunities we have available.
Enjoying Real Food
The Real Bread Campaign is devoted to spreading the word about real bread made with simple ingredients, as opposed to the stuff produced by a handful of industrial bakeries which contains all sorts of unnecessary ingredients. Real bread is good for you, your community and the planet.
Slow Food was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world.
To do that, Slow Food brings together pleasure and responsibility, and makes them inseparable.
