When the World Hurts, We Gather
The news keeps coming. Floods, hurricanes, war, and hundreds of trees cut down in a single day. Many of us are experiencing fear, despair, anxiety, and anger, sometimes all in the same week.
On Tuesday, we planned to discuss The Meadow That Healed Kiself in our Plant-Inspired Masterclass. The Sprouts who came live asked for something else: a safe space to work through what they are feeling. So that is what we created together. We did not record it. What was shared stays with the people who were there.
This is ecosystem support, and it is at the heart of the Naturally Conscious Community®. As beings of Nature, we sometimes need nurturing before we can act for the living world. Here, you can find it.
The meadow will wait. We return to ki on Tuesday, 10 November. The Masterclass is part of the Blooming Bonus in Seedling Sprouts, for a limited time. See Your Blooming Bonus →
Last Week, Together
Paint Your Red Thread | Budding Artistry, 14 October
Every life has one pattern running through everything you love and do, even when your pursuits look scattered. On Wednesday, we painted ours, with our plant partners beside us. We did not try to name the thread. We let the brush feel it. All you need is any paint, a brush, paper, and about an hour. The steps and prompts are ready for you to try at home. Join and Get the Steps →
Help Choose Book 33
The best time to join a book club is when the next book is being chosen
Right now, the Plant Wisdom Book Club is voting for its next selection. Nominate up to five books from the candidate list or suggest your own. Preliminary voting closes on Sunday, 25 October. The book we choose together shapes the conversations we will have for the next two months.
Plant Wisdom Book Club is part of Seedling Sprouts: $3 USD per month, and your first month is free. Join and Cast Your Vote →
Noteworthy Conversations
529 trees in one day
On 10 October, 529 trees were cut down at East Potomac Park in Washington, DC, with about 12 hours’ notice. Who speaks for the trees in our parks? Sprouts are asking that question together, and looking for ways to answer it.
Who taught you that plants rank below us?
Lacy M. Johnson begins “A Taste for Meat” with carnivorous plants: “The flytrap knows it has caught something nutritious because the plant can taste.” Then she traces how she learned that plants rank below us, and why she now sees that ranking as a belief we are taught. Where did you first learn it, and when did you start to question it?
This Week
Tuesday, 20 October: iSprouts Community Gathering
Sprout Discussions | Sprout Central Our monthly gathering is open to every Sprout. It is the easiest way to meet your fellow Sprouts and the plant partners they live with.
Wednesday, 21 October: Wild Mind Writing
Sprouts Writing & Creativity Group | Seedling Sprouts Each week, we write from new prompts with our plant partners beside us. A way to awaken other ways of communicating with kin.
Later in October
28 October: Wild Mind Writing | Sprouts Writing & Creativity Group | Seedling Sprouts
30 October: Final Book Club Discussion, Green Mass | Plant Wisdom Book Club | Seedling Sprouts
