Trathen’s Blog

Happy August Daily Actors! In July we kicked off our four-part, four-month theme by Rekindling Our Sense of Reverence. This month, it’s all about reclaiming the power of our ripples, or the effect that our actions and attitudes have on our communities, our world and us. And who couldn’t use a bit more inspiration, empowerment [...]

Happy July Daily Actors! Are you feeling the summertime vibes or what? Halfway through the year, now is a perfect time to pause, soak in life and reflect. To provide some fodder for your reflections, we’re kicking off a four-part theme for the next four months leading into Ripple the World on Oct 27th – [...]

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Happy May inspired daily actors, Great gads of garden pesto! Can you believe we are already four months into the year? That means it’s time for our big month of action for the Community Resilience Challenge? So register today and share the call to action! Last Wednesday, I sat in the garden for my morning practice [...]

Good day amazing daily actors! With nature’s verdant emergence spring blossoms are popping and there’s a spirit of newness in the air. Our schedule is also popping with a wide and tasty array of events and activities, so join us to get inspired, get skilled and get connected! Lessons from the garden on transforming annoyance [...]

I absolutely love this time of year. Reflecting and giving gratitude for the highlights and fueled by a new year and season’s emergence, recommitting to be the change, living each moment more richly while making my best contribution to the healthy, just, resilient world being born. From the Daily Acts lens this involves setting goals [...]

Happy December Daily Actors! We are filled with gratitude for you and hope that you are feeling grateful, rested and ready for action. To close our most impactful year yet of inspiring positive action, we hope you will do TWO things. Join us for our Rainwater Harvesting Talk, upcoming workshops and our Holiday Happy Hour [...]

A report from the International Permaculture and Transition Towns Conferences The last few days and weeks have truly astonished me, which is why you are getting this extra email and a longer than normal blog from me. And it’s hard to believe that there is sooo much more to come in the next three weeks [...]

Happy September daily actors! Great gads of inspired and collaborative action! Together with you and incredible partner organizations at our side, us daily actors rock a lot of water-saving, food-growing and community-building action. Though recently we have taken this to an exciting new level. In addition to our quiver of greywater installations, presentations and home, [...]