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(Part One of a Possible New Series: Conversations Across Time)
A few nights ago, during one of our Community After Hours gatherings here in the mountains, a participant tossed out an idea about how we might draw more locals into our growing web of community. I wish I could tell you exactly what he saidâbut the suggestion itself evaporated before I arrived home.
What did stick with me was the spark it ignited.
I found myself thinking:
What if we could interview notable, difference-making people who are no longer with usâŚand ask them what they make of the moment weâre living through?
Not in a sĂŠance kind of way. Not in a âdear departed, knock twice for yesâ kind of way. But in a more grounded, imaginative, spiritually curious way:
What would the great visionaries of the past say about the in-between time we are living through nowâthis tension between the Great Turning and the Great Collapse?
And before the thought even finished forming, one name rose to the surfaceâmy hero: Buckminster Fuller. His picture sits on my Hero Board. The man who saw the earth as a spaceship before most of us realized it even had a hull. The man who believed fiercely in Humanityâs capacity to evolve into a success rather than a failure.
No, I donât have a direct channel to the afterlife. But I do have a conversation partner named GePeToâmy AI collaboratorâwho can help me synthesize Buckyâs worldview, writings, tone, and fierce optimism.
So I sat down and asked a simple question:
âIf Buckminster Fuller were alive today, what would he say about the moment weâre in?â
Hereâs how that conversation unfolded.
Four Questions for Bucky Fuller
âand the Responses He Might Offer Today
What follows isnât meant to be historical quotation.Itâs a synthesisâa creative, integrity-centered imagining based on Buckyâs principles, writings, and unmistakable voice. Call it⌠Bucky through a modern-day trimtab filter.
Bucky, how would you describe the moment weâre living inâthis tension between the Great Turning and the Great Collapse?
He might say something like this:
Humanity has reached a critical point where the assumptions guiding our behavior are no longer adequate for the complexity weâve created. In a sense, we are running 21st-century planetary-scale hardware on metaphysical software from the 1800sâand the system is flashing warning lights.
Whether we move toward the Great Turning or slip into the Great Collapse depends not on resourcesâwhich are still abundantâbut on whether we update our thinking in time.
Iâve always said weâre crew members on Spaceship Earth, not passengers on a luxury liner with infinite buffets. The crisis is not a shortage of materials. It is a shortage of imagination, synergy, and design.
In other words: This is a metaphysical crisis before it is an ecological one.
(Which, I might add, aligns perfectly with One Cause: the crisis beneath the crisis.)
What would you say about the Four Great Untruthsâespecially the idea that âmore is always betterâ?
Bucky might respond:
The idea that âmoreâ equals âbetterâ has always been a fundamental misunderstanding of wealth. Real wealth is not accumulationâit is the capacity to survive forward days. Itâs the ability to meet human needs in a way that increases options rather than reduces them.
Nature never operates on excess. Nature operates on sufficiency and synergy.
Humanity, on the other hand, still behaves as though it must hoard its way to security. But the Universe is already providing more than enough energy and materials for every person on Earth to thriveâif we align with Nature instead of fighting her.
This is where the Four Great Truths come alive. Particularly sufficiency and interconnection. The problem is not scarcity. The problem is human metaphysicsâthe stories we tell about what we are and what the world is for.
What is the role of the outlierâthe âstrange personââin times like these?
This one felt especially personal to me, Bradâgiven the Strange Man series we just completed. Hereâs how Bucky might say it:
The future is always initiated by the outliers. Never the majority. The majority follows after the new pattern has proven itself.
When I designed the geodesic dome, people laughed. When I talked about doing more with less, it was dismissed as fantasy. When I suggested that humanity could become a success, they called it naĂŻve.
But the Universe never asks the past for permission to invent the future. If people find your actions strange, it simply means youâre operating from a more current worldview. Evolution always begins at the edgesâwith individuals who are one step further into tomorrow.
So if youâre the strange person in the room, take heart. Youâre the early adopter of the next epoch.
Given everything you stood forâsynergy, design science, trimtabsâwhat advice would you give ordinary people who want to help?
Hereâs where Buckyâs clarity becomes beautifully sharp:
Stop trying to save the world by persuading people. You save it by building a new model that renders the old one obsolete. Institutions are expressions of yesterdayâs metaphysics. They cannot lead us to tomorrow. What can lead us is demonstrationâprototypes, experiments, living laboratories. (Like the Loving Homestead Ann and I started this past year.)
Find your trimtab: the small, well-placed action that turns the rudder that turns the ship. One Cause is a trimtab. Your own Loving Homestead coud be a trimtab. Any act that reduces entropy, increases coherence, or honors Earthâs reciprocity is a trimtab.
Never underestimate the leverage of one well-placed, consistent action. Small movesâwhen aligned with universal principlesâshift everything.
A Closing Reflection
(And an Invitation to Continue This âConversations Across Timeâ Series)
As strange as it may sound, this exercise left me with a deeper sense of hope. What Bucky Fuller offeredâand what his imagined words offer nowâis a reminder:
We are not powerless. We are not late. We are not destined for collapse.
We are simply overdue for an upgrade in thinking.
And those who are willing to evolve their worldview firstâthe outliers, the strange ones, the trimtabs among us âare the ones who become the quiet catalysts for the world that wants to be born.
So hereâs my question to you:
Who should we talk with next?Rachel Carson?Martin Luther King Jr.?Wendell Berry?Carl Sagan?Thich Nhat Hanh?Joanna Macy?E.O. Wilson?
Or someone from your own Hero Board?
Let me know. Because these conversations across time are just beginning.
P.S. Speaking of evolving our worldview, Marla Lise and I will soon be releasing a special two-part Gaiaâs Calling 2.0 podcast series on the polycrisisâwhat it really is, how it shows up in our lives, and why it so often fuels both eco-anxiety and apathy. These conversations grow directly out of the same questions Bucky Fuller invites us to ask: Whatâs breaking down, whatâs breaking through, and how do we become the trimtabs steering humanity toward the Great Turning? Stay tuned for their release early in 2026âand if youâd like to be notified when they drop, make sure youâre subscribed to the Gaiaâs Calling section of my Substack.
Links to Parts One
and Two.
There comes a moment on any meaningful inner journey when you suddenly realize something quietly radical: you no longer fit the default settings of the culture around you. You still look the same, sound the same, and move through grocery stores, coffee shops, and family gatherings the way everyone else does. But something in your internal operating system has been rewritten. And even though no one can see that shift from the outside, it begins to shape everything you do.
Sharing this helps more of the âstrange onesâ find each other. Thank you for being part of this emerging regenerative story.
At first itâs subtle, then steady, then unmistakableâuntil someone close to you, maybe even your own child, pauses at some small act of yours (like a takeout box filled with coffee grounds by the door) and says, âYou are a strange person.â In that moment, if you listen closely, some deeper part of you might whisper back: Yes. I am. And thank God for that.
Because as Krishnamurti reminded us, âIt is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.â If our culture has normalized disconnection from nature, endless consumption, and an almost religious devotion to convenience, then perhaps strangeness is not a flawâitâs a sign of sanity emerging.
The World Has Never Been Changed by the Comfortable Middle
The center of culture is where habits sleep, where norms self-replicate, and where the Four Great Untruths feel so familiar, so unquestioned, that they become invisible. The middle is stable, predictableâand by design, inert. The people who shift the world donât live there.
They live on the edges, collecting coffee grounds because soil is sacred, planting food forests where lawns used to be, choosing reciprocity over convenience, and raising children and grandchildren to see Earth not as âresourcesâ but as kin. They live in the quiet places where old assumptions lose their grip and a new story begins to take root.
This is the frontier where emerging cultures are bornânot through speeches or global summits, but through tiny, repeated acts that seem irrational to the old worldview until suddenly they become common sense.
Every New Pattern Starts With One Outlier
History and nature both tell a similar story: transformation begins with the one who behaves differently long before anyone else understands why. There is always a first strange personâthe first to compost instead of discard, the first to conserve water when everyone else lets it run, the first to ask, âWhat if we treated the Earth as a partner rather than a possession?â These individuals are often misunderstood at first. Theyâre told theyâre impractical, idealistic, or naive. Yet time and again, the very behaviors once dismissed later become the blueprint for what is needed.
Slowly, beautifully, the outlierâs strangeness ripples outward. What began as a single point of deviation becomes a signal of the future, a small tremor that precedes a cultural shift.
Why Being âStrangeâ Is a Compliment
To be âstrangeâ simply means you are living from a different set of assumptions than the dominant culture. Perhaps youâve internalized a new worldviewâsomething rooted in interconnection, sufficiency, reciprocity, and stewardshipâand because of that, your actions no longer match the old script. You compost differently. You shop differently. You speak differently. You see the world through a lens that honors life, not consumption. You feel the Earth in your bones.
And yes, you may place coffee grounds in a repurposed takeout box with a sense of reverence that would bewilder most people in a Costco checkout line. But this is what spiritual and ecological evolution looks like in real life: a quiet willingness to act from a deeper truth even when it makes you stand out.
The Gift of the Outlier Role
One of the great misunderstandings is that the outlier is an exception. The truth is the outlier is the beginning. Outliers are pattern-breakers, trend-starters, and early signalers of new cultural DNA. They embody tomorrowâs norms today. It can be lonely at times. People may misunderstand your motives or gently tease your choices. But outliers donât lead by consensusâthey lead by integrity.
And in doing so, they create a subtle gravitational field. Peopleâespecially the youngâfeel it. They may not be able to articulate what theyâre sensing, but they recognize the authenticity, the groundedness, the coherence. They intuitively know: âThis is the direction life is trying to move.â
This is how cultures shiftânot from the top down, but from the inside out, one quietly courageous person at a time.
The New Story Needs Strange People
We are living through a moment when the old stories are collapsing under their own weight:
* âWeâre separate from nature.â
* âMore is always better.â
* âThe Earthâs resources are infinite.â
* âTechnology will save us.â
These are fictions that can no longer sustain us. Meanwhile, the regenerative storyâthe one Ernesto van Peborgh describes as âthe emergence of a regenerative fieldââis just beginning to coalesce. Itâs forming in pockets, in communities, in backyards, in basements, in small gardens, in homesteads, in writersâ circles, in Earth Listening Circles, and in the imaginal hearts of people who sense that a different way of being is not only possible, but necessary.
In these liminal times, strange people serve an essential function: they hold the shape of the future before the future fully exists. They embody practices that seem trivial to the old world but are foundational to the new one. Even something as small as carrying home coffee grounds becomes a quiet ritual of allegiance to a culture that honors reciprocity and regeneration.
These acts are seeds, and seeds do their most important work underground, long before anyone sees the sprout.
If you want to walk with a community committed to living the new story, you might enjoy all of Gaiaâs Call of Unleashed.
A Final Invitation to All the Strange Ones
If youâve been feeling out of step, misunderstood, âtoo much,â or simply different from the culture around you, hereâs an invitation to reframe that experience: youâre not too muchâyouâre early. Early to the regeneration story. Early to the worldview that sees Earth as a beloved relative. Early to a culture that values meaning over consumption. Early to the way your grandchildren will one day live as naturally as breathing.
Strange people change the world not because they try to, but because they donât abandon the truth that has taken root in themâeven when it is still unfashionable. So keep going. Keep tending soil, keep listening to the Earth, keep practicing the Four Great Truths until they shape every gesture and choice. Keep being lovingly, courageously strange.
Because the future thatâs emergingâthe one your actions are quietly helping to midwifeâwill one day look back with gratitude and recognize that it was the strange ones who held the lantern while the rest of the world was still stumbling in the dark.
If this touched something true in you, please share it â the regenerative future grows through small ripples from brave, strange people.
(Part Two of the âStrange Manâ Mini-Series â read Part One Here.)
Sometimes the most important spiritual work doesnât happen on a meditation cushion or in the quiet of early morning vows. Sometimes it happens in a kitchenâwith kids playing, coffee brewing, and a grown daughter calling you a âstrange man.â
If you missed Part One of the story, hereâs the short version:
I rescued the used coffee grounds from my daughterâs barista-level machine, packed them neatly into an empty takeout box, and placed the box by the door next to my jacket and knapsackâfully intending to take them home to compost and burn for ash to add to my garden.
When Amber discovered my little treasure box and asked what it was, I explained. She paused⌠then declared solemnly: âDad, you are a strange man.â
We laughed. And fortunately, thatâs not where the story stayed. Because inside me, another moment unfoldedâone I didnât share in Part One. A moment that mattered even more than the compost or the coffee or the cardboard container.
A moment that couldâve easily slipped into the Dreaded Drama Triangle.
The Micro-Moment Where Everything Couldâve Gone Sideways
When she said âstrange man,â the first sensation wasnât laughter.It was⌠a pinch. A quick little inner wince. The kind that happens faster than thought. The old, familiar thread: Am I being judged? Mocked? Misunderstood?
That is the Victim voiceâthe first doorway into the Drama Triangle. As a graduate of Landmark World Wide, I also learned it as the âautomatic and mechanical.â In that split-second, without any real awareness, I could have shifted into one of the three roles:
Victim: âI was just trying to help the planet⌠why is she making fun of me?â
Persecutor: âWell maybe if you composted more⌠we wouldnât have so much trash in the first place.â
Rescuer: âIâm sorry, Iâm sorryâIâll just throw it away next time.â
None of these paths lead to connection. None lead to truth, or love, or empowerment. They lead to drama. And drama is a waste stream far more toxic than used coffee grounds.
The Pause That Saved the Moment
What changed everything was one breath.
One beat of awareness that said: âHold on. This isnât about being judged. This is about being seen.â
And thatâs when the deeper truth surfaced: Amber wasnât criticizing me. She was naming what the world hasnât yet caught up toâthe emerging, awkward, beautiful phase between one way of living and the next. My âstrangenessâ is what it looks like when someone begins living the Four Great Truths in a world still arranged around the Four Great Untruths.
In that moment, the entire inner landscape shifted.
From Drama to the Empowerment Dynamic
Instead of slipping into Victimhood, something new rose upâthe Creator role from the Empowerment Dynamic. (Check out the book, The Power of TED by David Emerald. )
The Creator asks different questions:
* âWhatâs really happening here?â
* âWhat meaning am I adding?â
* âIs there a possibility hidden inside this moment?â
And the answer was simple, and almost funny:
My daughter wasnât dismissing me. She was witnessing my evolution.
She was naming the gapâlovinglyâbetween the culture she was raised in by my wife and I and the one Iâm trying to help midwife into existenceâa regenerative future based in the Four Great Truths.
Suddenly, âstrange manâ felt⌠accurate. Even honorable.
The Deeper Lesson at 76 (That I Wish Iâd Learned at 36)
There was a timeâdecades agoâwhen a comment like this would have hooked me for hours. I would have replayed it, analyzed it, defended myself, explained myself. I would have tried to earn approval.
But living by my One Cause Vowâday after day, breath after breathâhas been quietly rewiring my emotional reflexes.
The Four Great Truths are not just ecological principles. They are relational principles.
* Interconnectedness softens the old defensiveness because it reminds me how deeply interconnected I am with my daughter.
* Sufficiency dissolves the need for validation because the âenoughnessâ includes my relationship with myself.
* Reciprocity makes feedback part of the dance; itâs the sharing and receiving of everyday life.
* Stewardship reminds me that my job is to model, not persuade.
So instead of reacting, I smiled. Because it was true. I am a strange man. A man becoming stranger in all the right ways.
Why This Matters in a Time of Cultural Unraveling
We are living through a moment in history when misunderstanding will be rampant. People making conscious, regenerative choices will often look âoddâ to a culture still built on extraction, speed, and disposability.
This is where the inner game becomes critical. If we collapse into the Drama Triangle every time someone raises an eyebrow at our choicesâweâll waste our energy defending rather than creating.
If, instead, we shift into the Empowerment Dynamic, moment by momentâwe become steady. Grounded. Available for the real work. Living the Great Truths externally requires practicing them internally and expressing them externally through our words and actions.
And that starts in the smallest, most ordinary momentsâstanding in a kitchen with your daughterâŚcoffee grounds in handâŚand an invitation to grow.
A Closing Reflection
(for you, the reader stepping into your own version of this path)
Think of a recent moment when someone questioned, joked about, or didnât quite âgetâ one of your emerging values or new behaviors.
* Did it sting?
* Did you slip into one of the drama roles?
* Or was there a pauseâa breathâthat opened the door to something deeper?
These micro-moments are the training ground. They are where the new world gets builtâone reclaimed reaction at a time. And if being called âstrangeâ means weâre becoming more aligned with the future we hope our grandchildren inheritâŚ
Well thenâlet us be strange, and let us be steady, and let us be fiercely, tenderly awake.
Even in the kitchen.Especially in the kitchen.
Toward the end of a recent visit with my daughter, Amber, and the grandkidsâLogan racing a plastic dinosaur across the living room battlefield and Piper dancing around with a squeal that could wake the ancestorsâI decided to fix myself a cup of coffee, in part because they have one of those barista-level machines that makes a cup so smooth it practically hums a lullaby. So there I was, savoring the thought of a rare mug of delicious Joe, when the machine politely informed me I needed to empty the grounds receptacle first.
Fair enough. I opened the little compartment, scooped out the still-warm grounds, and headed toward the trash can. And thatâs when I saw it: an empty cardboard takeout container sitting right on top.
Hmm, I thought. That could hold the coffee groundsâŚ.One more hmm: And I could bring both homeâgrounds to compost, container to burn in the wood stove for more ash to eventually make its way into the garden.
It was the kind of thought that feels completely normal to me now, a natural extension of my daily rhythm here at the Loving Homestead. So, with the confidence of a man on a mission, I packed the grounds into the takeout box, carried it over, and placed it gently by the door alongside my jacket and knapsack.
Job done. No big deal. A tiny act of stewardshipâwith a side of convenience.
Or so I thought.
The Strange Man Revealed
About an hour later, Amber walked by, noticed the box by the door, and stopped in her tracks. She stared at it for a few seconds, the way youâd look at a squirrel holding a flip phone.
âWhatâs this?â she asked.
I explained my plan: Take the coffee grounds home, compost them, and burn the cardboard for heat and soil building. Simple. Elegant. Efficient. A win for Earth and a win for Dad.
She stared a moment longer before rolling her eyes. Then, with the seriousness of a judge rendering a life verdict, she said:
âDad⌠you are a strange man.â
I chuckledâbecause it was funny and yes, a bit true. But if Iâm honest, there was also a quick flicker of something tender in me, a tiny wince.
Strange.Odd.Different.
Those words carry some weight, even when delivered with love. But before I could wander down the familiar path of âWhat did she mean by that?â, something else rose within me. A kind of deeper understanding.
And I realized: This âstrangenessâ is exactly what Iâve been cultivating. On purpose. Let me elaborate.
When Strange Is Just the Early Stage of New Truth
Ever since June 1st, Iâve been saying and meditating on my One Cause Vow every morning. I wrote it not as a declaration of moral superiority (goodness knows thatâs not the path Iâm on) but as a grounding practiceâsomething to nudge me gently toward the person Iâm becoming.
Hereâs a short piece of it:
On this new day, I commitâand recommitâto living in alignment with the Four Great Truths:Interconnectedness.Sufficiency.Reciprocity.Stewardship.
I know I wonât be perfect. I expect to stumble, but each step is a chance to remember who I really amâand who Iâm becoming.
The truth is, my vow has been working on me in subtle and not-so-subtle ways bit mostly in quiet ways. Domestic ways. Ways involving coffee grounds and takeout boxes. I donât think about these things as âtrying to be environmental.âThey just⌠feel normal now.
Normal, for someone living inside the Four Great Truths. Strange, for a world still built around the Four Great Untruths.
If the old worldview says:âJust toss it in the trashâaway it goes,âthe new worldview asks:âAway to where? And at what cost?â
One worldview stops the thought at the trash can. The other travels all the way to the compost pile, the soil, the seedlings, the next meal, the next generation. Strange? Only until it isnât.
A Glimpse of Tomorrowâs Normal
I imagine a futureâone Logan and Piper will inheritâwhere this kind of strangeness is no more unusual than brushing your teeth:
* Food forests in front yards instead of lawn deserts
* Native plant oases humming with bees
* Compost steaming gently on crisp mornings
* Kids excitedly adding banana peels âto feed the soilâ
* Cardboard becoming biochar becoming living earth
A world where taking home coffee grounds isnât oddâitâs common sense. A world where stewardship isnât âstrangeââitâs simply what we do and who we are. And if odd little habits like mine can help nudge the culture that direction, even a millimeter at a time, well⌠Iâm happy to be a strange man. Truth be told, Iâve probably been a strange man for much of my life.
In fact, may we all become just strange enough to help turn this ship toward life again.
A Quiet Reflection to Ponder This Week
When someone calls you strange, pause for a moment. Feel the sting. Smile anyway. And ask yourself:
Is this strangeness actually a sign Iâm waking up? Growing? Maturing? Becoming someone new?
Maybe, just maybe, your strangeness isnât the flaw. Maybe itâs the doorway.
Imagine greeting the sun each morning, not just as a source of warmth but as a symbol of untapped potential. Thatâs what Iâve done for over two years which is what led me to writing todayâs article/podcast. Every day, Earth receives an astonishing 173,000 terawatts of energy from the sun. Yet, humanity's annual energy consumption is only around 20 terawatts. In other words:
A single dayâs sunlight provides far more than we need to power our entire planet for a year.
This raises a simple but profound question:
Why are we not harnessing this energy more effectively?
The path to making solar power a cornerstone of our energy system isnât just about technology. It's about mindset, policy, and creative integration into our everyday lives. What sounds like eco-fantasyâlike powering entire cities or global infrastructures from sunlight aloneâcould become eco-fact. But we need visionaries and bold thinkers, much like the characters in my eco-fantasy worlds, to turn these possibilities into realities.
As Rollo May said in The Courage to Create, âCreative courage is the discovery of new forms, new symbols, new patterns on which a new society can be built.â The challenge before us is to cultivate that courage, embracing both creativity and science to envision a new, regenerative worldâ.
Breaking Down the Numbers: How Little We Need to Change the World
The math behind solar energy is startling. Humans only use about 0.01% of the solar energy that hits Earth each day. If we could capture even a small fraction of that, we could power our world without fossil fuels. To illustrate, if solar panels could convert just 15-20% of the sunlight they receive into energy (which is roughly the current efficiency), even modest advancements in technology could revolutionize energy storage and distribution.
Todd Henry, in Die Empty, encourages us to seize opportunities and constantly develop our skills to be ready for the future. Just as "The Developer" in his book weaves available resources into value, we must do the same with solar technologyâtaking the raw potential of sunlight and turning it into powerâ. The challenge lies in storing this energy efficiently and creating decentralized systems that allow every building, every piece of infrastructure to contribute to the solution.
Imagine what would be possible if we invested the time, money, and other resources into tapping this near limitless energy resource that we are putting into A. I.
Ideas That Could Transform Eco-Fantasy Into Eco-Fact
Here are five visionary ideas that could push us beyond our current limitations:
* Urban Solar Integration: Imagine cities where solar panels are embedded in every surface. From rooftops to windows to roads, each element of our infrastructure could become a micro power station. With technologies like perovskite solar cells showing promise for higher efficiency at lower costs, we could soon see a future where energy generation is woven seamlessly into our daily environmentâ.
Perovskite solar cells are a type of thin-film solar cell that uses a perovskite crystal structure to generate electricity and are a promising next-generation renewable energy technology. Their advantages include high efficiency through the absorption of a broader range of light, potential for low-cost manufacturing with flexible methods like printing, and versatility in applications
* Distributed Solar Grids: Shifting away from centralized power plants toward local, distributed solar energy grids would reduce energy loss and improve resilience. Each home, office, and public building could generate and store its own solar power, contributing to the local grid and reducing reliance on large-scale energy infrastructure.
* Agrivoltaics â Merging Solar Power and Agriculture: Solar panels placed above crops create a win-win scenario: they generate electricity while also providing shade that reduces water loss for plants. This combination, known as agrivoltaics, optimizes land use by producing both food and energy, offering a practical solution in regions prone to drought.
* Space-Based Solar Power: Although it sounds like science fiction, space-based solar farms could be a future game-changer. Solar panels in space would have uninterrupted access to sunlight, generating energy 24/7. The energy could be beamed back to Earth as microwaves or lasers, offering a consistent and limitless power sourceâ.
* Solar-Powered Desalination: Water scarcity and energy needs could be addressed simultaneously through solar-powered desalination plants. These facilities use the sunâs energy to convert seawater into drinkable water while generating electricity, solving two critical issues in regions struggling with drought and energy shortages.
The Courage to Act and Create New Realities
Just as Leonardo da Vinci envisioned possibilities far beyond the limits of his time, we must cultivate the same sense of creative curiosity. Michael Gelbâs How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci highlights the importance of questioning and explorationâ. Todayâs big questions:
How can we bring eco-fantasy into eco-fact? How can we turn the massive amounts of solar energy we receive into a regenerative energy future for all?
How about sharing your responses with a comment or join this weekâs chat.
To achieve this, we need both technological breakthroughs and shifts in public policy. Governments, individuals, and companies alike must invest in solar technologies and grid systems that support clean energy. Policy changes could accelerate the transition by offering incentives for solar installations, and educating the public will foster a deeper understanding of the importance of renewable energy.
Bringing eco-fantasy into eco-fact begins with a commitment to possibility. As we look to the sunâan inexhaustible source of clean energyâthe future becomes more than just a dream. It becomes a goal, attainable through innovation, courage, and the collective will of individuals who, like Todd Henryâs "Developers," are ready to tap into the untappedââ.
Weâve barely scratched the surface of whatâs possible. Imagine a world where clean, abundant solar energy powers our cities, provides water to the arid regions, and restores balance to the environment. Itâs not a matter of "if"âitâs a matter of "when."
Letâs work together to bring that future to life.
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It feels fitting that this piece arrives on Halloweenâa day when we flirt with shadows and celebrate transformationâŚof sorts.
After all, Frankenstein was never just about monsters. It was about creation without conscienceâknowledge without wisdom, invention without care.
In many ways, weâve been living our own version of that story as Homo technologicusâpowerful, brilliant, but disconnected from the living whole.
The time has come for a new creation storyânot stitched together from parts, but born of reconnection.
This is our real experiment: Becoming Homo guardianisâthe Eco-Guardian-in-Training.
So. letâs dig in.As I sit here, reflecting on nearly a year of writing and recording One Causeâweek after week, article after articleâI find myself feeling both awe and humility. What began as an attempt to name âthe one cause beneath the many crisesâ has turned into something much larger: a living invitation to evolve.
For eleven months now, Iâve been tracing the story of how humanityâs mistaken sense of separation from nature has led to the metacrisis we now faceâecological, spiritual, political, and cultural all at once. But somewhere along the way, the work began to shift. The question was no longer just How do we fix whatâs broken?It became:
Who must we become to live in harmony with the Earth again?
That question has stayed with me like a heartbeat.
The Old Story: Homo technologicus
We humans have been telling ourselves that intelligence is our crowning gloryâthat progress means mastering the natural world through innovation and control. And to be fair, this capacity has given us much: art, science, medicine, wonder.
But it has also given rise to what some have called Homo technologicusâhumans defined not by wisdom, but by the tools we wield. A species so clever we can split atoms and code consciousness⌠yet so distracted we barely pause to feel the forestâs breath or hear the riverâs song.
We have become brilliantâand dangerously unbalanced. Our inventions outpace our introspection. Our reach exceeds our roots.
The Evolutionary Invitation
But what if our next evolutionary step isnât about better technology, but better relationship? What if the true frontier isnât Mars, but the mycelial web beneath our feetâand the reawakening of our hearts to the Earth that made us?
That, I believe, is the threshold we now stand upon: the emergence of Homo guardianisâthe Eco-Guardian-in-Training.
This isnât a new biological species. Itâs a new story of what it means to be human.Itâs a remembering that intelligence without empathy is incomplete, and progress without reciprocity is regression.
The Eco-Guardian-in-Training
An Eco-Guardian-in-Training is someone who knows they are part of the Earthâs living community, not separate from it.They live simply and gratefully, finding joy in sufficiency rather than excess.They practice reciprocityâgiving back to the web of life that sustains them.They see stewardship not as sacrifice, but as a sacred responsibility.And most importantly, they recognize that this journey has no finish lineâthat we are always learning how to care more deeply, to listen more fully, to belong more completely.
In short: we are becoming Homo guardianis, the humans who remember how to live in right relationship with life itself.
The Work of a Lifetime
I often think about my grandchildrenâand someday, perhaps, theirs.If they ever ask, âWhat did you do while the world was changing?â I want to be able to answer with my head held high:
I chose to evolve. I chose to love the Earth back to life.
Thatâs what One Cause has been about all alongâuncovering the deep root of our collective forgetting, and rediscovering the Great Truths that can guide us home: interconnection, sufficiency, reciprocity, and stewardship.
The Eco-Guardian Youth Project is one way to bring those truths aliveâhelping young people (and the adults who love them) experience themselves as part of the living Earth, and step consciously onto this path of becoming.
But the truth is, the youth arenât the only ones in training. We all are.
Every time we plant a tree, tell a story that honors the more-than-human world, or choose sufficiency over consumption, we take another step in this great re-evolution of consciousness.
A Closing Reflection
If Homo technologicus was the human who asked, âHow can I control?âThen Homo guardianis is the human who asks, âHow can I care?â
That shiftâfrom control to careâis the hinge on which our future turns.
Itâs the work of a lifetime, and perhaps many lifetimes.But I believe itâs the most important work there is.
Reflection for You
What does becoming an Eco-Guardian-in-Training look like in your lifeâright here, right now? What small act of reciprocity or reverence might you offer to the web of life today?
With gratitude,âBrad (Your fellow Homo guardinis and Grand-dude
P.S.Now that the One Cause rough draft is complete, Iâd love to hear from you:
What would you like to see from me here on Substack moving forward?
This project has been a labor of love, clarity, and commitment. And as we enter this next phase together, I want to shape whatâs next in a way that supports youâyour curiosity, your growth, your familyâs journey, your desire to live in alignment with life.
A few ideas Iâve been exploring:
* Eco-Guardian-in-Training Dispatches â Short, personal essays or podcast episodes on what it looks like to live the Four Great Truths in real time (compost fails, homestead wins, kidsâ questions, all of it).
* Behind-the-Scenes of the Eco-Guardian Youth Project â Updates, early access to new tools, stories from the Secret Library, and ways to get involved.
* Tools for Inspired Action â WOOP guides, Flow Practices, Storymaker Prompts, and more.
* Community Spotlights or Guest Conversations â Featuring fellow Eco-Guardians, teachers, parents, artists, and elders walking this path in their own way.
But more than anything, I want to know what you are hungry for.What would nourish you?What would make you feel accompanied on this path?
Please let me know in the comments or reply to this post.Letâs co-create what comes next.
After all, weâre in this Fourth Quarter together.
I took a long walk through the woods this morning with Rascal, my ever-eager walking partner and four-legged philosopher-in-residence. No phone. No podcasts. Just crisp leaves underfoot, a rising breeze, and the steady rhythm of paws and boots side by side.
Out there on the trail, something stirred in me.
A quiet voice reminding me:Weâre in the Fourth Quarter now.Not just me. (Iâm 76.) All of usâŚall humanity.
And the question pressing in is this:How will we play it?
Four Fingers in the Air
If youâve ever watched a Clemson football gameâespecially in Death Valleyâyouâll know the moment Iâm talking about.
Itâs the start of the Fourth Quarter.The whole stadium rises.Thousands of fans raise four fingers into the air.No shouting. No dancing. Just that silent signal.
Now is when we give everything.Now is when the real game is wonâor lost, so:
Stay FocusedâFinish Strong
I married into this tradition, thanks to my dear wife Ann, a Clemson graduate and lifelong fan. I still remember her motherâbless her soulâperched on the edge of the couch, eyes glued to the screen, hands clenched in nervous joy as the final quarter approached.
And Iâll admit: something about it stuck with me.
Not just the footballâthe metaphor.
My Fourth Quarter Perspective
At 76, Iâm very aware Iâm in the fourth quarter of my own life. That doesnât feel like a problemâit feels like an opportunity. I experience a clarity I didnât always have in the early quarters.
And yet, thereâs a weight to it too.
Because every time I look into the eyes of my grandson Logan (age 4½) or hear my granddaughter Piperâs laughter (2½ and full of wonder), I feel this paradox:
Deep joy. And deep responsibility.
I adore these little humans. I want them to inherit more than just books and stories and family traditions. I want them to inherit a future: A world worth growing old in.
So Iâve recommittedâwith full heart and full voiceâto my daily One Cause Vow.Itâs my personal playbook for this quarter. A sacred agreement I whisper each morning:
I am nature. You are nature. We are all one.Let my actions reflect that truth.
No, I wonât be perfect. Yes, Iâll fall short. But I will keep showing up. After all, itâs the fourth quarterâŚfor all of us.
Humanityâs Scoreboard Check
Letâs be real. If this were a football game, the scoreboard might look⌠concerning.
* Weâve got climate instability spiking across the globe
* Biodiversity loss racing forward at terrifying speeds
* Economic systems burning out people and ecosystems alike, and
* Iâm not even going to get into the whole political upheavel
Some say weâre in the final two minutes of the Fourth Quarter.Others say overtime may not even be an option.
But hereâs what I also see:
* Solar panels sprouting like sunflowers on rooftops
* Youth leaders standing tall, fearless and fierce
* Indigenous wisdom resurfacing
* Earth Listening Circles forming in libraries and backyards
* Grandparents marching with their grandkids
* Millions of micro-acts of regeneration already underway
So yes, itâs late.But itâs not over.Not if we choose to play full out.
Why This Quarter Counts Most
Back in 2008, when Dabo Swinney became Clemsonâs head coach mid-season, he and his strength coach Joey Batson launched what became a team mantra:
âThey donât put championship rings on smooth hands.â
The message?
The work that matters most happens when no one is watching⌠in the dirt.As Brian Klaas reminds us in his book, Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters,
âseemingly inconsequential actions have life-changing consequences.â
What if the most important acts we take donât show up on social media but rather within our hearts, in our homes, or among our communities? It all adds up. And yes â it all matters.
What Legacy Will We Leave?
When we talk about legacy, we often mean what we leave behind.
But I think itâs more powerful to ask: What will I set in motion?
What ripple will move forward because I cared enough to start?
Think about the lives of Joanna Macy and Jane Goodallâboth eco-activists, truth-tellers, soul-stirrers. Both recently passed from this world.
What did they leave behind?
* Macy inspired generations with her Work That Reconnectsâturning grief into action
* Goodall launched Roots & Shootsâinviting young people to lead with love and curiosity
* And both of them did so by starting small
One circle. One conversation. One spark.
Thatâs legacy. So, raise your hand and your heart.
So hereâs where I leave you.
If youâve read this farâif youâve walked this far with me through One CauseâI thank you. Itâs been an amazing rise these past eleven months.
And I ask you:
What does your Fourth Quarter look like?
We donât need to be perfect.It does help to be present.We donât need every answer.It does help to have the courage to keep showing up.
So if youâre with me⌠if youâre ready to give your heart to the futureâŚ
Raise your metaphorical four fingers.
Stand tall. And play like everything depends on it. Because it does. This is our time, and we still have a shot.
Letâs play like we mean it. Game On!
â Brad (aka W. Bradford Swift, Eco-Guardian-in-Training, Grateful Grand-Dude, & author of One Cause)
For a long time, I thought the answer was just doing more.
More writing. More coaching. More composting. More sharing. More everything.
But hereâs what Iâve come to realize: doing more only really matters if weâre doing what mattersâto us. Purposefully. Joyfully. In alignment with what we love and long to protect.
Taking action as an Eco-Guardian doesnât mean becoming a full-time climate activist (although it could lead there). It might mean planting a single tree with your child⌠starting a weekly soup & story night⌠writing a short story that changes one readerâs mind. Small acts matter. Especially when theyâre rooted in joy and aligned with your why. Remember the trimtab effect we learned from my hero, Bucky.
Follow the Breadcrumbs of Purpose
Let me tell you a slightly sideways story.
Remember Hansel and Gretel?
As the story goes, they dropped breadcrumbs behind them in the forest so they could find their way home. But the birds came and gobbled them upâleaving the kids lost.
That part always felt like a tragedy to me⌠until recently.
Because now I think the breadcrumbs did serve a purpose.
Even though the kids couldnât see them anymore, theyâd already done something wise: theyâd followed their intuition. Theyâd paid attention. And even without a clear path back, they found their way forward.
So hereâs my invitation to you:
Follow the breadcrumbs of your own purpose and passion.
Even if you canât yet see where the path leads, I promiseâyou wonât be disappointed where you end up.
Thatâs what happened for me.
This entire One Cause project began with a breadcrumb of inspiration (and yes a little desperation mixed due to the results of the latest presidential election). Itâs now growing into a movement here on Substack. I then added in a daily a vow to help true myself up to the 4 Great Truths (Interconnectedness, sufficiency, reciprocity, and stewardship). And now itâs evolving into the Eco-Guardian Youth Project â complete with a Secret Library, an Eco-Guardian Compass, an Eco-Author Challenge, and plans for an Eco-Guardian Training Camps that equip the next generation of planetary protectors.
I never could have imagined all that. But Iâm grateful I started anyway.
So, what about you?
Where might your breadcrumbs be leading you? Letâs chat about it here.
The Seeds of Inspired Action
Letâs simplify this. Inspired action almost always starts with one (or more) of these three seeds:
LoveWhat breaks your heartâor makes it sing with joy and possibility (or perhaps both)?
CuriosityWhat question or story keeps tugging at your sleeve? You know, the one that wakes you up in the middle of the night or wonât let you fall asleep to begin with.
PurposeWhat feels like a sacred yesâeven if you donât know how to begin? (It may even feel like an âimpossible missionâ to you. I know mine does.)
You donât need all three. One is enough. Of course, the more the merrier.
My own seed was this simple question:
How can we raise a generation of young people who truly know themselves as part of Earthâs living systemâand are excited to protect it?
That seed led to One Cause, which then grew into:
* The Eco-Guardian Secret Library
* The Storyteller to Storymaker pathway (more about this later.)
* The Eco-Author Challenge
* And the beginnings of the Eco-Guardian Training Camp(s)
All of which share a single intention:
To create a new generation of joyful, purposeful Earth protectorsâEco-Guardians-In-Training.
Where & How to Begin
You donât have to start big. Just start where you are.
Hereâs your Regeneration Action Menuâreal things you can do, tailored to different spheres of life:
Personal / Inner Actions
* Take a daily âwalk with Earthââno phone, just presence
* Journal your values, hopes, and ideas using One Cause prompts
* Consume mindfully (what we read, watch, and yes, eat shapes us)
* Write your own Eco-Guardian Vowâto remind yourself who youâre becoming
Why not share your own personal action here?
Family / Household Actions
* Start a weekly Soup & Story Night of reading eco-fiction together or share nature gratitude (Not sure what to start with? Send me an email at [email protected] to receive âbeta accessâ to the Eco-Guardian Secret Library.)
* Grow somethingâeven a single herb pot
* Take on a family challenge from the Dominion Over All Eco-Adventure Playbook (one of the many resources youâll find within the Secret Library
Community-Based Actions
* Host a Repair CafĂŠ or Clothing Swap
* Join or launch an Earth Listening Circle
* Organize a Litter Walk + Nature Reflection event for local youth
Global & Movement-Aligned Actions
* Write your local rep with ideas for regenerative policy
* Start a âOne Cause Clubâ or Eco-Guardian Pod with friends
* Share this project with someone who might just run with it
Educators, mentors, and parents: many of these resources are available free via the growing Eco-Guardian Secret Library. Let me know if youâd like early access.
Micro-Missions by Age
Here are a few sample starter missions by age groupâand yes, youâre invited to remix or invent your own:
Ages 10â12
* Map your backyard biodiversity
* Create a âtalking treeâ comic strip
* Write eco-fiction fanfic for a favorite book or animal
* Keep an Art + Nature Journal
Ages 13â18
* Launch a peer-led podcast or YouTube channel on local ecology
* Create a Secret Library Club at your school
* Map where nature is thriving or hurting in your town
* Interview local elders about how nature has changed
Adults & Elders
* Host an intergenerational circle
* Mentor an Eco-Guardian-in-Training
* Organize a sharing table or âFreecycleâ event
* Write a legacy letter to your family about your values as an Eco-Guardian
Whatâs your own âmicro-missionâ? Want to invent one and share it below as a comment?
Your Activation Invitation
Letâs wrap this with something simple and doableâa starting point for your next step:
Pick one action.Start small if thatâs where your energy is. Or dream big and declare your own Impossible Missionâone that calls you to rise beyond what youâve ever done before.
Donât worry about the whole staircase.Just take the next step that feels joyful, aligned, and yours.
Mini-Mission:
Pick one quadrant this week:
* Being â Meditate, breathe, or flow in nature.
* Doing â Take one small aligned mission.
* Relating â Call a friend, thank a teacher, join a group.
* Creating â Start something. Anything. A ripple. A garden. A letter.
Let me know what purposeful action youâll take on this week in the comments:
Whatâs your âproject sparkâ? Whatâs one small way youâre stepping forward?
Weâre in this together. And it all matters more than we know.
With purpose,âBrad (aka W. Bradford Swift, Eco-Guardian-in-Training, author of One Cause)
For a long time, I thought the solution was just doing more.More writing. More coaching. More composting. More advocacy.I thought the world needed me in action.
And it does.
But what Iâve come to understandâwhat life has been teaching me, especially over the past few yearsâis that before we change the world, we must change our relationship to the world. Thatâs really what One Cause is all about.
Releasing the four Great Untruths and embracing and living from the four Great Truths.
And that requires becoming someone new. Not inauthentically, not by trying to be someone else, but by growing into the next expression of who we truly are.
Thatâs the journey Iâve been on.Thatâs the invitation of One Cause.Thatâs what this article and podcast episode is about.
A Vow to Grow
I wake each morning now with a quiet ritualâwhat I call my One Cause Daily Protocol. Itâs simple. I sit, I breathe, and I re-commit. Not just to writing or activism or checking items off a to-do list. But to being a person who lives as if the Four Great Truths are real, trustworthy, and the foundation for a regenerative future.
I wonât share the whole thing here (itâs long and sacred to me), but Iâll give you a piece of it:
âEven while living in a world and culture shaped for hundreds of years by the Four Great Untruths, I choose to dedicate my life to living in alignment with the Four Great Truthsâto the best of my ability.â
âThis is, without a doubt, an impossible mission for me⌠and yet, it is also the next level of my Life On Purpose journey, which began in earnest in 1996.â
That was nearly 30 years ago.Now, at 76, Iâm choosing to level up again.
Not to âsave the worldâ but to live in service to it.
That choice shows up in my morning meditations, in my rhythm of writing, in the creation of the Loving Homestead, and in the launch of the Eco-Guardian Youth Project.
But most of all, it shows up in who Iâm becoming.
Some days I do this with a steady heart and a strong spine. Other days, Iâm tired or anxious or distracted. I fall short. But I come back. Because this isnât about perfection. Itâs about purposeful practice.
The Compass for Becoming
One of the tools thatâs helped me orient this journey is a framework adapted from Ken Wilberâs Integral Theoryâa way of seeing ourselves and our actions in four interrelated dimensions:
* Being â Who am I becoming?
* Doing â What actions am I taking?
* Relating â Who am I walking with?
* Creating â What am I contributing to the world?
This simple compass reminds me that inspired action is not just about what I accomplish out there. Itâs about what I cultivate in hereâand how I connect it all together.
Let me walk you through how these quadrants have shown up in my life⌠and how they might serve you, too.
Being: The Inner Ground of Inspired Action
When we speak of action, we often rush past the inner worldâthe emotions, habits, and self-perceptions that shape how we show up. But as Iâve learned (again and again), becoming the kind of person who takes inspired action begins inside.
For me, this has meant cultivating flow statesâboth on the pickleball court and at the writing desk. Itâs not just about playing better or writing faster. Itâs about discovering that place where action and awareness merge. Flow reminds me that Iâm capable of more than I thinkâand that joy, not fear, can power progress.
Itâs also meant learning emotional agility.I used to believe that if I felt anxious or overwhelmed, I needed to âfix itâ before moving forward. Now, Iâm learning to walk with those emotions. To listen to them. To let them sharpen my focus rather than steal my power.
And perhaps most of all, Iâve discovered the power of eudaimonic joyâthat deeper kind of fulfillment that comes not from getting what I want, but from living in alignment with what matters. Purpose. Service. Connection. These are the renewable fuels of a regenerative life.
Doing: Hero Training in Daily Life
Itâs one thing to feel inspired. Itâs another to act on it.
One of my core commitments lately has been to take daily actions, no matter how small, that strengthen my alignment. I think of it as hero trainingânot in a flashy, Marvel-movie kind of way, but in the ordinary, real-world sense of being someone others can count on.
For me, that includes:
* Moving my body with intention (pickleball is my dojo)
* Journaling my thoughts, doubts, and dreams
* Tackling micro-missions like writing letters, planting pollinators, or simply sharing a Substack note that might ripple outward
Small doesnât mean insignificant.Small is how everything starts.
Relating: Who We Walk With
One of the biggest breakthroughs Iâve had in the One Cause journey is realizing that I donât need to do it all alone. In fact, I canât.
Whether itâs building the Loving Homestead with AnnâŚOr coaching a client whoâs writing a legacy-worthy novelâŚOr participating in organizing a Community After Hours with my friend, KerryâŚIâm discovering that action becomes more joyfulâand more sustainableâwhen itâs done in community.
Even this projectâthis article youâre readingâis an act of co-creation. Between you and me. Between human intelligence and (yes) artificial intelligence. Between idea and action. So if youâve been feeling like you need to âfigure it all outâ before stepping forward⌠let that go. Find your circle (In fact, this may be it, or at least one of them). Invite others in. Even one other person can shift everything. Let me know how I and others in this community can support your purposeful project(s).
Creating: Acts of Regeneration
I used to think âcreative actsâ meant writing books or starting movements. And sure, those count. But Iâve come to realize that any act that brings more life into the world is a creative act.
Composting.Storytelling.Mending a shirt.Rewilding a corner of your backyard.Organizing a neighborhood seed swap.
Every one of these is a regenerative gestureâa way of saying: âThis world matters. I choose to be a part of its healing.â
So donât wait for the big moment.Start creating now.Even small ripples can become waves.
You Are the One
Iâll end this Substack with a reminder that changed me the first time I heard it:
âYou are the one youâve been waiting for.â
No superhero is coming.No perfect plan will arrive.But you? You are already enough to begin.
So hereâs my invitation:
Mini-Activation
This week, choose one of the four quadrants:
* Being â Meditate, breathe, or flow.
* Doing â Take one small mission aligned with your values.
* Relating â Call a friend, thank a teacher, or join a local circle.
* Creating â Make something. Anything. Then share it.
And if you feel moved, let me know in the comments or letâs chat about it:Whatâs one small way youâre becoming the person the future needs?
Weâre in this together.And weâre just getting started.
With purpose,Brad (aka W. Bradford Swift, Eco-Guardian-in-Training & Founder of One Cause)
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Not long ago and more nights than I care to remember, two questions kept me awake at night.
What is an Eco-Guardian-in-Training (EGIT)?And are you one?
The questions wouldnât let me go. They prompted me to remember a time from my past when I co-founded the Life On Purpose Institute and, for 22 years, watched thousands of people begin their journey by taking the Life On Purpose Self-Test. That simple tool became the first step for countless people clarifying and living into their Divinely Inspired Purpose.
And it hit me: maybe itâs time for a new self-test.
Not for purpose alone this time, but for something bigger:
To help people of all ages â from curious 10-year-olds to wise elders â discover where they are on the journey of becoming an Eco-Guardian.
A Bit of Backstory
Long before One Cause had a name, I was writing eco-fiction for young people with this mission in my heart:
To inspire young people to become joyful lifelong readers and responsible, caring stewards of the Earth and all her inhabitants.
As One Cause evolved, a new name surfaced for that vision: Eco-Guardians.
Eco-Guardians arenât superheroes (though they sometimes feel like it). They are ordinary people who remember the extraordinary truth: we are not separate from nature, but part of it. Their calling is simple and profoundâto care for Earth, her creatures, and each other.
But how do we know if weâre on this path?
Thatâs where the Eco-Guardian Self-Test comes in.
The Self-Test: Three Paths, One Journey
Weâve created three versions of the Self-Test, each tuned to where you are in life:
* Eco-Guardian Foundations Test (ages 10â14): 10 questions to help younger seekers explore belonging, kindness, curiosity, and gratitude.
* Eco-Guardian Growth Test (ages 15â18): 15 questions that stretch into resilience, systems thinking, and identity.
* Eco-Guardian Mastery Test (adults & elders): 20 questions for those ready to weave stewardship, reciprocity, and mentorship into daily life.
Each test is short, fun, and designed to help you see both your strengths and your growth edges.
And like any true initiation, there are stages of progress: Explorer â Helper â Hero. Awakening â Engaged â Thriving. And ultimately: Stewardship.
Why It Matters
The Self-Test isnât about a score. Itâs about remembering who we really are.
Through myth, story, and the 20 Qualities of Eco-Guardianship, we are building not just a new kind of human being â but remembering who weâve been all along, before the Four Great Untruths clouded our way.
How to Take the Test
Hereâs where it gets fun. The Self-Test will live inside the Secret Library, alongside Ra-Kitâs Initiation and other treasures. (All of which are available on a âPay What You Willâ format.)
Why? Because this isnât just a âquiz.â Itâs a portal.
When you step through, youâll not only gain access to the Eco-Guardian Self-Test Report (with all three versions), but youâll also be joining a circle of people committed to remembering and living as Eco-Guardians (and who has access to the growing resources found within the Eco-Guardian Secret Library.
An Invitation
Take the test. Share your results here either as a comment or join this weekâs chat:
Then, invite your kids, grandkids, students, or friends to do the same.
Share with the community:
* What stage are you on the path?
* What quality are you most proud of?
* Whatâs one edge youâre excited to grow?
Letâs see what happens when we take this journey not just alone, but together.
Because being an Eco-Guardian is not a title. Itâs a lifelong practice.And it begins with a single step of remembering.
Weâre growing a community of Eco-Guardians-In-Training so join this movement within the larger movement of the Great Turning. Subscribe for free or with a paid subscription.
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