This is a special Mission Log episode and a continuation of the Design Science Synarchy Mission series (Stephen Bau, Mark Smith… Veronica Anderson).

Veronica Anderson is a member of the Design Science Studio and also a member of the Design Science Synarchy mission. The Synarchy was created to support the founders of the DSS and synarchy is a form of join-governance.

I open the show by inviting Veronica to lead a centering meditation, a practice that has been a part of Design Science Studio meetings and was a welcome addition to the latest Space Camp. Veronica studied Zen Buddhism for over 15 years, and was a student of the late Thich Nhat Hanh.

As an architect, Veronica notes that only 10% or 15% of architects are women. She wonders how that influences our built environments and if, in turn that might be influence how we collectively think, feel and act? In her work she aims to design structures that work in partnership with nature. “I was studying sustainability in architecture school, and they're teaching us that this was an alternative to development practices. And I thought, that's crazy. Why would we do anything that's not sustainable? How could we perpetuate something that we know to be unsustainable and detrimental?”

Her project submitted to the Design Science Studio called Home Dash aims to provide a platform to see Earth’s heartbeat so that people can collaboratively design regenerative global systems, help communities and their makers optimize local actions for maximum positive impact, in climate action and sustainable development. (This reminds me a lot of The Flywheel Project.)

We also talk about how our measurement of time has been a tool of colonialization fueling trends like hyper-productivity. Veronica shares a little about living in Costa Rica, and about the healing process she works with calls “ensoulment.” (A bonus episode called Ensoulment on my other podcast, The Language of Creativity).

Veronica’s life and work are inspired by Buckminster Fuller’s quote: “You don’t belong to yourself, you belong to the universe.”

Veronica Anderson: veronica.earth IG: @vero.earth IG: @visionaryarch

Studio Sanadora Home-Dash GaiaTica (via YouTube)

Other Design Science Synarchy episodes: Stephen Bau: Design Science Synarchy (YouTube), Mark Smith: Electrons + Protons + Consciousness (YouTube)

The Design Science Studio https://www.designscience.studio

The Buckminster Fuller Institute https://www.bfi.org

Trimtab Spacecamp Community trimtab.substack.com

Scott Thrift’s Clocks https://thepresent.is

Stephen Bau’s Circular Calendar theapocrypha.substack.com

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