A Japanese Neighborhood Where Time Stopped: Virtue in Slowness
Stories and images from Kitakagaya, an old Osaka neighborhood with little money, yet a wealth of strange, beautiful, and useful ways of approaching life, work, and cities.
Media Lab
Our media lab produces in-depth stories in word, image, and film, illuminating the people and places that are leading the transition towards social and ecological wellness.
Slow Village, Cute Organic Lawnmowers
Nothing much of interest to GDP or the stock market ever happens in Urugi Village. Yet there is an unexpectedly resilient human ecosystem here. What answers could places like Urugi offer for an environmentally-sane future?
Food, Earth, Happiness
The way we grow food has become one of the largest threats to our survival as a species, yet we’ve had a simple answer for millennia…
One Minute of Traditional Mochi Making
Part of a series of short meditative films, putting you in the midst of nature-connected cultures and places around the world.
A City, Designed by Trees
Seeing trees as sacred is not an anomaly, it’s the fact that our culture has somehow lost this fellowship that’s an anomaly. If trees are a keystone of our wellness, why not learn to listen to their voice? If we did, how might the things we hear transform the landscape of our city over time? What would a city look like if it were designed by trees?
One Minute at a Japanese Matsuri (Festival)
Part of a series of short meditative films, putting you in the midst of nature-connected cultures and places around the world.
One Minute on a Forest Path to Seoul
Part of a series of short meditative films, putting you in the midst of nature-connected cultures and places around the world.
Wild Animal Friends & Houses Made of Mushrooms // EiR Volume 2, Issue 2
This month’s Environment in Review is loaded with inspirations and solutions for social and ecological well-being, ranging from national initiatives to community projects.
When a Korean Hillside Town Disappears, Who will Notice?
A review of “A Local Neighborhood Traveler,” an exhibition of painting and drawing by Korean artist Se Hee Kim at the Boroomsan Museum of Art in Gimpo, South Korea.
Ugly Food & Community Land Control // EiR Volume 2, Issue 1
Our bi-weekly Environment in Review (EiR) is loaded with inspirations and solutions for social and ecological well-being, ranging from national initiatives to community projects.
Protecting Seeds and Sharing Dreams // EiR Volume 1, Issue 9
Our bi-weekly Environment in Review (EiR) is loaded with inspirations and solutions for social and ecological well-being, ranging from national initiatives to community projects.
A Life Without Anxiety or Competition (불안과 경쟁 없는 이곳에서)
Photographs, inspiring interviews, and lessons in sustainability. This book is a treasure of beautiful messages from farmers to urban-dwellers, about how we can re-kindle our relationship with the environment.