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Changes in a Good DirectionIntroducing Alex and Rachel Alex Tripodi has been a member of Omni Board of Directors for over two years now. Maybe you remember the story of how his workplace closed down when covid started and he founded MayDay Community Kitchen for his own sanity and to feed others who were struggling. At the time, Alex told us “Peace will look different in the world my generation is facing. We need to think about how we do our work differently because if my generation is going to be part of this, they’ll want to see practical results.” […]

Join the campaign Facebook group for Omni partner Arkansas Nonviolence Alliance to learn more and see how you can help. This is a Campaign Celebrating the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty (TPNW), and Calling for the University of Arkansas to Terminate its Nuclear Weapons Program with the Honeywell Corporation, and for Global Nuclear Weapons Abolition. It also highlights the complicity of the University of Arkansas Dept of Engineering in designing components for nuclear weapons in collaboration with Honeywell International. It’s also interning UA students with Honeywell. Do those students know they are designing weapons of mass destruction?   Nuclear Weapons of […]

What’s the Buzz About?A Wild Bee WorkshopSaturday Dec 18 – 2:00 pm – Omni Center Entomology PhD student and wild bee researcher Olivia Kline will give a presentation on the importance of native bees to the local ecology and agriculture. Olivia will give an overview of the results of her research into the surprising variety of wild bees and their critical role as pollinators. She will discuss ways to promote bee populations through native plants and habitat. We will also look at simple ways to build a wild bee house for your yard.   We might also say that we’re limiting the […]

Picking Your Role in the World We Want ” …what will you do with your one wild and precious life?” Mary Oliver asked that in her poem The Summer Day.You may have noticed that the world is getting serious now. At least it is for lots of people. If you don’t need to feel that way yet you’re among the very fortunate. At this point though, it’s only possible to ignore the problems we face with serious effort, so escaping “serious” is not a reality for anybody.. This is the moment when it’s time to decide whose job it is […]

The stakes are high and getting higher. Can we do this? Here is David Attenborough, speaking at COP 26: It’s David Attenborough so he must be right. But the real question is “how.” And “can we work together to save ourselves and our planet home?” I hope you’re hearing news about the current climate summit in Glasgow happening right now. If you haven’t been hearing enough from your regular news sources, here are a few of the amazing groups putting their hearts and souls into climate success for all of us.United Nations COP 26, Glasgow Scotland https://ukcop26.org/ Live coverage from the UN / UK website Four […]

Tour Intentional Communities without leaving home!Explore a variety of new and established intentional communities — ecovillages, cohousing, housing coops, and more. This event will include photos, videos, captivating stories, and insightful dialogue among the presenting communitarians. Plenty of time is included for you to ask your burning questions about community living. Come travel to communities around the world without leaving your armchair! Can’t attend live? No problem! This event will be recorded and sent to all registrants the following day!Sign-up to join and/or get the recording at: ic.org/event/virtual-tour-october-2021/

Bioneers Conference Nov 11 – register hereOnline again and wonderful!Please join with us at the Bioneers 2021 virtual conference to experience how some of the wisest among us are bridging the space between worlds.Bioneers 2021 will make the connections from ancient wisdom of forests to the visionary struggles of Amazonian First Peoples to protect the rainforest – from the wisdom of trauma for healing to Ecological Medicine and health equity – from the genius of the biophilic design revolution to designing nature-based infrastructures – from the Green New Deal to regenerative agriculture and the power of soil to sequester carbon – […]