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At The Edge of Democracy:  A Pacifist’s Visit to Ukraine

At The Edge of Democracy: A Pacifist’s Visit to Ukraine

by Daniel | Feb 1, 2026 | Educational Design

This video was recently posted to the Media section of this website.  However, there is no structure for providing comments within the Media section, so this post is offered as a place where viewers can offer comments and observations about the video.  I look forward...
A Journey of the Heart to Ukraine #4

A Journey of the Heart to Ukraine #4

by Daniel | Oct 17, 2025 | Awareness, Civil Society, Democracy, Educational Design, Perception, Ukraine, Working with youth

7 June 2025 On Saturday morning we left Kyiv, traveling a couple hours north into the country.  It was notable to me that we passed only one apparent military facility; Katya explained to me that the Ukrainian military has very carefully decentralized its operations...
A Journey of the Heart to Ukraine #2

A Journey of the Heart to Ukraine #2

by Daniel | Aug 29, 2025 | Civil Society, Democracy, Educational Design, Perception, Storytelling, Ukraine

Note to Readers: This narrative is quite long, like the cross country train ride where it begins.  Mostly it’s just my story, augmented by a few reflections about Ukraine’s political and historical reality. Yet it’s a hefty enough chunk of writing that it warrants...
Becoming the Ground (in a world of crisis)

Becoming the Ground (in a world of crisis)

by Daniel | Jun 3, 2025 | Awareness, Educational Design, Metacrisis, Perception, Teaching

We grow in direct proportion to the amount of chaos we can sustain and dissipate.  ~ Ilya Prigogine   We are living in times of increasing chaos.    However stable our immediate lives may seem, society at large has become widely dysregulated. Things we used...
It Leads… Where We Lead It.

It Leads… Where We Lead It.

by Daniel | Jul 19, 2022 | Awareness, Civil Society, Democracy, Educational Design, Metacrisis, Nature, Perception

(this is the second part of a two-part essay; if you haven’t already done so, please read “Where Does It All Lead” to get the most out of this piece.) On a rocky hillside, trowel in hand, I went along the rough trail, eyes searching the ground.  Every so often I would...
Where Does It All Lead?

Where Does It All Lead?

by Daniel | Jun 30, 2022 | Awareness, Civil Society, Climate Crisis, Democracy, Educational Design, Metacrisis, Nature, Storytelling

Grief – raw and fresh Over the past few weeks, I’ve been meditating on the topic of grief.  My heart has been heavy with the fate of those kids in Texas… who will never again collect fireflies.  Never go off jumps on their bikes.  Never catch snowflakes on their...
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