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What we explore

Nine areas. None of them is the whole answer.

Open a picture. The short reading is behind it. You do not need all nine before the idea makes sense.

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Mist sitting in a forested mountain valley, from Common Ground photographs. ExploreRegenerative farmingFood forests, soil, and meals that begin where they are eaten. A man crouching on a palm-leaf thatched roof, trimming the thatch with a curved blade. ExploreNatural buildingEarth, bamboo, leaf, and rooms that answer the weather. A person in a red-orange garment holding a chicken, from Common Ground photographs. ExploreCommunity livingShared resources, shared work, and the friction that teaches. Forested hills under a bright, clouded sky, from Common Ground photographs. ExploreSustainable tourismA visit that meets a place, instead of using it up. A woman sitting on a patchwork quilt, hand-working a piece of bright cloth. ExploreArt and craftMaking as a way of keeping knowledge in the hands. A man playing acoustic guitar and singing, with others seated nearby in a dim room. ExploreMusic and cultureA song can carry a practice further than a paragraph. Hands and cloth on a patchwork quilt during making. ExploreEducationLearning by doing, with whoever is willing to get their hands in it. Mariyappan, an Irula elder in a red turban, with builders working behind him. ExploreAncestral knowledgeLearn with the people who carried it. Do not rename it as your method. Orange fungi on dark wood, with the line: nature has been solving problems long before we started naming them. ExploreEveryday climate solutionsPast the label. What does this actually cost the earth?
Mist sitting in a forested mountain valley, from Common Ground photographs. ExploreRegenerative farmingFood forests, soil, and meals that begin where they are eaten. A man crouching on a palm-leaf thatched roof, trimming the thatch with a curved blade. ExploreNatural buildingEarth, bamboo, leaf, and rooms that answer the weather. A person in a red-orange garment holding a chicken, from Common Ground photographs. ExploreCommunity livingShared resources, shared work, and the friction that teaches. Forested hills under a bright, clouded sky, from Common Ground photographs. ExploreSustainable tourismA visit that meets a place, instead of using it up. A woman sitting on a patchwork quilt, hand-working a piece of bright cloth. ExploreArt and craftMaking as a way of keeping knowledge in the hands. A man playing acoustic guitar and singing, with others seated nearby in a dim room. ExploreMusic and cultureA song can carry a practice further than a paragraph. Hands and cloth on a patchwork quilt during making. ExploreEducationLearning by doing, with whoever is willing to get their hands in it. Mariyappan, an Irula elder in a red turban, with builders working behind him. ExploreAncestral knowledgeLearn with the people who carried it. Do not rename it as your method. Orange fungi on dark wood, with the line: nature has been solving problems long before we started naming them. ExploreEveryday climate solutionsPast the label. What does this actually cost the earth?