What is so special about homemade?

The recent Homemade Festival here in Bristol had a very special feel to it. I wondered why. We had asked people to come and contribute something they had made, or grown, or cooked, or music they could sing, or a game they could lead…

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Sustainable Spirituality

EarthAbbey member, Br Simeon Christopher Pyke is an Independent Franciscan living in a small hermitage on the edge of South Wales which is also part of the Quiet Garden Movement. As a contemplative, Alan Mann asked Br Simeon to reflect on the relationship between spirituality and a life more in tune with the earth.

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Contemplate and Celebrate the Harvest

EarthAbbey is forging some fruitful links with the Quiet Garden Movement. Below are some details of day taking place on 1st of September to both reflect upon and celebrate the wonder that is harvest time.

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EarthAbbey’s new approach to membership is now in place.

Visitors to this website will notice a new area of the site known as the Cloister. This is a members only and entirely private space, where members have the opportunity to say something about the lives they are living, the projects they are pursuing, and get in touch with others who are on a similar journey. We are hoping now to reorient our understanding of what it means to be a member of EarthAbbey so that being present in the Cloister is being a member of EarthAbbey and we invite everyone who has been associated with EarthAbbey up to now to register at the Cloister.

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EarthAbbey @ Greenbelt 2011

We are pleased to announce that EarthAbbey and some of its members have a strong presence at this year’s Greenbelt Festival.
Taking place at the Cheltenham Racecourse over the August Bank Holiday weekend, Greenbelt offers a mix of talks, music, visual and performing arts, worship, comedy, literature and film for all ages, aiming to inform, inspire and challenge those who want to ‘re-imagine the Christian narrative for the present moment.’

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In tune with the earth - an antidote to rioting?

Two phrases stood out for me of all the words that have been offered about the riots in England this week. They were ‘instant gratification’ and ‘rampant consumerism’. Underneath the shocking outbreak of looting and violence lie deep questions about the society in which this is occurring. There is an enormous challenge looming regarding the relationship of human beings with the earth, yet many live in a meaningless void. Could it be that beginning to live more in tune with the earth could reinvigorate our culture and our community and begin to address the emptiness?

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Some Fresh Expression

As membership of EarthAbbey begins to grow, we look forward to sharing the stories and projects of other members to inform, inspire and possibly even challenge. Here, Alan Mann talks to Nick Waterfield (a Fresh Expressions Community Worker based in Parson Cross, Sheffield) about his work and what motivates him.

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Power in the Hands of the People

Is the answer to secure, sustainable, cheap power blowing in the wind or staring us in the face when we look in the bathroom mirror?

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Re-imagining Harvest - Contemplative Resources for the Eight Day Festival

Inner transformation is at the heart of the challenges faced by human beings today.  And contemplation may be an important part of the journey towards inner change. Today we make available a series of practical and contemplative resources designed especially for our ‘Re-imagining Harvest’ Festival. 

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Small is Beautiful in The Big Society

This summer marks the centenary of the birth of E.F. Schumacher, author of the influential book, Small is Beautiful. Having long been lauded by those seeking a more sustainable way of life it would seem that his ideas may well have found more mainstream acceptance.

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