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Aug 14, 2023
Twelve Lessons for recovering communities from Post-Fire Paradise
The Camp Fire destroyed our town of 27,000 and surrounding communities on November 8, 2018. In less than a day, most of the members of...
Jan 29, 2022
Lessons from ThÃch Nhất Hạnh
This last weekend, January 22, Buddhist teacher ThÃch Nhất Hạnh, transitioned from this world. His teachings transcended beyond dogma or...
Mar 11, 2021
Honoring Loss, Honoring Resilience
Ten years ago today, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake sent a 45-foot high tsunami crashing into the eastern coast of Japan, devastating coastal...
Apr 20, 2020
The Arc of Disaster
In the Riias Arc Museum of Art overlooking the city of Kessenuma, Japan, there is an exhibit dedicated not to beauty but to devastation....
Apr 20, 2020
The Journey of Regeneration
Our mission is to reweave the social fabric that regenerates Paradise I was born and raised in Paradise, California, a town of 27,000 in...
Oct 24, 2019
My hope
Many folks have asked me, "What do you hope for the town of Paradise?" I've given this a lot of thought. On November 8th, 2018 nearly...
Nov 20, 2018
I Am From Paradise
And so as the world witnesses us... For a moment I hope they take pause and share in the enormity, because we can’t bare it alone.
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