by admin | Feb 26, 2019 | Authenticity, Capitalism, Commodification, Money
If you ask almost anyone what is most important to them in life you will hear answers like, “my family, my community, my friends, my church, my health, making my community a better place…”. But yet if you look at the way these same people spend...
by admin | Jun 14, 2018 | Angola, Gifts, Indigenous Beliefs, Permaculture
One feature and legacy of colonization is objectification of everything: humans, land, animals, trees, air, etc. They all are seen by the colonizer as objects or “resources” to be capitalized. These are all inanimate objects put on Earth for the colonizer to exploit....
by admin | May 3, 2017 | Abundance, Angola, Capitalism, Gifts
Sometimes in Angola, additional payments are helpful for facilitating certain bureaucratic procedures. The other day, as we entered the province where the farm is, an immigration official needed to register my presence. It was no big deal, took less than 5 minutes,...
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