sustainable_wisdom

  In the Nested World film below, Darcia Narvaez introduces and expands on the messages of the trilogy of films created by the Evolved Nest Initiative over the past three years. The footage of Darcia introducing and exploring the films was shot on the beautiful campus at the University of Notre Dame in fall 2024. […]

Kindred World is delighted to announce the launch of the Nested World Initiative and its long-anticipated Nesting Ambassador Program. . The Nested World website and ambassador program were launched on Kindred’s nonprofit partner, the Maternal Gift Economy’s, 88th Salon on November 15, 2025. A video presentation by Lisa Reagan, Kindred World founder, and Darcia Narvaez, […]

Salon #88 – Nested World for Maternal Gift Economy with Darcia Narvaez and Lisa Reagan November 15, 2025 The world is deeply in need of nested nurturing, which is what each of us expected in babyhood and childhood. The maternal gift economy is the origin of the evolved nest, shaping human nature and communities. Nestedness […]

Indigenous Peoples’ month marks the history of genocide and biocultural eradication that Indigenous Peoples faced in the “New World” and around the globe. They remind us that their life force is strengthening to help humanity reach forward to honor ancestors and future generations by transforming and adopting regenerative lifeways. Here are two inspiring songs to […]

On the Nested Pathway, we aim to feel always nested: Feeling related, connected, centered, and knowing how to live well with others (human and more than human). Evolved nest practices keep us feeling nested (Nature connection, healing practices, play, responsiveness, touch, welcome, multiple mentors, soothing perinatal experiences, breastfeeding). It is ever more challenging to find […]

“To ask ‘Why Clown, Why Now?’ is to recognize that clowning is not an escape from reality, but a way of engaging it more fully. The clown disarms us, helps us see through illusions, and reminds us that joy, humility, and play can be agents of transformation in service of what is sacred.” Clowns will […]

Kindred World and Magazine are proud partners of the Centers for Partnership Systems and supporters of Riane Eisler’s critical work for our times. Learn how you can join their Peace Begins at Home Summit this October 29 here and below. Read more of Riane’s work on Kindred here. Discover the intersection of Partnerism and our […]

Placefulness is deep attention to what arises from our places and is not simply a kind of romanticism of nature. We are embedded in the natural world, emerge from it, and should witness the changes we see occurring… With the dawning of this inhumane age, I believe cultivating a deeper sense of place might be […]

Los Angeles, California — Dr. Jane Goodall, the groundbreaking British primatologist whose intimate observations of chimpanzees in Tanzania revolutionized our understanding of animal intelligence, empathy, and our shared evolutionary heritage, died on October 1, 2025, while on a speaking tour in California. She was 91. The Jane Goodall Institute, which she founded, confirmed that she […]

  “When humans become a nested species, the parties they will throw will defy the imagination, odds, and expectations of a Dominant Worldview.” – What the Ghost Pipes Said In six decades of wandering into the woods, I have learned to wait patiently and walk softly until I am welcomed before proceeding into the home […]