By Louise Treneman Stepping out of our comfort zones for social change. In July 2016 a small group of alumni from Embercombe’s Catalyst course underwent an intensive facilitation training. One outcome of the training was the launch of ActivateLDN, a day-long workshop series for young adults in London. This experience of designing and delivering a purpose-driven event has entered a new phase as …
All About Sourdough
By Kate Marton – Resident Baker at Embercombe Baking at Embercombe is about more than just the finished loaf. Bread has been a staple food in our society for many thousands of years, but over just a few short decades we’ve seen a revolution in the way wheat is grown, milled into flour and baked. The result: bread which is …
A Happy Ending
by Sam Wren-Lewis – an Embercombe Volunteer At the end of 2016, I left my job and life in the city to search for a different way of living – one that answered to my call for more connection, with others, the natural world and myself. I had spent my 20s doing the whole career thing – going to university, …
Glowing Embers
By Cath Austin of BeeBee Wraps I took my Journey in April 2015, and two years later I can still feel the powerful awakening of self-leadership. ‘Finding authenticity’ up to then was just a phrase to which I knew the definition but not the meaning. Authenticity breathed new life into me. Embercombe reinvigorated my connection to the land, my voice …
A New Embercombe Council – Rising in the Ashes of the Old
Our old council were a group of people who stepped forward, seeking to find a way in the changes that are happening within our daily lives, with the many complex issues surrounding our Earth, whilst holding open a gateway to our future generations to come. The unseen council of the future observing us from beneath the ground is often in …
The Mindfulness Revolution in the Kenyan Prison System
A group of mindful leaders (prisoners) in the largest Maximum security prison of Kenya Naivasha are transforming themselves, their fellow inmates, the institution and even people outside prison. They are change agents and they are leading a mindfulness revolution within the jail that can be felt outside their prison walls. This revolutionary work is a fruit of a four way …
Tree-top Party – A Poem
By Leila Bawa – Dreaming at the November 2016 Experience Weekend Tree-top Party Let me move slowly And with love Moving in love, Animal Close to the earth, Merging with The earthen undergrowth. The wind is blowing, I feel the reminder, “I am here”, “I am here”, Breath breathing being Just here. The trees are whispering, “It’s okay, it’s okay, …
Oinofyta Refugee Camp School
Volunteering in Oinofyta Refugee Camp School, Greece – By Isabel Wright Embercombe Land Based Education Facilitator I have been a member of the Embercombe Education Team since May 2015 and have been a teacher of all ages since 1991, but my experience of volunteering for 2 weeks in the school in Oinofyta Refugee camp this summer taught me more about …
Building a homeplace
By Guest Blogger Oliver Bettany of Sacred Earth These days Embercombe Experience weekends are hugely popular, elaborate planned events for which pre-booking is essential. This was not always the case. In one of my favourite stories that he tells about the early days of Embercombe, Mac recalls a time when he and Joey would often find themselves standing expectantly outside …
Alex and the Fungarium
By Alex Martin – Embercombe Chef & Kitchen Facilitator We are currently entering the fruiting period for the second inoculation of the Fungarium, an oyster mushroom-growing project situated on the lane adjacent to the Medicine Garden. The first inoculation, begun in April, its fruits harvested between late June and mid-July, yielded just over 16kg of white oyster mushrooms for preparation …