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What does designing for life mean in practice? Who is doing it? How we can help? I write, talk, and advise. We also host offsite/retreats here in France .

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Mind-boggling detail of the fire effort here in France: untold thousands of cubic metre water containers are being delivered to front line fire engines by an army of small trucks and even farm tractors

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Giving the cops the password that factory resets your phone instead of the one that unlocks it is cyberpunk as hell

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good to see the world's churches coordinate on "how values-based approaches can strengthen protection, dignity, social cohesion, and solutions for displaced populations"

good to see the world's churches coordinate on "how values-based approaches can strengthen protection, dignity, social cohesion, and solutions for displaced populations"
World Council of Churches (WCC) @Oikoumene

🇺🇳 WCC to enter Dialogue on Displacement and Shared Sacred Flourishing: https://oikoumene.org/news/wcc-to-enter-dialogue-on-displacement-and-shared-sacred-flourishing

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27 Jul 2081675105906672015

The horrific fires you're watching in France are in Europe’s largest man-made woodland - a vast maritime pine monoculture developed as industrial forestry since the mid-19th century

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