Welcome to this space! This blog was just (re)hatched in May 2026, so it still, so please be patient as might be a bit glitchy here and there as it gets underway.
What?
One of the biggest challenges of our time is that for all our love of new versions of technology, our economic system is terribly outdated. And yet, because of how it has created some big winners in about 1% of our society——who happen to also hold the reins to steer this thing we call our political state——version 1.0 growth-maxxing-at-all-costs keeps plodding along like some Miyazaki type elemental beast engulfing all as it slouches along to its own version of the promised land.
And yet, the promised land is right below our own feet. It has been the whole time. This blog is about finding ways back to it.
ëcopoë
- eco: the root of both ecology and economics, which stems from the Greek, oikos, meaning a “house or place of dwelling”
- poïesis: the root of autopoeisis, from Greek, ποιέω/poein, “to make, create or compose”; from Heidegger, a “bringing forth; an ecstasis“
So, essentially, both ecology and economics are about home making when you come down to it. So, how do we go about making a better home? For everyone. With actually no child left behind? How do we actually go about living in that elusive state of right relationship?
ëcopoë is a blog that envisions a time when and place where economics stops clashing with ecology because they realize their connection through roots in common, start sorting out the tangles, and maybe even do a little weaving. It is an exploration of ways of enlivening and remaking our home on Earth. It is about giving voice to ways of being in relationship with our own natures stemming from those still in connection with the land, or those seeking to make their way back to it. Finally, ëcopoë is about investigating and experimenting with wilder, more connected, and liminal ways of thinking, being, and doing. Not only with the land, but all the creatures on it, including our strange little selves.
Who?
ëcopoë as a blog was initiated by me, Maria, ten years ago, but life got busy, as it often does, so it has lied dormant for all this time. The hope is that this be a place not just for my voice, but for many who are on a similar path of exploration. A place to sharing ideas, stories, songs, photography and art about living in and with nature and the universe, the very matrix of our existence. It is not only about things like rewilding the land, but perhaps more importantly, rewilding ourselves. Please see the contact page if you would like to contribute writing or share other creative work.
Thank-you!
(The header image for this page and the general blog was taken from Ambleside Beach, looking back towards Vancouver BC, Canada at sunset)