We shall not cease from exploration
T.S. Eliot
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time
Welcome to this space! This blog was just (re)hatched on May 29th 2026, so it still a wee new thing, so please be patient as it might be a bit glitchy here and there as it gets underway.
What?
What’s in a name? ecopoë is about exploring where where the roots of ecology and economics come together.
- 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.
Desolation Dispatch
As I type this blurb, I am sitting on a granitic bluff on the shores of Desolation Sound within a fragile white mesh room beside my tent on a piece of wilderness property up the coast of British Columbia, Canada. I found this place a few years ago, or, it’s more like it found me. My family and I have been coming here to camp for a few years to get to know the place better, but now, it is time for something… more. But more what? So, I have come here on my own to ask myself, and the land, that question. A couple of my friends (Hi Nici and Michelle!) have told me that this sounds crazy and dangerous for me to come here on my own (at my untold ripe old age), but also kind of cool, so they suggested I write about it. Not one to turn down such a lovely request, I’ll be relaying some of the gleanings from this process in the Desolation Dispatch column.
Who?
ëcopoë as a blog was initiated by me, Mari, 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 share 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. If you would like to contact me about contributing to the blog etc messaging me through Instagram is currently the best way.
Thank-you!