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A Journal of the living earth

Observation · Imagination · Practice

The art of
cultivating life.

The earth invites us to pay attention.

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Tierra Viva

Cultivating the earth.
Learning to see.

Tierra Viva brings together essays, photographs, and gatherings devoted to biodynamic agriculture, culture, and nature. Our next gathering is at Palma Serena in Todos Santos, February 25–28, 2027.
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The Embroidery of the Spirit

If we imagine a great circumference of an early stage of our solar system, it might have extended like an enormous egg-like shape, beyond the orbit of any of our current planets–an enormous cloud.

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Ideas for
the living earth.

Essays on soil, compost, observation, and the life of the farm.

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The Pacific Ocean in Todos Santos

February 25–28, 2027

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Todos Santos, México

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