In Care We Distrust (aka Experiments in Village-Making)

Tending the Roots: Composting Conversations

In Care We Distrust is an introduction and reflection from inside the Rooted Village, where we're not just talking about care and care ecologies—we're getting into the messy, layered work of studying, designing and practicing it/them. Underneath so much of the crisis we're living through—political, ecological, economic—is a crisis of relationship (or a crisis of care, as our friend Cassie calls it) and beneath that, a deep erosion of trust: in institutions, in one another, and even in ourselves. This episode winds through some of that terrain, touches on our distrust in those things we might desire most, and what it might take to trust and care within and between us; introducing a practice we are bringing into Rooted (the Hologram) as a radical practice in care. The Rooted Village is a dynamic third-space that is open now for those ready to do this work with us—through the Care Lab, through experimentation, and through showing up not with answers but with a willingness to risk relationship to weave friendship.

Referenced:

Kelly McGonigal Ted Talk, How to Make Stress Your Friend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcGyVTAoXEU

About Cassie & the Hologram: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745343327/the-hologram/

The Rooted Village is now open for new folks to join — discover more at: www.rootedglobalvillage.com/the-village