People talking outdoors
Humanity Lands
Community

Who comes

The people who gather, and what they leave behind.

Anyone curious. No expertise needed, nothing to believe.

Each gathering is ten to fifteen people from different lives, with a few guests who see the world in different ways. Guests are guests, not authorities. Together we share ideas about the land we live in, our connection to it, its history, its future. There are no right answers, and nobody has to be an expert to be in the group.

Themes, and the open door

A theme is a door, not a wall. If this draws you, it is for you.

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Ground What is under our feet.
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Water Where it comes from and where it goes.
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Story What happened here.
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Mind What this place does to us.
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Making What we build, and where it belongs.
Stories

What was said

After each gathering, someone who was there writes down what they heard. Not a report. A record of where people landed.

What happened?
What do we keep?
What do we change?

Three questions after every gathering. The answers go on the event's card, so the series learns from itself.

The first stories will appear here after the chalk walk.

Archive

From the ground

Photographs are taken when something is worth keeping, and only with the permission of those in them. These are the ones people chose to share.

Photograph from a gathering
Photograph from a gathering
Photograph from a gathering
Photograph from a gathering
Photograph from a gathering
Photograph from a gathering
Get involved

Bring something to the gathering

01

Host a gathering

You hold land, a barn, a hall or a path worth walking, and would open it to a small group for an afternoon.

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02

Be a guest

You see the ground in a way others do not, through science, faith, history, craft or care, and can say so in plain words.

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03

Volunteer

Help on the day: setting out, walking at the back, keeping the fire, making the tea.

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04

Suggest a place

You know ground with a story under it. Tell us where it is and what it holds.

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