A lot of people have asked us lately:“How can you afford to give so much?”($47,000 last year — about 25% of our gross income) The real answer is
Month: April 2025
Family Adventures Learning & Education Move
The Three-Day Effect: An Easter Experiment in Disconnection
They call it the three-day effect—a kind of cognitive and emotional reset that happens after about 72 hours immersed in nature. A 2012 study by neuroscientist David Strayer
Learning & Education Live Reflect Reflections & Philosophy Sustainable Living
Minimilism – Film Review
We watched Minimalism together recently. I wasn’t sure how the kids would respond to a documentary mostly featuring adults talking about their feelings and their stuff. But surprisingly,
Learning & Education Reflect Reflections & Philosophy
Free to Learn – Why a year out of school might be the best thing we could do for our kids.
“Children come into the world burning to learn. What extinguishes that flame is often school.”— Peter Gray, Free to Learn At Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts, there are
Learning & Education Live Reflect Repair & Reuse
USB Controller Repair
When Adam’s game controller cable broke, we didn’t toss it—we repaired it. Or we tried to repair it… In a world where e-waste is piling up, even small
Community Support Give Live Repair & Reuse
Repair, Reuse, Reconnect
April at the Woolloongabba Repair Café Every year the average Australian household throws over 800kg of stuff into their council bins. But that’s only a fraction of the
Learning & Education Reflect Reflections & Philosophy
Book Review: Less is More
Living Better by Doing Less Imagine a world where neighbourhoods hum with shared tools and laughter instead of traffic. Where food grows in backyards and balconies. Where work
Learning & Education Reflect Reflections & Philosophy
Sapiens, Simplicity, and the Surprising Science of Joy
What Yuval Noah Harari’s bestseller taught me about living more with less. When I first read Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, I expected a sweeping history of humankind
Food & Foraging Live
Threshing pigeon peas at home
Last week we processed some of our pigeon peas that have been sitting on the bench for a few months. We filmed the whole process so you can