by Alex Screaton | Jan 26, 2018 | ARI, Farming
During foodlife work here at ARI, I have begun to realize some of the most profound differences between working on an organic farm and my family’s commercial farm. The amount of care, detail, and attention paid to the soil is immense here at ARI. Consider the...
by Reuter Andrew | Jan 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
Walking through the snow I get the sense that every step I take destroys something beautiful. To make any progress forward I would need to crush the perfect fresh snow on the ground or follow in the footsteps of someone who already had. It is the same with society. To...
by little1 | Jan 26, 2018 | Food, Pollution
I’ve had way too many quick meals with too many pieces of plastic, wood, metal and Styrofoam this trip. I cannot “leave only footprints,” as St. Olaf’s IOS office urges. My path through Japan is continuously lined with the waste items of everything I consume. We have...
by Choi Alexander | Jan 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Even in one single leaf on a tree, or in one blade of grass, the awesome Deity presents itself. -Shinto Saying Covered by a blanket of lush, skyscraper-esque trees, Nikko’s mountains erupt from the earth like green fingers, reaching for the sky. Underneath this...
by Ose John | Jan 25, 2018 | ARI, Nagawamachi, Tokyo
If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of...
