Intentions Articles
The Great Gathering believes that through creating grass-roots projects, programs, sharing and education, together, we have the ability to create a sustainable future. In each one of the intentions areas, we produce articles and information to support and educate on grass roots sustainability.
Hay Bale Housing
As the world grows more populous and the gap between the highest and lowest socioeconomic levels of society grow wider, one of the great challenges to human rights activists and…
What Indigenous Peoples can Teach Us about Sustainability
In an increasingly globalized world, it is sometimes easier to see the differences between cultures, nations and ethnic groups than to appreciate their similarities. One thing, however, that might bring…
Lack of Education Creates Poverty
Economic disparity both in the United States and across the globe has become a matter for continued conversation and debate, especially in recent years. And even without research or statistics…
Rain Catchment Systems for the Home
Many sociologists and environmentalists predict that in the coming decades, the natural resource over which countries go to war will not be oil but water.
Conventional Agriculture and the Exploitation of Migrant Workers
Modern agribusiness calls for large-scale, highly mechanized practices that require large amounts of fossil fuels, water and heavy use of chemical fertilizers to keep up production quotas.
Building Healthy Financial Communities
In any country anywhere, it is the nature of small family farms and small, locally-owned businesses that give a particular town its individual character. It is the really great café…
The Environmental Impact of War
Since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in October of 2001, the environmental degradation of this land has been severe. One of the biggest problems has been deforestation,
War and Human Rights
From the times of earliest recorded history, humanity has gone to war. The reasons have been as diverse as humans themselves. Man has gone to war for religious or ethnic…
What is Desertification and Why is it Important?
Desertification refers to a complicated ecological process and in general it does not get the media attention or press times that is warranted by this serious issue.