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At Botana, we put a lot of attention on working with the soil, from companion planting, cover crops, natural mulching, and applying compost teas to feed the microbes in the living food web
My first transformational festival was before the era of the influencer, before social media became a fractal mirror of today’s cultures. Yes there was Facebook, the most used platform, and Instagram, launched two years before, mostly a photo gallery of snapshots from people’s lives, but social media hadn’t become the lens through which its users […]
Stay Fresh: Your Packing List for Festival Life Transformational festivals are magical—sunrises over the playa, sacred sound journeys, barefoot dancefloors, deep soul connections. But let’s be real: camping for 5-7 days with limited showers means your hygiene game needs to be dialed in. Staying fresh isn’t just about smelling good—it’s about self-love, energy alignment, and […]
We all know about the idea of “strength in numbers”, and how people working together can achieve incredible results. In the mainstream individualistic society, this idea is rarely discussed in terms of financial strength: we’re taught to go to school, work hard, save, spend wisely, and maybe invest our money. What if we were taught […]
Industrial civilization and suburban living relies on cheap sources of energy to continue to grow and expand. That era is coming to an end. One of the most important tasks right now is to prepare for a very different way of life.
In 3300 BC the "Iceman" walked the Tyrolean Alps with markings on his flesh: stripes on his back and ankle and a cross was tattooed behind his left knee.
There are few symbols in history that bring out as much emotion as the swastika. Forever tied to one of the darkest times in human history the swastika for many stands as a symbol of hate.