Evera - Centre for Renewal

Visit from a wombat

Henk — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:32:18 +0000

This wombat came for a wander through the Evera grounds during the middle of the day (on the 18th of May). Having been admired from afar for a while, a small camera was found, one photo taken, and in no time the wombat had disappeared into the undergrowth. If it isn’t clear where the wombat [...]

The new house has a new roof

Henk — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:37:30 +0000

It is looking more and more like a home, now that the roof is on the recylced house, and the final windows are in.

This view includes the laundry /kitchen entrance and the kitchen window. To the right is a large (master) bedroom, and to the left, beyond the kitchen, is the living room space.

This [...]

Exciting developments on the land

Henk — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:00:35 +0000

The new house is here!

Yesterday the new house was delivered! A recycled house, no less. Renovated and painted before it was sold, this new house has 3 bedrooms and two bathrooms, and will be a wonderful eco-dwelling. The first stage was delivered on a massive extra wide truck which had to lift itself up [...]

I just typed out Simone Weil’s elaboration of what she means with order

Henk — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:17:08 +0000

[Simone Weil considering the universal obligation of satisfying needs of the soul which - together with satisfying the needs of the body – works to realise the dignity of the human being.]

ORDER

The first of the soul’s needs, the one which touches most nearly its eternal destiny, is order; that is to say, a texture of [...]

World Music CD – quote

Henk — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:46:30 +0000

A final quote from the booklet accompanying the CD with world music performed at Shin’s Earth Celebration 1997 in Switzerland.

Human dignity is given into your hand. Guard it!

It sinks with you, with you it will be uplifted.

J.Friedrich Schiller. In The Artists.

In response to the terror of the French Revolution Schiller (of ‘Alle Menschen werden [...]