Co-creating a More Beautiful World
Back to the Land / More Beautiful World
by Olivia Grundy · Published 22/08/2023 · Last modified 23/08/2023
Starting a Rural Project This post was written in collaboration with the Conscious Planet and El Jardin de Gaia In this post we return to El Jardin de Gaia, where I was part of a guided tour organised by Save Soil volunteers. I was eager to find out more about how this pioneering rural project first came into being....
Taking a leap of faith once again into the unknown as I follow my heart obediently towards the type of life I want to live. Written Mid April 2023 Three years post pandemic and we have war waging, the cost of living souring and threats of economic crisis whispering in our ears. It could be argued, and with much...
This post starts where the previous one left off, with me trying to make my way on my journey from employee to entrepreneur, on the quest to bring my radical dream of going back to the land a reality. December 2022. I was preparing for a frugal Christmas after months of living thriftily after I quit my 9-5 teaching...
Celebrating three years of the Shared Earth Living Community! It has been three years since I started this blogging venture and began sharing my journey from the city to the countryside with the world. What better way to celebrate than with a post dedicated to the wise, inspiring, generous comments from you, my readers! Three Year Anniversary Since starting out...
This post follows on from my last one, in which I fill in the gaps about what has happened since I quit my job to follow my dream of leaving the city and starting an earth-centred life in the countryside. Here I deal with the biggest challenge that I have come up against in my quest to make my...
A year has passed since I quit my 9-5 job in order to follow my dream of leaving the city and embarking on an alternative life in the countryside. Since then, my blog posts have focused more on sharing some of the internal changes that have occurred in this time rather than the external ones. I have talked about...
Further Explorations of Rural Spain II This is the final installment of our trip to our trip Gredos, Extremadura at the end of 2021. It was a short trip- only five days!- but big dreams need nurturing and that’s exactly what those five days seeking out alternative rural Spain did. In this post I share about some of the...
Revelations from the Heart Cave: Part 2 This post continues the story of our short Christmas trip into the countryside of rural Spain, where we stayed in a little eco-house on the edge of the Sierra de Gredos, around one hour and half from Madrid. From ancient Roman roads and crumbling buildings of ‘empty Spain’, to the idiosyncrasies of modern...
Revelations from the Heart Cave – Part 1 How a simple-life trip to the Sierra de Gredos over Christmas turned out to be so much more than a typical festive break and instead became a guide to discovering what it really means to live in alignment with who I really am. I believe that the pursuit of living in alignment...
The hidden power of the rainbow in the face of an ever miserable world. Some time ago I went to visit some family in Galicia, Northern Spain. Famed for its notorious wet weather, the green mountains and trees were a much-needed tonic for the dry plains of Madrid that I have grown accustomed to. In true Galician spirit, it...
Join me as I transition from the city to the country, following my hearts desire for a more sustainable life based on respect for the Earth and all the creatures in it. Let’s co-create a more beautiful world!
Thank you for being part of it xx
Thank you for sharing your learning (your path) with everyone. I hope you have a beautiful harvest.
Glad you enjoyed it Angela! In the end its seems like the most personal story is the most universal! We…
Olivia... whenever I read your blog I feel as if you are expressing exactly my own thoughts and feelings!! I…
Thanks for being my biggest fan Mum. I have already started writing it! Watch this space ;) xx
