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A friend was trying to explain what I do to someone and said something that stuck with me: “She’s on a mission to get rid of everyone’s...

In a world that moves fast and often pulls us away from the present moment, reconnecting with nature can be a gentle, grounding antidote....

Last summer, a nest of wasps settled into a hanging pot of petunias on our balcony. They were close—too close, some would say. Six feet...

Last year, a woman in my town was cleaning up her yard for spring. “Free sticks,” the Facebook marketplace post read, “if you can haul...

My family has been looking for a home. Pacing the Zillow feed like a hungry coyote, scrolling through sterile snapshots of houses with an...

We’ve been taught to see the dandelion as something unwanted. Not a gift. Not nourishment. Not medicine. Just a weed. Unruly. Out of...

Outside on my balcony, in a dim corner where sunlight barely brushes the floor and most plants surrender after a few stubborn weeks,...

What would it mean to live as if we belonged to a place? To wake up and greet the day not as something to be conquered, but as an old...

The concept of wetiko  originates in Native American wisdom, particularly from the Algonquin, Cree and Ojibwe cultures. Wetiko  is a term...

Many of us sense an intuitive disconnect—something just doesn't feel right. The answer, I believe, lies in returning to a state of...

Hello, I'm Christine, or as my friends have called me since middle school, Xine (zeen). Since my late teens, I’ve felt a pull toward the...

At Xinescape, my approach to permaculture is built on a simple truth: we learn best when we slow down and really tune in to the world...