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Welcome to our blog! Here we share ideas and new discoveries related to actively building an emerging more positive world. We also share about our personal experiences as we navigate these times of intense transformation.
We don’t need coercion, suppression, or war, but what we do need quickly is structure upon which to base our communities and ways of exchange. It is essential to replace systems and ways of being which are no longer in alignment with the frequencies of this planet, and are disintegrating with what we genuinely wish to support. Transitioning into new ways of living may come at great costs, or may happen seamlessly. It is up to us. Our task is to rebuild almost everything we need 🙂 – food systems, the way we deal with land, health services, trade systems, technologies … You are needed, and we are here to inspire.
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What does ‘facing the unknown’ mean? Based on our quite different sets of experiences Kate and I dissected that question, dove into an exploration of unknown situations, and provide some
Close to four weeks of wild camping in the Italian and Swiss Alps, where the line between both countries is meandering back and forth along mountain chains – what an
Yesterday I went berry picking in nature. The more I was there, I felt more and more connected with the trees, the berryplants and the birds. I felt so connected
Borgo Agna – Landing in Tuscany 23 years after my last trip to Italy I landed in Pisa shortly before midnight, spent a couple of hours resting at the airport,
As we enter summer, nature changes around us… just as our inner environment shakes off the old and flowers into the new. For us, the fog of density and confusion
Release Date: 11.11.2025 Since November 6, 2021 and the release of my memoir: Boundless, The Voice of Freedom, #4 in the Love and Belonging Series, I’ve had numerous sporadic
Photo by Jonathan Borba This is the summary of our 2nd online group meeting on ‘Reducing dependency on money & banking’, March 31st, 2025. It was a wonderful group. Much
When I was a child and later a young adult, the word business always made me cringe. It felt so foreign. I could never quite grasp what exactly it meant
Life is a succession of stories playing out internally and externally. Around them identities are created that eventually vanish just to be replaced by something else. Which stories have meaning,
Here is an honest account of what one aspect of off-grid life can look like. Life here is very unpredictable and sometimes frustrating! I have suddenly found myself being a
The poem that started it all.By Breaha Joy Wallin On a sunny day in June 2023, I received an unexpected invitation to write a poem. I did not see myself
The Biblioteca del Sol is a highly durable underground mountain library built on the co-collection of books, maps and local heirloom seeds which aims to preserve knowledge about art, crafts, science
The last farm season I was working with seeds. Planting seeds, growing seeds, harvesting seeds, packaging seeds and sending seeds. It was so amazing to see how little work one
Here is a video I just spontaneously decided to record of a day in my life from a couple of weeks ago. Life in an off-grid mountain village can be
Photo by Andreas Kretschmer This is the summary of our first group meeting on ‘Reducing dependency on money & banking’, March 22, 2025. Thank you to everyone who participated. We
I’m writing this piece as I look at a very special mountain from my window here in Cotacachi. Its called Imbabura and its actually an inactive volcano in the North
Why create abundance without money? Have you ever questioned the need for money to secure shelter, food and comfort, and to thrive in this world?
Welcome to the last blog post of this series. I invite you to take part in some of my experiences in Bulgaria and with the
This is the inspiring story of a dog called Orka, a Serbian dog, but he could be any living being on this planet. Very shortly
Welcome back to the Balkans! If you missed part 1, you can find it here. Together we went to Albania, Kosovo and Serbia, exploring riddles
I so much wish I’d know more. 10 days in Albania, 5 days in Kosovo, 2 weeks in Serbia (2 more to come); the latter
Living without a phone almost consistently since more than 15 years, the thought that there are people who can’t imagine turning off this device for
The sweetness of life is in spontaneity. Haven’t we all experienced the joy when we spontaneously meet with a friend or when we change our
Agnès is a fascinating woman and nature photographer, originally from France but living in Mexico at the time of our conversation, where exchange at a
You can find an introduction to gift economies on our earlier blog post on this topic. Information about different forms of care-based trade and business can
Written by Johanne Robitaille Who is Johanne? My name is Johanne Robitaille and I live in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. I studied humanistic mediation at the
Diving into the world of animals which live in close relationship with humans can bring up as much anger, sadness and deep enquiry about life
I am sharing this story in the hope that it may help someone who finds themselves or their loved ones in a similar predicament…In March
What does it mean to trust nature? It’s very different from what most people believe. It is not a trusting in the outside world –
To me living in community is to deeply realise other beings, their essence that connects us all – nature – myself. When I look at
Gift economies are deeply rooted in abundance rather than lack. They are a reflection, or amplification of nature which provides everything we need without keeping
Stories? Gosh… they can be rather personal can’t they? Especially if one has led a rather controversial life. Or if one is walking an alternative
Carina: Ramm
Carina was the original founder of SunBeings who approached Kate to do the design for the platform. In the 3.5 years of working together, a friendship blossomed, and creative ideas arose between the two of them that has helped build what SunBeings has the potential to grow into.
Since December 2025, Carina has left to move onto engaging with the world in other ways, more offline, but we cannot forget the legacy she has left behind – SunBeings wouldn’t have existed if it wasn’t for her!
Carina’s dedication, passion, and knowledge is very admirable. Her compassion and drive for supporting a new better world we know is possible is still felt. She was a whiz at research, writing and speaking. Her sense of solidity enabled her to work even while on the move with her constantly changing environments.
Carina managed to research and write summaries for nearly 500 ethical businesses! She shared many possibilities for how we can live with less dependency on money and banking systems, how we can use gift economies, a new donation model, what real ethics aligned with nature is, the true histories of this planet and more.
She has lived for many years without a bank account or phone, engaged very minimally with financial systems, travelled to many parts of the world, and lived in deep trust and communion with herself and nature to receive what it is she needs. She has contributed many posts onto the blog inspiring others with her experiences and findings.
Check out her poetry booklet she has left behind with a wonderful collection of poems and writings she has done over the years.
You won’t be forgotten Carina! We hope to continue what you have started.
Owen Hanner
Owen is Kate’s partner and a grounded presence behind SunBeings. Both highly creative and logical, with a gift for words, an eye for beauty, and an artistic soul. With his keen eye for what’s in alignment, Owen gives feedback, helps with writing and streamlines the content.
He is a gifted musician who can play many instruments, delighting those who happen to come across his live, dynamic improvisations, and the magic that happens when he gets together with other musicians. A treat for the ears and those who are willing to dream. His music is an expression of his dream for a new world, and it has often been his key to opening doors in his life… including in bringing Kate to him. He has had his music included in some of the SunBeings videos.
Owen has a deep appreciation for the history of the arts and culture, and in reviving the forgotten magic of our lives. He has a way of capturing that in his music… blending into whatever culture is presented to him and taking us back to our roots, with nature and the mystery.
As a video editor, he makes dreamy worlds bursting with freedom, colour and nature through the videos he sets to his music.
Highly creative at whatever he applies himself to, he creates with high attention to detail that reveals more subtleties when one looks deeper. It reflects his feeling and sensitivity for the intricacies in life.
Owen has a deep sense of love and beauty and lives in deep communion with it. With that, Kate and Owen share an adventurous life together that has provided a driving spark behind SunBeings. They have dived deep into exploring what following nature and a new earth looks like… this can be both a painful and joyful process, and one of deep growth, that helps to ignite this platform. Thank you to Owen for the flame and loving support!
Kate Priestley
Kate is an original co-founder and the current coordinator of SunBeings providing much of the foundation and is the designer. Bouncing around with creative ideas, listening to others’ ideas, she has a way to ground them into the physical.
She is a passionate multi-disciplinary creative, and she treats this platform as a creative outlet, to make a space where people can commune and share themselves. Kate loves to nurture others’ gifts and help bring them out into the world. She likes to share the good and the innovative and has a natural passion for community.
An adventurous and playful spirit who likes to push the usual boundaries of the known. Through answering nature’s calls, she has found life to reward her in ways often very unexpected. Discomforts and challenges are often met but they provide doorways into her own understanding of herself and life. As a storyteller, she is enthusiastic about sharing her experiences with others in case it may benefit another.
She also is a painter, illustrator and photographer. Her works are often highly expressive with an explosion of colour and play. As someone who has a deep appreciation for music, she enjoys playing with Owen’s musical instruments. She is a practising daf player!
Kate has long been interested in projects that bring about change or have a positive impact on the world. Since a young age, she has liked to combine art and social engagement. Now all her interests come together in running SunBeings, and growing its community platform for all of us.
Nixi “No fixed thing” Cole
Coordinator, Coach, Creative and Champion of whole hearted projects and creatives. Nixi offers her gifts as a writer, editor, group holder, artist and art curator. She also loves being in a garden and growing things.
Nixi has a passion and strength for recognising and nurturing gifts in people, places and projects. She is empathic, intuitive, enthusiastic and dynamic in nature, naturally uplifting and energising in many of her offerings. Making connections across the physical and non-physical and encouraging our full and true expression.
Wonderful at coaching, mentoring and holding a safe space, she is gifted in seeing and expanding possibilities with a great sense of joy, play and creativity that pushes on our usual boundaries of imagination.
She has been helping behind the scenes at SunBeings for a little while supporting Kate and Owen and the wider field of the platform and its potentials, coming up with fun ideas, gently questioning, feeling and finding possibilities.
She loves playing with words, pens and fabric and hopes some of this will find its way on to SunBeings offerings too.
Nixi has a free and bright spirit, with extremely sensitive sensors for all subtleties of life. She is connected to the vastness of the universe and yet deeply grounded and anchored in nature. She moves fluidly between energetic, emotional and practical levels, integrating it all with humility and humour.
Nixi is full of magic, joy and love, while also not scared to sense and feel what’s uncomfortable, painful, or unfamiliar. Her curious and listening nature have carried her to many places and experiences and she has been nomadic for over two years.
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