Gone West Blog

Shovels for Guns. Meet Pedro.  Mexican artist Pedro Reyes has literally melted down more than a thousand guns to shape shovels that, in turn, will be used to plant trees....

An article we found by underthecblog.org back in 2015, concerning the mass extinction of ocean life and it's impact on terrestrial beings (like us). So we are hoping to bring up...

The Road To Oregon After driving for what seemed like the longest drive of my life we were in Oregon, pulling into a beautiful road in what seemed like the middle...

IF THE WORLD TOLD US ALL OF HER SECRETS FROM THE BEGINNING, THERE WOULDN'T BE SO MANY OF US WHO SUFFER FROM WANDERLUST; IN SEARCH OF HIDDEN BEAUTY AND A...

"HAPPINESS IS ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED" - CHRISTOPHER MCCANDLESS   DAY 1 6:00 AM Temuco, South of Chile. The light of the gap between my short blinds and my bedroom window...

A HEAVY HITCHHIKE AND A SKETCHY BOAT RIDE AND WE HAD ARRIVED.... JURASSIC PARK AIN'T GOT NOTHING ON MILFORD SOUND!   PHOTO: JAKE ANSELL Heading out with two of my...

The Art of Speedflying BY TZAK GARNETT LEEVERS EVER FANCIED FLYING LIKE A BIRD? NOT KEEN ON THE IDEA OF SKYDIVING? SPEEDFLYING IS A FAST GROWING SPORT AND OUR RESIDENT...

IT'S ALL GOOD UP NORTH....... "THE FINDHORN FOUNDATION IS A SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY,ECO-VILLAGE AND AN INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR HOLISTIC LEARNING,HELPING TO UNFOLD A NEW HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS AND CREATE A POSITIVE AND...