Colorful illustration of a vegetable garden with the text 'The Island Almanac' surrounded by a sun, tomato, carrot, lettuce, flower, and a small solar panel.


“We weave ideas, scribe forward, align with life and create connection.”
— Dr Demeter | Emily Samuels-Ballantyne

Covering topics on Foundational Economics, Convivial Governance, Anthroposophic Philosophy & Everyday Regeneration in Tasmania

Overview
The Island Almanac is a living compendium of stories, tools and place-based examples that weave together foundational economics, anthroposophic wisdom and the rhythms of everyday life. Rooted in the soils of Tasmania and flowering from Magical Farm Tasmania. Across its pages you’ll find:

  • Practical essays on redirecting public and private wealth into community resilience

  • Anthroposophical reflections on seasonal rhythms, ritual and soul-led innovation

  • Tasmanian case studies from coastal hamlets to mountain valleys

  • Project spotlights on island-wide initiatives, from seed libraries to solar co-ops.

    Living Architecture: A dynamic framework of interconnected practices, food, housing, energy, governance, culture, activism and economics that grows, adapts and breathes like an ecosystem, rather than standing as static policy or infrastructure. These seven pillars form the Living Architecture of Regen Era Design Studio & The Island Almanac: integrating heart, head & hands to power a truly regenerative future.

    1. Food

    2. Housing

    3. Energy

    4. Community Life, Learning & Culture

    5. Sacred Activism

    6. Convivial Governance

    7. Regenerative Economic Design.

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Emily Samuels-Ballantyne Emily Samuels-Ballantyne

The Fault Line: On Power, Peace, and the Performative Neutrality of the Positioned Middle

The Fault Line explores the quiet violences embedded in the language of peace and the structures of power that claim to pursue it. Drawing from lived experience across institutions, activist circles, and community life, Dr. Demeter reveals how dissent is often silenced not by overt oppression but by the subtle enforcement of strategic conformity, identity politics, and credentialed authority. The essay critiques the performative binaries of left and right, calling instead for a deeper, grounded practice of peace rooted in relational repair, place-based wisdom, and regenerative imagination. It invites readers to stand in the fertile imagination, so be gardeners of a new paradigm. The essay is illustrated with striking visualisations that depict both the fractured fault lines of the present and luminous visions for a more just and life-giving future.

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