What is ‘Koyaanisqatsi?’
Koyaanisqatsi is an ancient Hopi Indian word, meaning “world out of balance.” Known as the “peaceful ones,” the Hopi’s apocalyptic mythology describes a “state of living which calls for another way.” “If we dig precious things from the land, we will invite disaster” – Hopi prophecy. Today, the Koyaanisqatsi Trust recognises that our dominant pattern [...]
Working with Koyaanisqatsi
The Koyaanisqatsi Trust is a brand new charitable trust, established to provide resilient, peer to peer funding and expertise to grassroots, environmentally conscious people and projects, in both the UK and abroad. “There seems to be no ability to see beyond, to see that we have encased ourselves in an artificial environment that has remarkably [...]
Our Friends
We believe that our funding model should be just as sustainable, resilient and community focused as our beneficiaries. Subsequently, the Koyaanisqatsi Trust’s major donors are grassroots, socially and environmentally conscious enterprises, which are not-for-profit. The people and projects featured in this section represent the primary contributors to the Koyaanisqatsi Trust. Each initiative has raised funds [...]
Projects
The Koyaanisqatsi Trust understands that our role is to facilitate positive change and to empower the creativity of people and projects who share our vision of a self-sufficient, community focused and resilient future. We’re hugely inspired by each and every one of the projects which we currently support. Please take a moment to share in the movement which these initiatives are helping to pioneer, by reading their profiles and visiting their websites. Better still, why not get in touch, to connect a few more like minds and share in their skills and expertise? Read More →
Latest News
Who Is Koyaanisqatsi? Meet The Tribe!
Hello world. Welcome back to 2012. Here’s a quick update to clue you in on one or two important details we might have omitted previously… You see, right at the very core of our work is the building of communities. And behind all the growing, eco building and creative artistry exist communities of people. Always, this is our first and last consideration. So who is Koyaanisqatsi? Well folks, here is our community. This is our tribe. You’re more than welcome to join...
The Freeconomy Blog: Free + Real
We’re delighted to announce the support of our very first project, the incredible Free and Real in Greece. With proceeds raised by last summer’s Cloud Cuckoo Land Festival, the Koyaanisqatsi Trust will fund the construction of a 24ft yurt that will support the project’s expansion, by hosting guests, seminars and workshops. The following blog was first published on Mark Boyle’s Freeconomy site, but was penned by our very own eco tramps, Brake the Cycle. Having rolled...
The Koyaanisqatsi Trust
Something like six months ago, as the dust settled on an unbelievable weekend of magic and mayhem in the Clouds, six young people with a shared vision came together around a box of indoor fireworks. They were celebrating the birth of the Koyaanisqatsi Trust: a brand new, peer to peer fundraising initiative, designed to provide people and projects committed to principles of ecological sustainability, localisation and resilience with easy access to ‘no strings’ small grants and...