Nathan Brown will join us for an engaging and informative conversation and take us on a fascinating journey to Dancing Rabbit Eco-Village in NE Missouri.
Nathan will share his sustainable life way, vision, mission and his work/play, which serves and promotes The Great Turning from our current Industrial- Corporate Age toward the formation of a Life-Sustaining Age. Nathan Brown is a eco social entrepreneur, healer, & social change activist living at Dancing Rabbit Eco-Village.
Originally from Texas, Nathan has lived in several intentional communities and is dedicating his life to living and walking sustainability, including a deep commitment to Dancing Rabbit Eco-Village and his relationships built there over the past four years.
He will share his philosophy on several topics he feels passionately about, including emotional healing and conflict resolution in community and with children; loving more than one in committed, polyamorous relationships; and his business consulting, coaching, and otherwise supporting social entrepreneurs. See http://www.dancingrabbit.org
- When: 2 PM August 12, 2009
- Where: BlogTalkRadio
- Length: 1 hour
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“loving more than one in committed, polyamorous relationships”
ARE YOU KIDDING? This guy is using his “philosophy” as an excuse to screw around and you champion him on this blog?
EEEEWWWWWWWWW!
I hope the women in his life figure him out soon and dump him.
Creep.
I did not know that about Nathan and he had helped fine tune the Tiny House Blog early on, so I did not have any qualms returning the favor. I don’t agree with his philosophy but that is part of living in a free country.
does it really matter who Nathan sleeps with?
It does matter if those he is “romancing” have different expectations than he does.
It matters if he is using his position as a sustainable life guru to lure those who might agree with his philosophy only to end up hurt by his practices.
It matters if he takes money from his followers.
It matters if he sleeps with children.
It matters if he starts to sound more like Jim Jones, Michael Jackson or the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.
I just think people ought to be careful when they chose a person to emulate. Is every part of their life honorable? Should you follow the good parts and discard the rest? Or do the rotten parts affect the good parts?
Food for thought. Be careful.
GMH, you misunderstand what “committed, polyamorous relationships” are. They are open and honest relationships with consenting adults who all share the same goals and expectations. Those I know who are “poly” are VERY committed to making sure everyone is honest (both with others AND with themselves) and go to great lengths to find relationships which work for everyone.
Your “it does matter if” statements are bordering on libel, because you intend to infer that anyone who doesn’t share your conservative definition of appropriate relationships is a child molester. That’s offensive. Just because you don’t agree with or understand another position doesn’t mean you should attempt to demonize it.
I know poly folks and I know many more monogamous folks. The latter are having more sex and shenanigans than the former in almost all cases. And to boot, those who are “monogamous” are lying to their partners about their activities, and that is where the real shame and crime lies.
Decide what you want out of life, and be honest with yourself AND with others about it. Find others who have complimentary wants and needs, and go for it in creating your own perfect union, made just for you. And let others do the same.
Yikes!! Poly, Scmolly…the guy likes to sleep around, and the women he sleeps with don’t seem to mind. It’s a free county. Who cares?
Promod this on Mister Wong (never heard of it? well Mister Wong is a social bookmarking site that originated in Germany, and has since become a popular and widespread tool.
Are you kidding me? “Loving more than one in committed polyamorous relationships?” Pa-leeze!! On this planet, in these days, it takes superhuman abilities to maintain a committed mono amorous relationship.
Hey Folks,
I didn’t realize my interview made such a stir on this blog until a friend of mine pointed it out to me today.
First of all, thank you Kent for publishing this interview, and I’m sorry if my relationship practices are uncomfortable to you or your readers.
To everyone on this thread…
From wikipedia:
“Polyamory (from Greek ???? [poly, meaning many or several] and Latin amor [love]) is the practice, desire, or acceptance of having more than one intimate relationship at a time with the knowledge and consent of everyone involved.”
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyamory
Polyamory is not about cheating or being deceptive to anyone.
For the record:
`All of my lovers know that I have other lovers, and they have other lovers as well.
`I do not think polyamory is for everyone. Many people are far happier in monogamous relationships and I encourage those people to stay monogamous.
`For those who are not satisfied with monogamy, I help to educate them about other models of relationships that are open and honest. Being transparent and forthright is CENTRAL to being polyamorous.
`I support myself as a sales consultant. You can see the type of work that I do here:
http://www.personalgrowthsales.com. Furthermore, I don’t have “followers,” so there’s no such persons from whom I could take money.
`I do not sleep with children!
Nathan
It’s difficult to imagine how people can tolerate the murderous actions of our government, corporate and religious leaders without a peep, but freak out at the idea of adults entering an open, honest, polyamorous relationship. While I am not interested in a poly relationship, if i could do it over again, I would much rather raise my children in community with diverse eco & justice minded people than in the suburbs where I am trapped today. I just appreciate knowing places like Dancing Rabbit exist – gives me hope that one day we too can live in an intentional community.