Pull up a log, pass the snacks, and crack open the creative canteen! We’re trading stories by the campfire. Field Notes is where we share reflections on ethical marketing, creative ecosystems, and what it looks like to build work that cares for people and planet. These essays explore care-centered business, relational community building, and creative practices rooted in liberation and integrity. Think of this space as an evolving notebook, ideas gathered in the field and shared in community.
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The Archives: Reflections on Ethical Business and Creative Practice
Choosing What to Repurpose (and Where): A Values-Aligned Content Setup
Not every platform is worth your energy. A guide to choosing values-aligned platforms and content themes before you start repurposing anything.
What Would Business Look Like If It Were Designed Like a Living System (Not a Machine)?
What if business worked like a living system? A care-centered approach to ethical business, boundaries, burnout, and collective responsibility.
Why Creative Ecosystems Matter More Than Personal Brands
A creative ecosystem is a nature-based alternative to empire-driven business. Here's what it actually means, why it works for values-led brands, and how to start building yours.
Welcome to Creative Camp Radio: Where Ecological Thinking Meets Creative Liberation
Creative Camp Radio is a podcast for people building creative lives outside capitalist blueprints. In this first episode, we explore creative liberation, refusal of grind culture, and what it means to build ecosystems, not empires, rooted in care, community, and the living world.
The Creative Camp: an experiment in reimagining the future through art.
Discover the story behind The Creative Camp — a creative hub dedicated to slow, intentional art-making, community, and sustainability. Learn how one artist rebuilt their relationship with creativity and turned it into a movement for meaningful, ethical creation.
Imagination as Infrastructure: Reimagining How We Live, Work, and Create Beyond Algorithms and Capitalism
Discover how imagination can guide us through a changing world. This essay explores how creatives, entrepreneurs, and small studios can move beyond social media algorithms, capitalism, and burnout to build sustainable ecosystems of work, art, and community rooted in care, collaboration, and creativity.
You’ll notice many of these essays circling shared questions around ethical marketing, creative ecosystems, and what it means to build business at a more human pace. We hope you enjoy.