Five principles for community living

Quick answer: This guest post shares five principles that keep community life at Fungi Academy strong and connected: share generously, take responsibility and initiative, keep your shared spaces clean, pause and observe to find your niche, and practice and teach what you know. The thread running through all five is that communities thrive when everyone […]

A place for transformation, creation and self-development

Quick answer: This is a reflective piece about the early days of the Fungi House, the community space behind Fungi Academy. It describes life there as a place for introspection, healing, and creativity, where people from many cultures live together, share meals, and reconnect with nature and each other. Jasper calls it the house of […]

Mad Fungi Scientist Unite!

Guadalajara Mushroom Friends Fungi lovers are sprinkled throughout the world, country to country, state to state, separated by language barriers, cultures, and beliefs. Our mission is to break down the imaginary barriers and connect through the world of mushrooms. The date is November 22, 2016, and 7 of us are adventuring the heart of Guadalajara, […]

Growth spurt on the Magical Fungi bus

Quick answer: This is a personal, reflective post from the early days of the Fungi Academy crew’s bus journey from San Francisco toward Guatemala. The author reflects on the community of creators drawn to the magical fungi bus, how the group grows stronger the further south they travel, and the idea that challenges and shadow […]

A Day in the Life

Quick answer: This post offers a warm window into everyday life at the Fungi Academy community in San Marcos, Guatemala in 2016. It walks through a typical day: shared breakfasts with volcano views, intention-setting morning circles, mushroom cultivation work (including harvesting white oyster mushrooms and taking spore prints), growing local food, avocado-foraging missions, and calm […]