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Kosmos Journal
Winter Quarterly, 2018

Article Reversing Desertification

The Holy Grail of Restoration

Over historical time the vegetative cover and evolutionary biodiversity of the Sinai has been in large part lost. Imagine the importance if it were possible to restore the region to ecological health.

Conversation Global Commons

Sacred Headwaters of the Amazon

By Belén Paez and Bill Twist

Bill Twist | What is particularly inspiring about this initiative is that the indigenous groups, although clearly working to protect their territories, also see that this project is for the world and that it is setting a conservation example for the world.

Music Living Traditions

Sam Lee | Birdsong Hits the Charts

By Sam Lee and Kari Auerbach

Sam Lee is a British singer of traditional folk songs, a collector, an archivist, a conservationist, and a radical re-interpreter of the British folk tradition. He is the driving force behind the eclectic, award-winning folk club 'The Nest Collective', and an emerging figure in the Extinction Rebellion movement.

Essay expression

The Gift of Tears

By Margaret Miller

These writers do not tell us that receiving the gift of tears means we remain in a state of mourning. If we can, we need to keep walking. If we haven’t already done so, we need to articulate what is dear to us, what it is in the natural world that we truly love.

Introduction Keynote

To All My Relations

By Martin Winiecki

Tamera has researched the foundations of a possible post-capitalist society for over 40 years and works on building models for ecosystem restoration, regenerative autonomy and above all, for freeing love from fear and reconnecting society with the “sacred matrix” of life.

Gallery Conscious Consuming

Captives of Our Desire

By Cally Whitham

Finding beauty where none is immediately apparent and value in banality, photographic artist Cally Whitham’s camera collects images of ordinary things we no longer see.

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Reconnecting with the Living Earth through Restorative Justice

April 10, 2019

By Femke Wijdekop Ecologically conscious lawyers are innovating solutions to counter the exploitation of nature—solutions that also question the…

Kosmos April Gallery of Poets

April 10, 2019

April poetry selections, gathered by our poetry editor, Carolyn Martin.

The Pileated Woodpecker: Avian Divinity in a Time of Chaos

March 27, 2019

by Mark Wallace, PhD In the Crum Woods, I was spell-bound when the pileated woodpecker would leave the nest and soar through the trees, darkening the…

Sacred Diplomacy in the Emerging Ecozoic Era

January 29, 2019

Sacred Diplomacy in the Emerging Ecozoic Era | Untangling Global Trauma By Merle Lefkoff Kosmos Quarterly | Winter Edition We students in the West,…

World Harmony | Playing for Change

January 15, 2019

By Kari Auerbach Kosmos Quarterly | Winter Edition "The idea for this project arose from a common belief that music has the power to break down…

Excerpt from ‘Climate, A New Story’ | and Interview with Charles Eisenstein

November 27, 2018

by Charles Eisenstein in Kosmos Quarterly "As to what kind of spirituality is needed now, it is to take seriously the experiences and perceptions…

"In addition to examining and changing our personal inner lives and our cultural values, the conscious activist is challenged to apply this wisdom to strategies that affect the manifest world. We balance action and reflection, working with a fierce heart at all scales from the personal, to local, to national, to global and even kosmic levels."