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Kosmos Journal
Winter Quarterly, 2018

Article Social Justice

Developing a Mindful Approach to Earth Justice Work

The story one tells oneself about climate change shapes individual feelings and actions. For example, are we on the verge of breakdown or breakthrough? There is ample evidence for both.

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 Reader's Essay

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.

Article Reversing Desertification

The Holy Grail of Restoration

By John D. Liu

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.

Article Mythos

Turtles Among Us

By Robin Wall Kimmerer, PhD

Shouldn’t we be paying attention when the turtles head for high ground and wander among us with a kind of desperation? When at their most vulnerable, they come to us? There are many ways to ask why and many ways to answer.

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Summer Gallery of Poets

July 16, 2019

This summer's bouquet of poems is gathered by our Poetry Editor, Carolyn Martin. Enjoy poems by Alix Anne Shaw, Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Mimi Jennings,…

We’re stepping up – join us September 20!

June 15, 2019

Via Share the World’s Resources Many notable activists and celebrities are calling for a global climate strike on 20 September. Disrupting our normal…

Council of the Wild Gods

June 12, 2019

By Geneen Marie Haugen I had an amateur ecologist’s understanding of the moods and rhythms of rivers and peaks, creature migrations, sagebrush…

The Prophesy

June 11, 2019

By Fabrice Monteiro Through his stunning work, Belgian-Beninese photographer Fabrice Monteiro challenges us to examine issues of fashion, race,…

Photo Essay | Rights of Nature

May 21, 2019

By Betsey Crawford in Kosmos Quarterly There are enormous questions and hurdles to contemplate. Does the mountain have the right to exist without…

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…

"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."