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The Tree Saviors of Chipko Andolan | A Woman-led Movement in India

Chipko means "to hug," "to embrace." Women declared that they would hug the trees to protect them—loggers would have to kill them before they felled the trees.

Living Earth

Salmon Migration as Earth Expression

By David Abram

The only way contemporary science seems able to fathom some species' uncanny navigational powers is by likening the abilities of these animals to technologies of our own, human invention.

Resilience

Making the Case for a Small Farm Future

By Chris Smaje

Even though the idea of a small farm future is currently marginal to mainstream thought, it’s probably the best future now available for most of humanity.

Sacred Space

What Would Hagia Sophia Say?

By Marian Brehmer

The Hagia Sophia symbolizes wisdom and mystery. Its reconversion into a mosque triggered many contrary reactions. An essay to grasp the essence of this great monument.

New Cosmology

An Evolutionary Transition Is Coming—Are You Ready?

By Robert Cobbold

If, as a species, we can successfully make the transition to Conscious Evolution, not only will we dramatically increase our chances of survival, but we will be stepping into a story which can provide meaning and purpose for humanity’s existence.

#CuraDaTerra

What Indigenous Wisdom Can Teach Us About Economics

By Helena Norberg-Hodge

Now is the time to offer new political narratives—inspired by Indigenous ways of knowing, living, and being—that speak to a flourishing of ecologically-rooted communities and genuine prosperity. Now is the time for economic localisation. It is the way human beings can become part of the Cure of the Earth, the Cura da Terra, as Indigenous peoples have been since time immemorial.

Wellness

Somatics, Healing, and Social Justice

By Staci K. Haines

I posit that returning or reintegrating into the life of our bodies allows us to return to a greater connection with each other, life, and land. It is a practice to help us de-objectify life. It lets us sense and feel life more readily.

Archetypes

Recovering the Divine Feminine

By Anne Baring

In order to transform our present view of reality we need to understand the ideas and beliefs that have created it. When did we lose the awareness that all life is sacred? Why did we lose the feminine archetype that connected us to nature?