Craig Holdrege
Craig Holdrege, PhD, is co-founder and director of The Nature Institute in Ghent, New York (natureinstitute.org), an organization dedicated to research and educational activities applying phenomenological, contextual methods. He is the author of numerous articles, monographs, and books, including Thinking Like a Plant: A Living Science for Life, and gives talks, leads workshops, and teaches…
Dr. Santiago Lusardi Girelli
1979 - 2021
Born in Buenos Aires in 1979, Santiago was an Argentinian-Italian Music Conductor, Composer and Scholar of the philosophical traditions of the East and West. Dr. Lusardi Girelli worked as lecturer and choir and orchestra conductor and in more than 20 countries in Europe, South America, Africa and Asia for the last 20 years. He studied Orchestra, Choir conduction, Philosophy,…
Our Body, the Earth – And May’s Featured Poet
“Self-care is never a selfish act—it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others.” - Parker Palmer
Dear Kosmos Family,
Like me, you may be feeling the pull to get back to busyness - back to some version of the past - to be social, to be productive. You could also be feeling disoriented and hesitant. Stress and fear have taken a toll and you…
Rowan Baber
Rowan Baber is a writer and foods advocate, as well as an assistant editor at Kosmos. He has written educational content for diverse clients, including Encyclopedia Britannica and PBS Learning. He studied food systems and business at the Katz Business School at the University of Pittsburgh and Temple University. His interests include food scarcity, fair food and regenerative agriculture. He is…
Call for Essays * Soul Shivers * Spring Poetry * New Writing
Dear Kosmos Family,
We sincerely hope the warmer weather in the North and the wider availability of vaccines is making your hearts feel lighter at this time.
Much to share in this edition of Kosmos Community, beginning with our seasonal Call for Essays and Other Works. Our summer theme is Realigning with Earth Wisdom. Read details below.
We are also pleased to present the first of four…
May’s Featured Poet | Nancy Lynée Woo
Everyday Apocalypse
The brown tree ring
inside the coffee mug
will not clean itself.
Dish rack, when dirty,
needs the good lick
of a wet sponge.
The cat needs to be fed
twice a day, and taunted
by a string of feathers.
It’s easy to forget
I have a body
that needs me,
a neighborhood
that needs me
weaving circles through it
with my feet. Taking out garbage
is a reverent task. I scrub
the sink,…
Listening to our Hearts
By Michael Gray
Since the death of my son two years ago, and in the ways that I have tried to fill the emptiness he left behind, I have encountered a yearning to discover a soul inside me; since only then can I believe that my son, Jon, sailed away safely in his.
How to Bring More Permanent Good into Our Lives and the World
How to Bring More Permanent Good into Our Lives and the World Eric Hutchins In their efforts to create ideal communities, the ancient Greeks asked three basic questions: What is real; of the real, what is good; and how do we make more of the good? Generally unknown to them at the time, the ancient peoples of Southern Asia had long before offered answers to the same questions; answers that may now…
Eric Hutchins
Eric Hutchins has used a long-proven technique of introspective self-transcendence (Transcendental Meditation or TM, visit TM.org) for over five decades. He is the author of two books for use as workshop syllabuses. The first is Becoming Humanity’s Next R/Evolution, Five Practical Techniques to Enrich Our Lives, Sustain Our Communities, and Bring Global Peace. The second book is Nectar of the…
We Are All Wet
The Internet seeks to remake us in its image and we seem not to mind. It measures our preferences and we’ve become enamored of that which is measured, buying that this is actually something of value.