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Harmony with Nature

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Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am grateful to be able to join today’s fifth dialogue of […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2016 By Robin Wall Kimmerer, PhD

The Biology of Wonder | Finding the Human in Nature

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Of course, the animals need humans. They need us like old parents, against whom we have revolted for a while […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2015 By Andreas Weber

Engaged Ecology: Seven Practices to Restore Our Harmony with Nature

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It has rained steadily through the night, a gentle hushing sound in the thick tree canopy. In the morning light, […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Rhonda Fabian

The Living Universe

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A Living Systems Paradigm for Viewing Big History ‘Big History’ is the name given to an emerging field of study […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2015 By Duane Elgin

Nature’s Living Intelligence

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In our consumer society, we are taught to see the world as a collection of objects to be transformed, sold, […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2015 By David Fideler

Coming Back to Life | Chapter One: To Choose Life

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To Choose Life Excerpted from Chapter One We live in an extraordinary moment on Earth. We possess more technical prowess […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2015 By Joanna Macy and Molly Young Brown

gallery three: beauty and harmony with all life

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In this serene night skyscape, the Milky Way’s graceful arc stretches over prominent peaks in the Italian Alps known as […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2015 By kosmos

We the People of Living Earth: An Authentic Story for Our Time

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For people, generally, their story of the universe and the human role in the universe is their primary source of […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2015 By David Korten

Earth-Based Wisdom: Learning the Original Idea from the Living Earth

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Traditional cultures “are what shaped us and caused us to be what we are now,” writes Jared Diamond in The […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2015 By J.E. Williams

gallery one: animals | beauty and harmony with all life

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Published in Spring | Summer 2015 By kosmos