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It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of philosopher, mentor, teacher, activist and visionary, Joanna Macy. Joanna died peacefully at her home in Berkeley on July 19, 2025, at age …
Alan Drengson (1934-2022) was a Canadian philosopher and educator who served as close collaborator with Arne Naess and founding editor of The …
Bill Devall (1938-2009) was an American sociologist who co-authored Deep Ecology: Living as if Nature Mattered (1985) with George Sessions. The book …
Fritjof Capra (born 1939) is an Austrian-born American physicist and systems theorist. His work examines connections between physics, biology, …
George Sessions (1938-2016) was an American philosopher who co-developed the Deep Ecology Platform with Arne Naess. He taught philosophy at Sierra …
“We must find and develop therapies which heal our relations with the widest community, that of all living beings.” —Arne Naess
“the major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works, and how people think” - Gregory Bateson
September 5, 2024 Harding left us this week, but not without first fulfilling his legacy of touching the hearts of thousands of students from all …
“Please call me by my true names, \ so I can hear all my cries and my laughter at once, \ so I can see that my joy and pain are one.” - …
Aldo Leopold was an American forester, ecologist, and environmentalist whose concept of the “land ethic” revolutionized conservation …
Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) was a Dutch philosopher whose pantheistic philosophy influenced Arne Naess’s development of deep ecology. Writing in …
Bayo Akomolafe is a Nigerian psychologist, author, and philosopher who offers decolonial perspectives on mental health, spirituality, and …
Gary Snyder (born 1930) is an American poet, Zen Buddhist practitioner, and ecological philosopher whose work integrates Beat poetry, Buddhism, and …
Helena Norberg-Hodge is a Swedish author, filmmaker, and activist who promotes economic localization as an alternative to industrial globalization. …
Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948), known as Mahatma (“Great Soul”), developed the concept of satyagraha - nonviolent resistance - during the …
Rachel Carson (1907-1964) was an American marine biologist and nature writer whose 1962 book “Silent Spring” launched the modern …
Satish Kumar (born 1936) is an Indian-British activist, educator, and editor who founded Schumacher College and edited Resurgence & Ecologist …
Sulak Sivaraksa is Thailand’s most prominent Buddhist social critic and one of the founders of the international Engaged Buddhism movement. For …
Thich Nhat Hanh (1926-2022) was a Vietnamese Zen master, poet, and peace activist whose teachings on “Interbeing” examined the …
Tyson Yunkaporta is an Aboriginal Australian scholar and member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. He founded the Indigenous Knowledge …
Val Plumwood was an Australian ecofeminist philosopher whose rigorous critique of dualism revealed how Western philosophy’s hierarchical …
“Corruption never has been compulsory; when the cities lie at the monster’s feet there are left the mountains.” — Robinson Jeffers
“Humanity is the mold to break away from, the crust to break through, the coal to break into fire, / The atom to be split.” — Robinson …
“Hurt Hawks cannot be mended: the wild God has turned / His back on them.” — Robinson Jeffers
“I believe that if you just do your little bit without thinking of the bigness of what you stand against, if you turn to the enlargement of your …
“I believe that the universe is one being, all its parts are different expressions of the same energy.” — Robinson Jeffers
“Integrity is wholeness, the greatest beauty is / Organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty of the universe.” …
“Long live freedom and damn the ideologies.” — Robinson Jeffers
“Organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty of the universe. Love that, not man apart from that.” — Robinson …
Mary Oliver (1935-2019) was an American poet whose accessible nature poetry examined attention to the natural world. Her work invited readers to …
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) was an Austrian-German poet whose work explored nature, solitude, and human existence. Writing in the early 20th …
Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) was an American poet whose philosophy of “inhumanism” examined the non-human world and rejected …
“We are the universe becoming conscious of itself” - Brian Swimme
“The beauty of things was born before eyes and sufficient to itself; the heart-breaking beauty / Will remain when there is no heart to break for …
“The greatest beauty is organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty of the universe. Love that, not man apart from …
“The poet is not an important fellow. There will be no harm done if he never gets born.” — Robinson Jeffers
“The tides are in our veins, we still mirror the stars, life is your child, but there is in me / Older and harder than life and more impartial, …
“The world’s as the world is, and the animals / Re-knowing their roads. All’s well.” — Robinson Jeffers
“This coast crying out for tragedy like all beautiful places.” — Robinson Jeffers
Brian Swimme is a mathematical cosmologist and cultural historian who examines the implications of modern cosmology for human meaning and purpose. …
Edward Osborne Wilson (1929-2021) was one of the world’s leading biologists whose groundbreaking research on biodiversity, evolution, and human …
Francis Weller is a psychotherapist, author, and ritual elder who examines connections between grief, ecological crisis, and community healing. …
Francisco Varela (1946-2001) was a Chilean biologist, philosopher, and cognitive scientist who developed theories of autopoiesis and enactive …
Gregory Bateson (1904-1980) was an anthropologist, biologist, and cyberneticist whose groundbreaking work on systems thinking, learning theory, and …
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) was a Jesuit priest, paleontologist, and visionary thinker who pioneered the integration of evolutionary …
Thomas Berry (1914-2009) was a cultural historian, cosmologist, and self-described “geologian” who examined human-Earth relationships …
“This is the first, wildest and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists, and that it is built entirely out of attentiveness” - Mary …
“A temperature rise of more than two degrees C risks altering the Earth system irreversibly.” — James Lovelock Source: The Vanishing Face …
“Climate change is real, and it is here, and we either change or we suffer.” — James Lovelock Source: Interviews / Essays
“Earth does not need people. People need Earth.” — James Lovelock Source: Interviews / Talks
“Gaia is a very simple idea: that the Earth works as a single, complex, self-regulating system.” — James Lovelock Source: The Ages of Gaia …
“Humanity is not separate from Gaia; we are a part of her body. To harm her is to harm ourselves.” — James Lovelock Source: Gaia: The …
“If we go on wrecking the biosphere, our technical and moral loftiness will count for nothing.” — James Lovelock Source: The Vanishing …
“Let us hope that humanity will see through science that it must live in harmony with all life, not just exploit it.” — James Lovelock …
“Our task is not to save the Earth. She will endure. It is our civilization, our children, who are at risk.” — James Lovelock Source: The …
“Bacteria are the hidden alchemists of the planet, shaping the atmosphere and the future.” — Lynn Margulis Acquiring Genomes (2002)
“Evolution is not a tree but a web. Symbiosis is the driving force.” — Lynn Margulis Acquiring Genomes (2002)
“Life did not take over the globe by combat but by networking.” — Lynn Margulis Microcosmos (1986)
“Symbiosis is not marginal. It is the key to evolution and survival.” — Lynn Margulis Acquiring Genomes (2002)
“The human body is not a single being but a consortium of species.” — Lynn Margulis Symbiotic Planet (1998)
“To understand life, we must understand the partnerships that make it possible.” — Lynn Margulis Microcosmos (1986)
“We are walking communities of microbes, proof that cooperation drives life forward.” — Lynn Margulis Symbiotic Planet (1998)
“All living beings have intrinsic value.” – Arne Naess Source: Ecology, Community and Lifestyle
“Deep ecology asks for a radical rethinking of values, not only technology.” – Arne Naess Source: Ecology, Community and Lifestyle
“Identification, not moralizing, often leads to beautiful actions.” – Arne Naess Source: Ecology, Community and Lifestyle
“Intrinsic value is independent of usefulness to humans.” – Arne Naess Source: Ecology, Community and Lifestyle
“Quality of life is not reducible to higher material standards.” – Arne Naess Source: Ecology, Community and Lifestyle
“Self-realization means widening the self: identification with a larger Self.” – Arne Naess Source: Ecology, Community and Lifestyle
“Self-realization often leads us to protect what we identify with.” – Arne Naess Source: Ecology, Community and Lifestyle
“The flourishing of life requires respecting richness and diversity.” – Arne Naess Source: Ecology, Community and Lifestyle
“The richness and diversity of life contribute to quality of life.” – Arne Naess Source: Ecology, Community and Lifestyle
“The ultimate aims of deep ecology can be summarized in a simple imperative: maximize self-realization! In other words, maximize our potential …
“To be good farmers, we need to be good foresters. If we just put as much effort into forest rehabilitation as we put into lawns and as much …
“Gaia is a tough bitch: she has endured cataclysmic change for billions of years.” — Lynn Margulis Symbiotic Planet (1998)
“All the world’s systems are interconnected; nothing exists in isolation.” – Joanna Macy Source: World as Lover, World as Self (1991)
“Despair and gratitude can coexist; embracing both expands our capacity to act.” – Joanna Macy Source: Despair and Personal Power in the …
“Grace happens when we act with others on behalf of our world.” – Joanna Macy Source: Journey On in Peace (Crossing the Boundary)
“If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people…” – Joanna Macy Source: Active …
“It is my experience that the world itself has a role to play in our liberation…” – Joanna Macy Source: On Being with our World …
“The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe.” – Joanna Macy Source: Despair and Personal Power in the Nuclear Age (1983)
“The sorrow, grief, and rage you feel is a measure of your humanity and your evolutionary maturity…” – Joanna Macy Source: Greening …
“The work that reconnects helps us transform despair into constructive action.” – Joanna Macy Source: Active Hope: How to Face the Mess …
“We are our world knowing itself. We can relinquish our separateness…” – Joanna Macy Source: World as Lover, World as Self (1991)
“When you look at what is happening to our world-and it is hard to look at what’s happening to our water, our air, our trees, our fellow …
“Science taught us that change is inevitable; wisdom teaches us to change with it.” — James Lovelock Source: Late Interviews
“The future depends on whether we can act on respect for Gaia rather than on fear.” — James Lovelock Source: Interviews
“The Gaia hypothesis tells us that life and the Earth are inseparable, two sides of one great process.” — James Lovelock Source: Gaia: A …
“The planet we abuse will find ways to restore balance, but not necessarily in ways that are kind to us.” — James Lovelock Source: The …
“We are part of Gaia’s experiment. Whether we remain part of her future depends on how we live now.” — James Lovelock Source: The Ages of …
“We have to accept that we are modest parts of the functioning of Earth, not its masters.” — James Lovelock Source: Healing Gaia (1991)
“We need to recognise the fragility of our existence and the need to conserve the balance.” — James Lovelock Source: Lectures
“We need to see ourselves not as stewards of nature, but as participants in a vast, living system.” — James Lovelock Source: The Ages of …
“Deep ecology looks at the spiritual disease that underlies the environmental crisis: the illusion of separation between humans and the rest of …
“The earth seems to be beseeching us to connect with joy and discover our innermost essence. This is the best way that we can benefit others.” – Pema …
Ailton Krenak (born 1953) is a Brazilian indigenous intellectual, environmental activist, and leader of the Krenak people of Minas Gerais. He …
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a botanist, author, and distinguished professor at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and …
Vandana Shiva (born 1952) is an Indian physicist, environmental activist, and author who advocates for biodiversity, traditional agriculture, and …
“When you wake up and see that the Earth is not just the environment, the Earth is in you, you are the Earth, you touch the nature of interbeing” - …
[ Pat has been has been facilitating Deep Ecology and the Work that Reconnects workshops, and giving talks, trainings and webinars in a number of …
Patrick Anderson is a forest activist and student of Buddhism. Since the 1980’s he has participated in and occasionally led Deep Ecology …
Through deep experience, deep questioning and deep commitment emerges deep ecology By Stephan Harding * IN THE 1960s, HAVING read Rachel Carson’s …
Transcript of John Seed’s spoken introduction to a live Cosmic Walk, August 2023. Companion piece to The Cosmic Spiral, the ritual script …
Arne Naess was a Norwegian philosopher who coined the term “deep ecology” in 1973, fundamentally reshaping environmental thought and …
Elisabet Sahtouris is an American and Greek evolution biologist, futurist, and author whose work emphasises how cooperation and symbiosis, rather …
James Ephraim Lovelock (1919-2022) was an independent scientist who formulated the Gaia hypothesis in the early 1970s. Working outside academic …
Joanna Macy (1929-2025) was a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology. Born in Los Angeles, she earned her PhD and spent five …
John Seed is an Australian environmental activist who co-created the Council of All Beings practice and founded the Rainforest Information Centre. …
Lynn Margulis (1938-2011) was an American evolutionary biologist whose endosymbiotic theory proposed that complex cells arose through symbiotic …
Pat Fleming is a deep ecology facilitator who co-authored Thinking Like a Mountain (1988) with John Seed, Joanna Macy, and Arne Naess. She has …
“The smaller one comes to feel compared to the mountain, the nearer one comes to sharing in its greatness. I don’t know why this is so.” - Arne Naess …
“Care flows naturally if the self is widened and deepened so that protection of free nature is felt and conceived of as protection of our very …
“Now is the time to share with all life on our maltreated earth by deepening our identification with all life-forms, with the ecosystems, and with …
“All life is interdependent; we cannot survive without the web of relationships that sustain us.” – Joanna Macy Source: Coming Back to …
“Hope is not a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky. It is an active engagement.” – Joanna Macy Source: Active …
“Of all the dangers we face, from climate chaos to nuclear war, none is so great as the deadening of our response.” - Joanna Macy —
“The more we open our hearts to the pain of the world, the more we are able to act effectively.” – Joanna Macy Source: The Work That …
“We don’t have to surrender our individuality to be part of a collective movement.” – Joanna Macy Source: Active Hope, 2007
“When we face our fears, we discover hidden strengths we never knew we had.” – Joanna Macy Source: The Work That Reconnects, 1998
“once we realize that the nature within and the nature without are continuous, then we too may share and manifest the exquisite beauty and effortless …
“The fundamental insight of deep ecology is that underlying all of the symptoms of environmental problems, there is the illusion of separation between …
“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a …
“If we believe that happiness is possible only when we have no suffering, we will never have happiness. Happiness is not the absence of …
“It is possible to be joyful and peaceful even while we work for change. Hope is important, but it is not enough. We must also be peace and joy …
“Real change will only happen when we fall in love with the Earth. Falling in love means to see her beauty, to touch her deeply and to rejoice …
“The Earth is not just our environment. We are the Earth and we are always carrying her within us. We need to wake up and realize that the Earth …
“The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green Earth in the present moment and appreciate the peace and beauty that …
“The next Buddha may take the form of a community, a community practicing understanding and loving kindness, a community showing the way to …
“We are here to awaken from the illusion of our separateness. When we realize that everything we do affects the whole, love and responsibility …
“We need to consume in such a way that keeps our compassion alive. Reducing consumption is the way to reduce violence toward ourselves and the …
“When we walk on the Earth with awareness, every step is a prayer of healing. Touching the ground deeply, we heal ourselves and the …
“When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you do not blame the lettuce. In the same way, do not blame yourself or others. Nourish …
“You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment. When you are mindful of the Earth, you …
“It is only that tiny planet with its shades of blue and white that is our home, that welcomes us. We are living in our home, but we do not treasure …
“When I first saw Gaia in my mind I felt as an astronaut must have done as he stood on the Moon, gazing back at our home, the Earth. The feeling …
“The Ages of Gaia – A Biography of Our Living Earth” – by James Lovelock 1989, Oxford University Press. In this excellent volume James Lovelock …
MenAware New England National Park, NSW Wednesday 31 May – Sunday 4 June 2023 “I recall times in this life when I’ve quietly grieved an absence of …
A recent posthumous release from the not-for profit publisher Parralax Press: “Zen and The Art of Saving The Planet“. This book is a gem, filled with …
https://youtu.be/QPdxrrg_Frw “Deep ecology is a key to the change we need. To deep ecology, underlying all the symptoms of the environmental crisis …
An interview with John Seed on the For The Wild Podcast What could our reality look like if we had not grown up in a society so deeply committed to an …
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The recording below consists of a 45 minute guided meditation and visualisation exploring the story of cosmogenesis also known as “The Universe …
The Trumpeter ISSN: 0832-6193 Volume 22, Number 2 (2006) The Ecological Self John Seed In this article John explores some of the key issues in deep …
The following recording consist of a guided body scan and total relaxation. This practice builds on the embodied awareness and breath meditations …
From our birth until our last moment of life, the breath is with us, a rhythmic connection between the inner and outer. While there is a basic …
The recording below consists of an introduction to the practice of “Breathing Through” developed by Joanna Macy, here guided by Buddhist monk Ven. …
The following recording follows on from a previous offering which introduced basic postural awareness, helpful in sitting meditation. This practice …
“For the healing of ourselves and the world, we need to be able to stay open, to be present to our world and other beings, and all that it is …
“We may feel like we have lost the ground under our feet. It takes our breath away. The first thing to do is to regain our footing. The …
The recording below is a brief introduction to the embodied practice of Mindful Walking, drawing on insights and instructions from the Buddhist …
The following recording is an introduction to the embodied practice of sitting meditation, preliminary to a practice of Mindfulness of Breathing. …
Tenzin Alex Anderson began his path toward Deep Ecology with a doctorate researching the impacts of Climate Change on rainforest biodiversity. …
Eshana is a pioneer in the field of ecopsychology, and has been facilitating deep ecology workshops and the Council of All Beings since the …
Inna Alex is a passionate deep ecology facilitator, community organizer, and sustainable living educator. Her earth-based lifestyle in Tui Community, …
The Sea Around Us is a prize-winning and best-selling book by the American marine biologist Rachel Carson, first published as a whole by Oxford …
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“An enduring classic of the environmental movement, Joanna Macy’s poetic, groundbreaking call to action is poised to inspire a new generation“ …
Our Philosophy page describes Arne Naess’s call for “therapies which heal our relations with the widest community, that of all living …
Joanna Macy offers the following practice as part of the preparatory work for the “Honouring our Pain for the world” component of The Work That …
Back in 2021, this helpful article about deep ecology was published on treehugger.com. It in includes an overview of the history of the movement, as …
“The deep ecology movement, which began with Arne Naess’ introduction of the term in 1972, is compared with other movements for social responsibility …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMSq9EOU2JY&list=PLuxO8kkii2s3ue5C-r027aT0GzqFqkeL7&t=2s Film produced and directed by Ruth Rosenhoek Vandana …
From the Rainforest Information Centre archives — a letter exchange between Harsh Prabhu and John Seed on the influence of Mohandas Gandhi on the …
For a transcript of this informative interview see below: [https://www.context.org/iclib/ic22/zimmrman/] A philosophy is, among other things, a system …
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/philosophy-in-the-mountains—arne-naess/3176186 “Arne Næss, who died in January just a …
Vimala Thakar (1921-2009) was an Indian philosopher, social activist, and spiritual teacher who pioneered the integration of meditative inquiry with …
Audio of an interview with Alan Drengson from Greenradio on youtube, R. Alan Drengson explains the origins and principles of the deep ecology …
The challenges we face can be difficult to even think about. Climate change, pandemic uncertainty, extreme inequality, economic upheaval, and mass …
Below is a great example of deep-space connection, similar to that which we try to access through processes such as “earth as peppercorn”. Thanks to …
Everything ported into the “Honouring Our Pain for the World” section of this site — the Truth Mandala, the Mourning — has one direct …
In the Truth Mandala process, it’s common for participants to observe that while there is a quadrant for Doubt, Fear, Anger and Sadness, there …
Rather than offering its own analysis of causes and solutions for the crises of our time, the Work That Reconnects invites us to take a fresh look at …
“The Thousand-Yard Model, or The Earth as a Peppercorn” — © 1989 Guy Ottewell, published by Universal Workshop. Reproduced here with …
The following is excerpted from the website of the Work That Reconnects Network The Spiral of the Work That Reconnects The Work That Reconnects, based …
“As if this simplicity and inaccessibility were not enough, Næss built, with his own hands, a three-by-three-meter refuge some 200 meters higher …
“The emergence of ecologists from their former relative obscurity marks a turning point in our scientific communities. Their message, however, …
In April 1984, during the advent of Spring and John Muir’s birthday, George Sessions and Arne Næss summarized fifteen years of thinking on the …
A “going forth” exercise for the very end of a workshop. Source: rainforestinfo.org.au/deep-eco/letter from gaia.htm. This is a great …
From Coming Back to Life by Joanna Macy & Molly Brown (2nd ed., 2014, Chapter 10). Full instructions and further resources at the Work That …
Gratitude as a Revolutionary Act (Joanna Macy, 2006) is a training video made as a companion to Coming Back to Life, for facilitators — both those new …
Paraphrased summary of Chapter 6 of Coming Back to Life (Joanna Macy & Molly Brown, 2nd ed., 2014). Full teaching points at the Work That …
Breathing With Trees asks a simple thing: sit or stand with a plant, and breathe deliberately, attending to the literal exchange of oxygen and carbon …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf3cXTAqS2M For a full transcript of the Interview with Arne Naess in this documentary visit: …
This post holds an HTML version of the text of the book “Thinking Like A Mountain – Towards a Council of All Beings”. Published in 1988, this seminal …
From World as Lover, World as Self (Joanna Macy, Parallax Press, 1991). For more of Joanna’s own telling and context, see the Work That …
This post displays a visual version of the “Cosmic walk” group process, a journey that spirals through deep time from the birth of the cosmos to the …
The full text of the Council of All Beings Workshop Manual, prepared by Eshana (Elizabeth Bragg, PhD) in January 1998 with updates through February …
By Joanna Macy, Ph.D. Written for The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. Full source page: rainforestinfo.org.au/deep-eco/Joanna Macy.htm. The …
This is Joanna Macy’s own version of tonglen, the Tibetan Buddhist practice of breathing in suffering and breathing out ease. In her written …
Below is a script and set of instructions in brief for the Council of All Beings process, excerpted from the facilitator’s manual and John …
Joanna Macy’s Truth Mandala, reproduced from Coming Back to Life (Macy & Brown, 1998). The dominant “Honouring Our Pain for the …
A facilitation script by John Seed, shared with permission as part of the Council of All Beings process he developed with Joanna Macy, Pat Fleming and …
Earth Anatomy for Gaeans Richard W. Ely Those of us who follow Earth-centered spiritual paths need to have a scientific as well as a spiritual …
Transcribed by Chris Lehman from the Council of All Beings workshop at Northern Pines Lodge, Maine, USA, 24–25 October 1992, and reproduced here as …
A facilitation note by John Seed, drawing directly on Joanna Macy’s Despair and Empowerment work. These days the Truth Mandala, is usually used, …
by John Seed In the fourth World Rainforest Report, Queensland zoologist Peter Dwyer noted that the New Guinea highlanders find the rainforest …
A song about our Origins and cosmic story written by Theo Simons of the band Seize the Day (http://www.seizetheday.org/music.cfm?…), and sung here by …
I"f we enter the rainforest and allow our energies to merge with the energies we find there, I found, a most profound change in consciousness …
Produced & Directed by Jeni Kendall Cameraman – Paul Tait ©1980 Gaia Films This 1980 documentary tells the story of the first eco-blockade in the …
https://youtu.be/i_uJFzXlyNQ In May 2014, blockades by monks and indigenous farmers in Cambodia prevented Sinohydro from commencing work to dam the …
This is the ritual script John Seed has used since 2012, adapted with thanks to Sister Miriam Therese McGillis (Genesis Farm, New Jersey) and Ruth …
Below you will find an embedded PDF version of the seminal book by John Seed, Joanna Macy, Pat Fleming and Arne Naess which gave rise to the “Council …
Excerpt: “Lisa: I thought our conversation could follow the Work That Reconnect’s spiral; so what, in this day and age, after all this time of doing …
By Theodore Roszak excerpt from “The Voice of the Earth by Theodore Roszak - Simon Schuster 1992 In the post-Earth Summit era it is becoming …
In this video, filmed in the spring of 2005, John Seed performs some songs and poems. He also offers detailed introductions to some of the group …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3ewikJxt8Y Arunachala is a sacred mountain near Tiruvanamalai in southern India. Seen as a manifestation of the god …
For more information visit: www.aldoleopold.org “A deep chesty bawl echoes from rimrock to rimrock, rolls down the mountain, and fades into the far …
Excerpt from the book “Thinking Like a Mountain – Towards a Council of All Beings” for the full text visit: Book: “Thinking like a Mountain …
Today The Story of the Universe is being told as our sacred Story. The Flaring Forth continues as this moment, as us, as one. Cosmic Walker says “And …
52 years ago Earth is seen as Whole from space. The Earth becomes complex enough to witness her own integral beauty. Part of the Cosmic Walk timeline …
60 years ago, humans discover DNA, life’s common language. Part of the Cosmic Walk timeline — a walk through 13.7 billion years of cosmic and Earth …
85 years ago, empirical evidence of an Expanding Universe is discovered. For the first time humans are aware they live in a developing universe. Part …
250 years ago, scientists begin to calculate the Age of the Earth. Humans try to understand how old the Earth is through empirical observations. Part …
3000 years ago, Classical Religions emerge. Hinduism, Confucianism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam. Each of these traditions holds a story of …
100 thousand years ago, Modern Humans emerge. Language, shamanic and goddess religions, and art become integral with human life. Part of the Cosmic …
11000 years ago, Agriculture is invented. Humans begin to shape the environment. First thought to have arisen in the “Fertile Crescent” between the …
4 million years ago, Hominids leave the forest, stand up, and walk on two legs. The savannah offers the challenges and opportunities for these early …
Over the course of the next 60 million years Earth greets rodents, whales, monkeys, horses, cats and dogs, antelopes, gibbons, grazing animals, …
65 million years ago – Shortly after primates appear on the scene, the Cretaceous period ends with the 6th mass extinction after an asteroid 6 miles …
114 million years ago, Flowers evolve gorgeous and overt sexual organs, making themselves irresistible to insects by way of colours, perfumes, and …
150 million years ago. Birds emerge, a direct descendant of the dinosaur as leg bones evolve into wing bones, jawbones into beaks and scales into …
225 million years ago, the first mammals, small and nocturnal, jump, climb, swing, and swim through a world of giants. Some rodent-sized …
235 million years ago sees the end of the Permian period when the 4th and greatest mass extinction of life on Earth takes place. Trilobites and many …
335 Million years ago, the first subtropical forests evolve. Over generations, these forests load themselves with carbon extracted from the …
395 million years ago – The first amphibian animals hop and lumber onto land, trading in their gill slits for air-breathing lungs, transforming fins …
460 million years ago – Leaving the water, animals such as worms and mollusks and crustaceans seek the adventure of weather and gravity. Algae and …
600 million years ago, light sensitive eyespots evolve into eyesight, perhaps in an ancestor of the trilobite. The Earth sees herself for the first …
700 million years ago, the first Multicellular Organisms emerge. Some organisms begin living together in colonies, finding ways to communicate with …
1 billion years ago, increasingly, predator organisms learn to use the complex biomolecules of their prey organisms, thereby saving themselves the …
1.5 billion years ago, crisis conditions arise such as food shortages, lack of moisture and extreme temperatures. Hungry ancestral organisms learn to …
2 billion years ago, despite the enormous drag of its tidal seas the planet is still spinning fast. Each day – one revolution – lasts only about 18 …
2.7 billion years ago, oxygen loving cells emerge! The first global environmental crisis is averted by the creativity of these tiny cellular …
3.9 billion years ago, cells invent Photosynthesis. Small creatures learn to capture the sun and store the energy in chemical bonds. They are able to …
4.28 billion years ago, the rich chemical brew brings forth the wonder of life, as the First Cell emerges. Probably around hydrothermal vents in the …
4.4 – 4.1 billion years ago – Exuberant volcanoes expel hotly agitated deep earth to the surface. Over hundreds of millions of years, Earth has grown …
4.5 billion years ago, our Solar System forms from the remains of the supernova explosion.The sun and a great disk of matter emerge—all the planets …
8 billion years later, 4.6 billion years ago, our Grandmother Star becomes a supernova.She gives up her life in an explosion of possibilities . She …
A billion years later, Galaxies, Stars, and Supernovas emerge. For billions of years the universe continues to expand and cool. Hydrogen and helium …
Some 13.7 billion years ago, our Universe flashes into existence, lit by the power of the eternal matrix of being. From the quantum foam is born the …
An Exploration of Engaged BuddhismBy John Seed (See below for an embedded pdf version with illustrations) Buddha Touched the Earth is the title of a …
PAPER DELIVERED BY JOHN SEED TO THE ECOPSYCHOLOGY SYMPOSIUM AT THE AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY’S 28TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND, …
from the book Thinking Like a mountain - Towards a Council of All Beings - Seed et al by John Seed, Joanna Macy, Arne Naess & Pat Fleming, New …
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