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100 women saving the planet
March is National Women’s History Month, and this year the theme is “Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet.” The National Women’s History Project website celebrates 100 women who have worked in ecological projects ranging from starting nonprofits to … Continue reading
Another sign of (political) spring
Michelle Obama and schoolchildren broke ground today for an organic garden at the White House: This was one of the suggestions environmental journalist Michael Pollan made last fall before the election in his open letter to the next Farmer-in-Chief on … Continue reading
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Tagged gardening, Michelle Obama
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What your soft animal body loves
The opening lines of Mary Oliver’s poem “Wild Geese” are calling to me today: You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, attitudes toward animals, ecofeminism, ethics, Mary Oliver, poetry, wild animals
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Paradigms, idols, and the mind in matter
Following Karen Armstrong’s remarks on idols, I’ve been thinking about idolatry in relation to our view of nature. We are wedded to the view that nature lacks mind–to the extent that alternatives to this view, from pantheism to animism, are … Continue reading
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Tagged animism, attitudes toward nature, Descartes, Karen Armstrong, panpsychism, pantheism, philosophy of mind
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Dolphin bubbles
With a nod to Andrew Sullivan: