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Finding gratitude before breakfast
The Earth has completed a full turn around the sun since, inspired by the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address, I set the intention to offer gratitude to everyone in the natural world every day, first thing in the morning, for a year. … Continue reading
Posted in nature, spirituality
Tagged animism, attitudes toward nature, birds, climate change, cosmology, global warming, gratitude, thanking nature, Thanksgiving Address, trees, wildflowers
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20 million cheatgrass seeds
It’s cheatgrass time in Santa Fe, and beside every street those foot-tall seas of delicate green seed heads are waving in the May breezes. Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) is bad news. Or it is thought to be. Called the “scourge“ … Continue reading
Can we imagine a better future? On dystopias and hope
A blog reader named Ray contacted me a while back to say that he shares a deep concern about climate change. In fact, he’s publishing a novel about it on his website. In his book the Arctic polar ice cap … Continue reading
Posted in nature, writing
Tagged attitudes toward nature, climate change, community, dystopia, imagination, utopia
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The power of we, multiplied
Today is Blog Action Day 2012, and bloggers around the world are thinking and writing about “The Power of We,” highlighting themes of community, equality, and freedom. What better day to talk about the wider circle of friends taking part … Continue reading
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Tagged attitudes toward animals, attitudes toward nature, community, land-community, relationships
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Why I support Occupy Wall Street
In a word: health. The health of the planet. Put simply, a huge gap between the fabulously wealthy and everyone else is bad for the planet. Why? Because such a system is wasteful and costly. It’s wasteful because it allows … Continue reading
Posted in nature, politics
Tagged attitudes toward nature, climate change, ecological economics, economics, global warming, inequality, sustainability
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Favorite Friday: Even bindweed brings gifts
Bindweed is thick and happy right now—at its seasonal height—and gardeners are scrambling to keep it under control. A year ago at this time I wondered: If every being serves some positive purpose, what might bindweed be contributing? The post … Continue reading
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Tagged attitudes toward nature, ethnobotany, native plants, TEK, traditional environmental knowledge, weeds
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