Living Earth
Following Water’s Wisdom
Journal Article
Earth has an enormous capacity for regeneration. It’s possible to restore Earth’s natural climate regulating systems through decentralized rain water retention, reforestation and regenerative agriculture. We realized that in times of perpetual government failure to do something about the climate crisis, this good news needed to be spread, urgently.
The Gravity of Love | Water, Eros, and the Sacred Web of Life
Journal Article
We all came from the sea and grew up together. We are water beings, connected through water. This is a large part of what makes us relatives. We came from water, and we have never really separated from water. Water is our lifeblood. Our hearts are made of water.
The Way of Water
Journal Article
The water element partakes of the Divine Feminine, both astrologically and alchemically. In the psychology of alchemy, one strives towards a perfect balance between the elements within an individual. The alchemical term for water processes, solutio, means “transformation by water.”
Reflections on Water
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Water is a keeper of secrets, a bearer of memory, and a patient teacher. It moves beneath and between all things, carving space for life and asking only that we pay attention. Here, writers gather to listen—and to make an offering: poems, meditations, and witnessings shaped by the slow intelligence of water.
Gaia Within | Choosing Care in an Unraveling World
Journal Article
Time might bring back the coral reefs and provide space for species that are not yet extinct to rebuild their populations. Forests could reclaim hillsides while birds, butterflies, and bees construct their nests and hives in their shade. But how can our species survive when we choose leaders who are blind to the living intelligence that created us?
The Art of Belonging | Emergent Universe Oratorio
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The Emergent Universe Oratorio (EUO) is a musical and poetic composition for chorus, orchestra, and orator, of the Great Story of our vast evolving Universe, the new scientific cosmology of our cosmic birth, to galaxies, stars, Earth, life, of human emergence and transformation. It is a response to the greatest crisis in the history of humanity, and if we can respond as one thread in the tapestry of living Earth, it is also its greatest opportunity.
Biodiversity is Biosecurity
Journal Article
Understanding how life creates a livable Earth radically alters our view of the world. It means that the material (abiotic) world does not simply shape the conditions for the living (biotic) world. The living world also actively shapes the material world in ways that enhances the vibrancy and livability of our planet as a whole.
The End of Human Supremacy
Journal Article
The healing of the world will be created through the cooperation of everyone who lives on Earth...The Earth knows how to heal the Earth better than anyone. Remembering to listen to all the beings of nature that are not only asking for help but also offering their wise medicine will be the long-awaited end of human supremacy.
The Healing Joy of a Hike in the Woods
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The earth reminds us of how we must treat our home, and how that reflects our care for ourselves and each other. A cluttered mind is like a disordered space, whereas a temple cared for with love and respect can stand the test of time, its beauty woven into every moment.
When Wolves Returned to Yellowstone – Twenty-five Years On
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How can it be that the return of wolves could somehow alter Yellowstone’s rivers and streams? Or that the presence of wolves would result in an increase in songbirds or amphibians? No one saw these things coming. Though still debated, the concept of the “trophic cascade” offers one explanation of what has transpired.