Living Earth

Rebuilding Earth’s Forest Corridors

Journal Article

Nature tends to live in ribbons—the forest corridor, the mountain range, the coastline, and the winding river. Any ecosystem that is disconnected from similar (or different) ecosystems will eventually die.

Published in Volume 20 Issue 2 By Teresa Coady

The Labyrinth and the Black Madonna

Journal Article

We cannot return to the innocence of an earlier time, but this bond between humanity and creation remains, hidden beneath all the debris of our culture.

Published in Volume 20 Issue 2 By Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

Fragile Gold

Journal Article

All wealth is derivative of Earth—most of all, values and wisdom. They are among the most recent emergent properties of our Universe's 13.8 billion years of inexpressibly glorious creativity, complexification of matter and energy, and deepening of consciousness.

Published in Volume 20 Issue 1 By Sam Guarnaccia

Thomas Berry and the Rights of Nature

Journal Article

One of Thomas Berry’s major contributions to what he called the Great Work was his articulation of the principles and philosophy of Earth Jurisprudence.

Published in Volume 19 Issue 4 By Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim

The Holy Grail of Restoration

Journal Article

Over historical time the vegetative cover and evolutionary biodiversity of the Sinai has been in large part lost. Imagine the importance if it were possible to restore the region to ecological health.

Published in Volume 19 Issue 2 By John D. Liu

Turtles Among Us

Journal Article

Shouldn’t we be paying attention when the turtles head for high ground and wander among us with a kind of desperation? When at their most vulnerable, they come to us? There are many ways to ask why and many ways to answer.

Published in Volume 19 Issue 1 By Robin Wall Kimmerer, PhD

Engaged Ecology: Seven Practices to Restore Our Harmony with Nature

Article

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

Article

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

The Biology of Wonder | Finding the Human in Nature

Article

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

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

Article

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