Reconnect With Earth
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Introduction: Dean Walker’s New Book (Fall 2018)
NEW BOOK: INTRODUCTION Dean Spillane-Walker July 2018 My frustration with these greedy, lying bastards is personal. Human-caused climate disruption is not a belief – it is one of the best-studied phenomena on Earth. Even a half-wit can understand this. As any father would, anyone threatening my family will by on the receiving end of…
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Understanding Ecological Grief, By Neville Ellis
Reposted from Alternet We are living in a time of extraordinary ecological loss. Not only are human actions destabilising the very conditions that sustain life, but it is also increasingly clear that we are pushing the Earth into an entirely new geological era, often described as the Anthropocene Research shows that people increasingly feel…
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Life In The Anthropocene: Field Notes From The Santa Rosa Fires, By Dianne Monroe
Anthropocene: relating to or denoting the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment. The call came a little before 5 am, the morning of Monday, October 9. I stumbled toward the phone and retrieved the message. A neighbor’s voice, “Get…
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Climate Change And The Human Mind: A Noted Psychiatrist Weighs In, With Robert Jay Lifton
Reposted from Yale Environment 360 Psychiatrist and historian Robert Jay Lifton has delved deep into the some of the darkest issues and most traumatic events of the 20th century with his research into the mindset of Nazi doctors, terrorism, the experiences of prisoners of war, and the aftermath of nuclear attack, which he chronicled in…
Read MoreA Most Dangerous Assumption. Harvey Austin.
A Most Dangerous Assumption “…It was amazing how many people thought money could buy them exception from the laws of nature.” S.M. Stirling Dies in the Fire, 2004, p. 5. This is the grave mistake we make as a western culture, particularly as an American culture. We assume, because we have so much…
Read MoreThe Battlefield at Mother Nature. Piercing Video from Marc Haneburght.
Prolific video producer, Marc Haneburght offers us one of his most artful and grief-filled pieces to date. This is a film to watch when you find yourself numb and uninspired. Watching this piece will either invoke your appropriate rage or your grief. Either way our hearts are inspired to break open consciously. Thank you Marc.
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The Story of Stuff. The simplest version of our consumerist story.
To fully engage in the work of Living Resilience we must have at least a basic understanding of our consumption-based human operating system. We also must be clear that our system is utterly unsustainable, in fact it is at the center of our global predicament. The Story of Stuff offers us a very gentle introduction…
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