By Calvin Trillin — 1964
From 1964: An encounter with Martin Luther King, Jr., during a summer of pressure.
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In a very special interview, Satish Kumar shares his greatest adventure, inspiration and how we can find connection with the Earth.
Though she did not set out to do so, Carson influenced the environmental movement as no one had since the 19th century’s most celebrated hermit, Henry David Thoreau, wrote about Walden Pond. “Silent Spring” presents a view of nature compromised by synthetic pesticides, especially DDT...
The author writes that what she does on behalf of healing any individual or being must also be healing, even if not directly extended, for the world itself.
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Satish Kumar has spent much of his life walking the Earth to spiritually connect with nature; now he wants environmentalists and all of us to forget gloomy predictions and follow in his footsteps. John Vidal reports
The world is experiencing the dawn of a revolutionary transformation to becoming an ecologically literate and socially just civilization.
Taking care of nature means taking care of people, and taking care of people means taking care of nature.
The entrepreneur and community leader on healing, boundaries, and tuning into yourself.