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Nature as an Ally: An Interview with Wendell Berry

By Sarah Leonard — 2012

Berry is best known for his attention to place—an insistence on community and an intimate knowledge of home, from the soil to the weather patterns to the human history.

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How ‘Silent Spring’ Ignited the Environmental Movement

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...

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Eliza Griswold
2012
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Celebrating Earth Day Through Eco-Spirituality

Eco-spirituality is about helping people experience “the holy” in the natural world and to recognize their relationship as human beings to all creation. However, eco-spirituality isn’t just a philosophy or a prayerful way of life. For Sister Ginny, it has been a passionate call to action.

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Olga Bonfiglio
2012
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Silent Spring—I

If we are living so intimately with chemicals, we had better know something about their power.

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Rachel Carson
2017
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Soul Man

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

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John Vidal
2008
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Joanna Macy on How to Prepare Internally for Whatever Comes Next

“Yes, it looks bleak," says Joanna Macy. "But you are still alive now. You are alive with all the others, in this present moment. And because the truth is speaking in the work, it unlocks the heart."

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Joanna Macy
2016
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Learning to See in the Dark Amid Catastrophe: An Interview with Deep Ecologist Joanna Macy

Joanna Macy discusses politics, the media, activism, and the importance of waking up.

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Dahr Jamail
2017
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