Nature :: Spirit
Exploring kinship in a living, animate world
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20. Finding Sweetness in Bitterness
Wise words from a Sufi teacher when times are tough
Jan 8, 2021
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18. A Crocodile, a Virus, and the False Promise of Supremacy
A crocodile attack on philosopher Val Plumwood sheds light on the "desperate delusion" of white COVID patients who, while dying, still deny the virus
Nov 20, 2020
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15. Reimagining Community
How community could support individuals, not mass-produce them, and how West African traditional values could help
Oct 2, 2020
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6. Finding the Way of the Heart
In a society that follows the mind—thinking and planning and goal setting—what does it look like to follow the heart?
Jul 10, 2020
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5. On Masks and Fear and a Truer Story of Nature
What denial of a virus has to do with whiteness
Jul 3, 2020
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Seeing Each Other Through
Reimagining community, care, and nature in a time of distance
Mar 20, 2020
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We have to put the health of the Earth absolutely first. It will mean listening with humility to what the animals and plants and trees and insects need to thrive. It will mean putting their needs first, for they were here first; they prepared the Earth to be friendly to human evolution. Our lives depend on their lives, our health on their health. It will mean loving the Earth, the body of us all. Transforming the law to value ownership less, and health and life more.