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When Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh was once asked what we need to do to save our world, he simply said: “What we most need to do is to hear within us the sound of the earth crying.” May we support ourselves and each other to hear the sound of the Earth crying, and act …
“We must act now with what we have while initiating the transformational Emergence of the new.” ~ David Korten Drawing on the work and insights of many colleagues and from ongoing conversations, David's paper, Ecological Civilization: From Emergency to Emergence, was written in an effort to connect the dots and engage a serious conversation about the …
All round the world, populations are leaving their ancestral lands due to climate change, for instance various populations in the highlands of Nepal. Innovative new measures and policies are urgently needed to face what could with time become huge challenges for hundreds of millions. I bless the people all round the world who are facing …
Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh suffered a stroke in 2014, and this text, based on a series of talks he gave in the years leading to COP 21, was prepared by his disciples.... We live in a time of collective awakening. We see many signs of that collective awakening all around us. One of the …
The work of the mature person is to carry grief in one hand and gratitude in the other and to be stretched large by them. How much sorrow can I hold? That's how much gratitude I can give. If I carry only grief, I'll bend toward cynicism and despair. If I have only gratitude, I'll …
Leading visionaries of The Great Turning respond to key questions relevant to the challenges of our times: What is The Great Turning and what is its significance at this time in our human history? What is the evolutionary leap of consciousness - the awakening - required of humanity to navigate and actualise The Great …
On awakening, bless this day, for it is already full of unseen good which your blessings will call forth; for to bless is to acknowledge the unlimited good that is embedded in the very texture of the universe and awaiting each and all. One of the greatest secrets of life is to know how to …
What are the seeds we need for a new story to come fully alive? Returning to a deep ecology of consciousness we can rediscover the magical awareness that belongs to our essential relationship with the living Earth. Memories of Magic and Wonder As the seasons and the years pass I have watched with a deep …
featured image: © User:Colin / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 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. He originated the term and explained its key concepts over many years.1 A Gaia Foundation report acknowledges: “Earth Jurisprudence is the term first used by …
The environment is in us, not outside of us. The trees are our lungs, the rivers our bloodstream. We are all interconnected, and what you do to the environment ultimately you do to yourself. ~ Ian Somerhalder Header Photo by Joshua Woroniecki on Unsplash Featured Photo by Joshua Woroniecki on Unsplash