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A Conversation with Alice Walker

By American Libraries — 2013

The bestselling author discusses her role as a global citizen and her connection with nature, history, and activism

Read on americanlibrariesmagazine.org

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In This Epic Moment of Eco-Social Disruption, the World Is Seeing a Revolutionary Transformation

The world is experiencing the dawn of a revolutionary transformation to becoming an ecologically literate and socially just civilization.

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New Ways of Looking at Landscapes

Ansel Adams's Legacy and the Diverse Artists Building on an Icon

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He Uses Art to Make State Parks in California More Accessible for All

Joe Colmenares and many others, Bayview-Hunters Point is not simply a representation of urban blight. It’s a living, breathing community where people live and work, love and lose, join together and get by.

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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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Rachel Carson’s Natural Histories

“The Sea Around Us” and “The Edge of the Sea” might not have the polemical force of “Silent Spring.” They share with it, though, the sense that life on earth is too complicated, and too strange, to be knowable and predictable.

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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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Does Witchcraft Hold the Secret to Happiness?

Claiming the witch archetype is a means of self-empowerment.

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13 Globe-Trotting Indigenous Grannies Carry Message of Unity and Prayer

Thirteen matriarchs from indigenous cultures are currently touring the world, promoting peace, unity, and a respect for nature. nicola Graydon meets one of them, Mona Polacca.

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Moving into Right Relations with Mona Polacca

“Women are like a mirror image of Mother Earth. We feel her pain. These heartaches that we feel are part of the compassion that women have, and we need to act on that compassion.” Mona Polacca.

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Satish Kumar—Peace Activist

In a very special interview, Satish Kumar shares his greatest adventure, inspiration and how we can find connection with the Earth.

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