2014
Determined that his last act will be a gift to the planet, a man prepares for his own green burial.
93 min
CLEAR ALL
Lynn Margulis, Stephen Buhner and John Seed speak to a crowd at Amherst College in 2005.
In this pathfinding book, many of the world’s leading health visionaries show how human health is inescapably dependent on the health of our environment.
Few would deny that we are entering a period of great change. Our environment is collapsing. Social disruption abounds. All around, it seems, we are experiencing breakdown. But out of this chaos comes the opportunity for breakthrough—the opportunity to reimagine our future.
Eco-philosopher and best-selling author Joanna Macy, Ph.D., shares five stories from her more than thirty years of studying and practicing Buddhism and deep ecology.
Many of us feel called to respond to the ecological destruction of our planet, yet we feel overwhelmed, immobilized, and unable to deal realistically with the threats to life on Earth.
Coming Back to Life has helped people transform denial, despair and grief in the face of the social and ecological challenges of our time.
A leading figure in Buddhist-informed social and ecological activism since the 1980s, Joanna Macy's life work is rooted in a profound study of the parallels between Buddhist and scientific worldviews.
From cross-cultural legends recounting shamanic cures to the biblical accounts of the parting of the Red Sea and Jesus multiplying the loaves and fishes, many spiritual traditions are rich in stories about seemingly inexplicable transformations of the natural world.
While many experts point to the enormous complexity in addressing issues ranging from the destruction of ecosystems to the loss of millions of species, Thich Nhat Hanh identifies one key issue as having the potential to create a tipping point.
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