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A Healing Grove: African Tree Remedies for Mind, Body and Spirit

By Stephanie Rose Bird — 2009

A Healing Grove: African Tree Remedies and Rituals for the Body and Spirit by Stephanie Rose Bird draws on the rich historical African tradition of the remedial qualities of trees, rallies against society's increasing detachment from nature and highlights the contemporary social and economical... See more...

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As Climate Worsens, Environmentalists Also Grapple with the Mental Toll of Activism

Today’s climate activists are driven by environmental worries that are increasingly more urgent, and which feel more personal.

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Alex Smith
2021
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New Ways of Looking at Landscapes

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

Article
Rebecca Senf
2021
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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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Sam Laird
2021
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27 – Persist at Problems That Seem Insurmountable with Erin Brockovich

It’s been 20 years since the movie (starring Julia Roberts) that made Erin Brockovich a household name was in theaters. Erin has some excellent advice regarding standing up for what’s right, taking care of yourself, and tackling things that seem impossible.

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The Verywell Mind Podcast With Amy Morin
2020
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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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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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Joshua Rothman
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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The Edge of the Sea

"The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place." A book to be read for pleasure as well as a practical identification guide, The Edge of the Sea introduces a world of teeming life where the sea meets the land.

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Rachel Carson, Sue Hubbell
1998
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Under the Sea-Wind

Rachel Carson—pioneering environmentalist and author of Silent Spring—opens our eyes to the wonders of the natural world in her groundbreaking paean to the sea.

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Rachel Carson, Linda Lear
2024
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The Sea Around Us

Originally published in 1951, The Sea Around Us is one of the most influential books ever written about the natural world.

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Rachel Carson, Sylvia Earle
2018
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Connection with Nature