"Nature deficit disorder" has become an increasingly challenging problem in our hypermodern world. In Awake in the Wild, Mark Coleman shows seekers how to remedy this widespread malady by reconnecting with nature through Buddhism. Each short (two to three pages) chapter includes a concrete nature meditation relating to such topics as Attuning to the Natural World, Reflecting the Rhythms of Nature, Walking with Compassion, Releasing the Inner Noise,...

The international bestselling author of “When Corporations Rule the World” shares a vital new vision for changing humanity's self-destructive course. We humans live by stories, says David Korten, and the stories that now govern our society have set us on a self-destructive path. In “Change the Story, Change the Future”, Korten offers a new story that lets us reimagine society and navigate the critical needs of our time. Korten calls our...

"Explores the character traits and virtues required for Christians to be responsible keepers of the earth and to flourish in the challenging decades to come"--

O'Reilley, a Quaker raised as a Catholic, embarks on a year working on a sheep farm and visiting a Buddhist monastery in France.

Inspiration, practices, and meditations to empower us in the face of planetary suffering: "True wisdom for tough times." -John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America Deepening global crises surround us, causing many to fall prey to denial and despair. Coming Back to Life shows how grief, anger, and fear are healthy responses to the harsh realities of our time, and that when honored through the revolutionary practice of the Work That Reconnects,...

"Sandra L. Richter cares about the Bible and the environment. Using her expertise in ancient Israelite society as well as in biblical theology, she walks readers through biblical passages, showing how significant environmental theology is in the Bible's witness and sharing case studies connecting modern day examples and Scripture. She then calls Christians to apply that message to today's environmental concerns"--

"It's a book about our denial of death as a species (the possibility if not probability of extinction), how religion has fueled that denial, and how religion might also help break through that denial and find hope"--

This book of readings, meditations, rituals and workshop notes prepared on three continents provides a context for ritual identification with the natural environment. As relevant today as when it was originally published in 1988, this classic of the sustainability movement helps us experience our place in the web of life - rather than at the apex of some human-centered pyramid. An important deep ecology educational tool for activist, school and religious...

Evolutionist David Sloan Wilson outlines the basic principles of evolution and explains how they pertain to every aspect of life and form the foundations of humanity's capacity for symbolic thought, culture, and morality.