Today in The Medium Newsletter, featured stories include:
• #EcoSpirituality and respect for the natural world, with Gonzalo Kern and Shelly Stern
• #ChatGPT and #AI hallucinations in a #MAHA report, with @westwise
• Opportunities for local #journalism in #CivicSpace, with Jennifer Brandel
• Reflections of a #colorblind artist, with Iban Van der Zeyp
https://medium.com/blog/awe-an-underrated-climate-strategy-e3dde5776c6b
Dear Mastodon Friends - This is the cover for my new book with a short description. I invite to visit the book’s website below for more information.
From the press release: “Part memoir, part lyrical essays and poetry, Sacred Earth Rising Within is a turn toward life in challenging times, and carries a powerful message of hope for the human prospect. A profoundly healing narrative for our time, it is a new hybrid genre that speaks to the heart, mind, and spirit within the context of a creative cosmos. It tells a story that is both personal and universal.”
For more information, please see my new website, dedicated to the book at http://www.terravitamedia.com
#ecology #memoir #spirituality #earth #cosmology #ecospirituality #ecopsychology #nature #naturelovers #naturelover
With the political developments of the past three months, we’re gonna talk #politics . This is where we can civilly explore the disconnect between the accelerating environmental #polycrisis and increasing denial of the causes. We’ll examine these challenges and ways to respond through an ecocentric Gaian lens. Join us if you want to talk politics.
US EST: Thu 24th15:00
EU CEST: Thu 24th Apr 21:00
AU AEST: Fri 25th Apr 05:00
https://zoom.us/j/7750874170?pwd=aWR1Y213MlFkMVh3MWQ3UHFkMjJxQT09
What Might Cultures Look Like a Thousand Years from Now?
Join Erik Assadourian for this Goucher College Webinar exploring how we navigate through the polycrisis. It will explore how the Gaian Way could help cultivate a new, healthier relationship with the planet we’re part of and utterly depend on, and form the foundations of cultures of the future.
EST: Mar 25th 7:00pm
CET EU: Mah 26th 12:00am
AEST Aus: Mar 26th 10:00am
https://gradprograms.goucher.edu/register/?id=1423ce6b-b7fc-4083-aae6-7dde624f9d3e
Ecospirituality is Tremendously Beneficial but May Hinder Environmental Efforts, Researchers says ~ New research says our connection with nature is empirically beneficial and may help us navigate the current challenges to healing the Earth.
#psychology #research #pagan #indigenousculture #ecospirituality #spirituality #science #politics
#ecospirituality
#ecofriendly
#xrnyc
#xruk
#xrpeking
#UnitarianUniversalism
http://youtube.com/post/Ugkxawq7tRnCCTbcPcBmZGN4PoDp2OCGRQy5?si=UouWz0x_70LcLaK9
The image of smoldering plastic in a little pit on the side of the street, white wisps of smoke dancing up, burned forever in my brain....
https://gaianism.org/plastic-plastic-everywhere-including-in-what-we-drink/
First, songs about animals. Then, songs about plants. But these are not just random ditties, in #EarthEclectic episode 19. These are songs (and instrumentals and poems) that reflect the awe, wonder, inherent value, dignity, and wisdom of our more-than-human kin. Some songs celebrate specific species, while others find spiritual meaning in broader metaphors. We hope you find them all as inspiring as we do.
https://www.mixcloud.com/eclectic-collective/earth-eclectic-0019/
How do you see the world you live in?
#ecology #biodiversity #nature #humanity #ecosystems #life #evolution #sustainability #philosophy #ecospirituality #ecolibertarianism
@IndigenousFoodSov I like this add. Why?
Because of its message? Yes.
But especially because we should continuously be reminding us each other that other living beings are the ones we owe our existence to.
We need to develop gratitude to these other beings and to those who sustain them.
More and more I believe that we would be better off once we understand and accept these facts in our set of values.
#ecology #sustainability #biodoversity #ecolibertarianism #ecospirituality
The online #Sabbat rituals I started during the COVID lockdowns continue to be an important part of my offerings. Last night we gathered on Zoom for #Samhain to honor our beloved dead. During our ritual we paused to reflect on whole species who have disappeared into the ancestral realm due to the #ExtinctionCrisis because our #EcoGrief needs to be acknowledged and shared.
My "Zoom altar" is shared with a 2nd camera.
#samhain2023 #pagan #druid #wicca #ecospirituality #ancestorwork
The best description of my spiritual inclination is what folks call #NaturalPantheism, or similarly, #ScientificPantheism. I've been journaling and thinking about it a lot, and I have been considering doing the universal life thing and officiating life events under the natural pantheism worldview, except I think the guy who has done a lot of the book writing about it recently feels possessive of the name. But I don't think it's trademarked. Still thinking about it.
#ulc #spiritual #treehugger #brainweasels #ecospirituality #ecotheology #Gaia #earth #cosmos #starstuff
https://natureandwisdom.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/naturalistic-pantheism
Three proponents of #ecospirituality recently collaborated for a panel at the Harvard Divinity School's conference on Alternative Spiritualities.
Note: the recording starts a little late, so there are no introductions, but the presenters are Ian Mowll of GreenSpirit, Michelle Merrill of Novasutras (see @novasutras) and Erik Assadourian of the Gaian Way.
I found it fascinating and inspiring.
Today is the festival of Borrowed, a reminder that the Earth is precious and ecosystems are fragile. It seems even more relevant in the face of the climate emergency.
https://dowsingfordivinity.com/2020/02/27/the-festival-of-borrowed/
Starting a the top of the hour Dr Angela Puca in conversation with Selena Fox
Nature Spirituality & Paganism with Selena Fox
https://www.youtube.com/live/Dw2FlyWVVqM?feature=share
"The interconnection between the outer and inner is foundational to life, both our individual life and the life of all of creation, as has been understood by indigenous peoples since the very beginning; therefore we cannot address our outer ecological crisis without a real consciousness of the inner situation. We cannot redeem our physical environment without restoring our relationship to the sacred."
#climatecrisis #ecologicalcrisis #spiritualcrisis
#ecospirituality
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/spiritual-ecology-climate-change_b_790499
Now Moment Journey #Podcast-Episode 9 is about why beginning animists get shut down by the appropriation conversation. This is more complex than one might think.
This Podcast will cover topics such as #animism, #shamanism, spiritual connection with the land, among other topics.
Click here to listen: http://www.linktr.ee/nowmomentjourney
#animism #shamanism #podcast #spirituality #earthbasedwisdom #nature #animalspirits #ecospirituality #empath #oldways
Delighted to see @RevDrMatthewFox on here — radical Christian theologian and author who promotes social and environmental justice, and is Pagan-friendly and life-affirming 💚
Give him a follow!
#universalism #ecoSpirituality #environmentalJustice #socialJustice
#Degrowth to a #PostGrowth World.
It makes so much sense ✊
#RegenerativeCulture #Biocentrism #Rewilding #Agriwilding #Transition #Resilience #DoughnutEconomics #NewParadigm #AgroEcology #EcoSpirituality #Health #Wellbeing #Community
