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 Machaelle Small Wright
Revised edition 1997
http://www.perelandra-ltd.com
To give the reader a background for the real story, Wright includes an objectively told but nevertheless riveting memoir of growing up with two irresponsible and self-absorbed parents, and the solutions she worked out for herself. Understanding the degree to which she was forced to learn early how to rely on herself gives a sense of how she had the confidence to persist in listening to her intuition and ultimately to develop a most unconventional relationship with Nature. If you are a devotee of organic gardening, if you were ever intrigued by the Findhorn story, if you want to deepen your sense of connection with nature and live lightly on the planet, this is for you. But more than that, you can learn what she has been taught about the balance of human and nature energy and how objects and experiences are manifested into physical reality, and how to apply the principles to your own life.
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 Annie Dillard
Reprint 1998
Dillard describes life in a remote cabin, living in mindfulness, with simplicity, listening to oneself, looking for oneself rather than reacting to external noise and packaged sights. The power of living alone on one's own schedule, open to the feedback of the moment, is alive in this telling.
The depth of her penetration into the perfectly ordinary lives of the plants and animals that surround her is striking. Anyone who has lived in the woods knows that the strange and wonderful secrets she writes about do not reveal themselves to the casual observer, only to the focused eye and the open and patient mind. It seems as if she is living in some magical realm where the invisible opens itself to her eye and flows out through her pen. Her writing details in a striking way the pitiless indifference and confusion as well as the extraordinary beauty and order of nature. It is a testament to her skill of evocation that much of the book was actually written later, in an entirely different enviroment.
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 Essays on Life, Land and Spirit
In Living By Water, novelist Brenda Peterson explores through essay nature’s revelation…the simple rhythms of water. From the shores of Puget Sound, she observes seals, whales, and seabirds; watches the changing tides and weather; and notes how the natural world shapes the lives and spirits of the inhabitants – animal and human – of her chosen home.
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 The Roaring Inside Her
Susan Griffin 2000 (reviewed by Julie Zamost) Griffin explores the subtle but intricate connection between feminism and ecology by tracing the development of the patriarchy’s attitude toward both women and the natural world. She does this by presenting us with two voices posing conflicted visions of reality - the voice of science and the voice of nature. It is a brilliantly conceived and powerfully written view of a culture that prides itself on its objectivity and rationality, ultimately suppressing, appropriating, and violating nature, women being part of nature.
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 Reflections of the Feminine in Everyday Life
Beautifully written and thought-provoking, these essays on the influence of the feminine quality in our daily lives, is a beautiful palate of diverse reflections that inform us and teach us to look anew. . .
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Links: Earth Connection
Simple Living Resources
James and Tyra Arraj--A Guide to Valuable Resources, Important Information and Exotic Tidbits
Intentional Communities website-- Intentional Community is an inclusive term for ecovillages, cohousing, residential land trusts, communes, student co-ops, urban housing cooperatives and other related projects and dreams.
How much do you know about the environmental impact of your choices?
The Great Green Web Game
Northwest Earth Institute
series of discussion courses, developed in Portland, but available to groups anywhere in the United States:
LocalHarvest -
Founded in 1998, LocalHarvest is now the number one informational resource for the Buy Local movement and the top place on the Internet where people find information on direct marketing family farms.
Community Supported Agriculture -
CSA, Community Supported Agriculture, is a relationship of mutual support and commitment between local farmers and community members who pay the farmer an annual membership fee to cover the production cost of the farm. In turn, members receive a weekly share of the harvest during the local growing season.
Slow Food U.S.A. -
Slow Food U.S.A. is an educational organization dedicated to stewardship of the land and ecologically sound food production, to the revival of the table as centers of pleasure, culture, and community.
Earthsave -
Educates people about the powerful effects our food choices have on the environment, our health and all life on Earth, and encourages a shift toward a healthy, plant-based diet |
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