Hope Beneath Our Feet: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World
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Hope Beneath Our Feet: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World
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Overview
The environmental “tipping point” we approach is more palpable each day, and people are seeing it in ways they can no longer ignore—we need only turn on the news to hear the litany of what is wrong around us. Serious reflection, inspiration, and direction on how to approach the future are now critical.
Hope Beneath Our Feet creates a space for change with stories, meditations, and essays that address the question, “If our world is facing an imminent environmental catastrophe, how do I live my life right now?” This collection provides tools, both practical and spiritual, to those who care about our world and to those who are just now realizing they need to care. Featuring prominent environmentalists, artists, CEOs, grassroots activists, religious figures, scientists, policy makers, and indigenous leaders, Hope Beneath Our Feet shows readers how to find constructive ways to channel their energies and fight despair with engagement and participation. Presenting diverse strategies for change as well as grounds for hope, the contributors to this anthology celebrate the ways in which we can all engage in beneficial action for ourselves, our communities, and the world.
Contributors include:
Diane Ackerman
Paul Hawken
Derrick Jensen
Barbara Kingsolver
Francis Moore Lappé
Barry Lopez
Bill McKibben
Michael Pollan
Alice Walker
Howard Zinn
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781556439193 |
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| Publisher: | North Atlantic Books |
| Publication date: | 09/07/2010 |
| Series: | Io Series , #67 |
| Pages: | 320 |
| Product dimensions: | 9.22(w) x 11.28(h) x 0.77(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Introduction Martin Keogh ix
Chapter 1 What's at Stake
Commencement Address Paul Hawken 3
Awakening to Our Evolutionary Responsibility Andrew Cohen 8
The Original Human Vocation Barbara Kingsolver 11
Living with Losing Ben Gadd 15
Humanity's Rite of Passage Anodea Judith 24
Why Bother? Michael Pollan 29
Chapter 2 A Way Forward
Letter from the Future Vicki Robin 41
A Way Forward in an Uncertain Future Susan Feathers 49
Living with Purpose in the End Times Jamie McHugh 53
Love the Things We Love Larry Santoyo 58
Gandhi Then and Now Michael N. Nagler 62
Inspiring and Sustaining Action Over Time Ruskin K. Hartley 68
Chapter 3 Taking Single Steps
Dusting Off the Energy Solution in the Basement Dana Goldman 73
Every Day We Choose Frances Moore Lappé 76
With the Turn of a Key, I Can Make a Difference Neige Christenson 82
Shut Up and Vote Eric Rubury 86
One Piece of Paper Kristine Alach 90
A Five-Hundred-Year Plan Jane Hayes 93
Chapter 4 Little Steps to Big Leaps
Fight It Head On Bill McKibben 99
Become an Urban Homesteader Kelly Coyne Erik Knutzen 102
To Build a Better Future, Start with a Better Question Jeffrey Hollender 106
Getting Ready for Change Bill Mollison 111
Thinking Like an Island Michael Ableman 115
The World Is Falling Apart! What Should I Do? Susan Bartlett 122
Challanging a Corporation to Clean Up Its Act Thaï Mazur 125
Nothing Else Matters Derrick Jensen 132
Chapter 4 The Body of the World
Eyes Wide Open Chameli Gad Ardagh 137
The Healing Power of Nature Diane Ackerman 140
A Sense of Place-A Sense of Self Ian McCallum 145
Body as Place Nala Walla 150
Morality Is a Somatic Experience Tom Myers 158
Earth Rights Dr. Vandana Shiva 166
Indigenous Mind Kaylnn Sullivan 170
Chapter 6 Balanced Engagement
Wonder: A Practice for Everyday Life Munju Ravindra 177
Embodying Change Cheryl Pallant 183
The World Doesn't Need to Be Saved Byron Katie 188
What Keeps Me Alive: Making It Real Chaia Heller 193
In the Climate Era the Personal Is Political Tzeporah Berman 197
Coping with New Realities Linda Buzzell 201
Chapter 7 Meditations on Living in These Times
Eden Is a Conversation Barry Lopez 209
Fostering Light in Dark Times Vivienne Simon 213
From Mourning into Daybreak Nina Simons 217
Walking Up from Despair Opeyemi Parham 225
River Gods Ken Lamberton 232
Questions for a Sacred Life Bodhi Be 238
To Do the Will of God, Come What May Alice Walker 243
Chapter 8 Hope in Challenging Times
To Endure Climate Chaos, Live Dangerously and Cultivative Hope Brian Tokar 247
Fighting Fatalism about War John Horgan 253
Little by Little Margaret Trost 256
The Grandmothers Speak Jeneane Prevatt Ann Rosencranz 260
The Ultimate Miracle Worker Jalaja Bonheim 265
The Challenge of Building Sustainably Scott Rodwin 269
The Optimism of Uncertainty Howard Zinn 277
Afterword
Sabbaths: VI Wendell Berry 283
Gratitude 287
Index 291
About the Editor 303
Permissions and Copyrights 304