A More Beautiful World

“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”-Arundhati Roy We are living through tumultuous times. Of course, there is the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic with its yet unknown long-term global impacts. Readily apparent, too, is increasing social inequality and political polarization the world over. Read more about A More Beautiful World[…]

Earth Activism & Ecopsychology

On Thursday, September 19th, 2019 (the night before the start of the Fall 2019 week of global climate strikes), I had the opportunity to speak on a virtual panel (hosted by the Canadian Ecopsychology Network) with three wonderful eco-professionals — Rebekah Hart, Ann Ronald, & Anthony Wilson. The title of the panel discussion was, “Earth Read more about Earth Activism & Ecopsychology[…]

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Growing with Nature (Part 2) – Inspiring Development

Growing with nature. What shape waits in the seed of you to grow and spread its branches against a future sky? – David Whyte This is Part 2 of a five-part blog series I am using to explore how gifted adults can harness their developmental potential by uniting their inner nature with outer nature. I Read more about Growing with Nature (Part 2) – Inspiring Development[…]

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Beyond Undoing

Beyond Undoing Why then have to be human? Oh, not because happiness exists nor even out of curiosity, but because being here means so much, because everything here, vanishing too quickly seems to need us, and strangely keeps calling to us. To have been here once, completely, even if only once, to have been at Read more about Beyond Undoing[…]

(Re)membering the Ecological Self: An Autoethnography – Part 3

This is the final post in a three part series entitled: (Re)membering the Ecological Self: An Autoethnography. The first installment can be found here, the second, here.    (Re)membering My Many Parts I was compelled by my discovery of ecopsychology to re-connect with nature so that I could test Roszak’s ideas for myself. Fortunately, though I Read more about (Re)membering the Ecological Self: An Autoethnography – Part 3[…]

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(Re)membering the Ecological Self: An Autoethnography – Part 2

This post is the second in a three part series entitled: (Re)membering the Ecological Self: An Autoethnography. The first installment can be found here. A Self, Divided My experience of nature began to evolve as I entered my teenage years. It was in high school that I discovered a love for science. I gravitated toward Read more about (Re)membering the Ecological Self: An Autoethnography – Part 2[…]