 The Re-enchantment of Nature by Susan Meeker-Lowry (SusanMeekerLowry)
posted Fri January 8th 2010 @ 12:46 PM
There was an interesting article in the Winter issue of Earth Island Journal called “World of Wonder: Toward a Re-enchantment with Nature” by James William Gibson. The article was adapted from Gibson’s book, A Reenchanted World: The Quest for a New Kinship with Nature (Metropolitan Books), which I have not yet seen but it’s now on my “to do” list. Read More »
 Resilience by Susan Meeker-Lowry (SusanMeekerLowry)
posted Sat January 2nd 2010 @ 12:06 PM
One night a few days before Christmas, I was sitting in the living room, a fire crackling in the wood stove, all comfy and cozy, wondering how anyone in their right mind could be other than terrified. What brought this on was (among other things too numerous to mention) was the unfortunate nothingness of Copenhagen (which really didn’t surprise me but was still a deep disappointment), and the obliviousness most people seem to have these days for the grave ecological situation we are in. It’s downright depressing that people aren’t up in arms about the complete failure of Copenhagen and even more so at the general public’s inability to care about more than one thing at a time. I have to wonder if the whole recession/depression isn’t some kind of evil plot to take our attention away from the real crisis, the fate of the Earth, so they can continue to make money hand over fist. Read More »
 Counter Argument for "Stimulus," Growth, & Employment by Jan Lundberg (SusanMeekerLowry)
posted Thu October 1st 2009 @ 11:04 AM
It is not clear where we are headed in terms of a society impacted by ecological destruction and the end of globalized consumption. I for one am not sure I want to see the result. However, as things are not so bad now compared to where they seem to be heading – with too many mouths to feed and no social safety net or ecological capacity up to the challenge for avoiding big pain – I continue to soldier on, so to speak. I try to serve the greater good while I worry about my own survival and that of my loved ones. I also have a good time when I can, but things are getting weirder for me as they seem to be for most of us. Read More »
 Talking With Plants: Cultivating Intimacy with the More Than Human World by Kiva Rose (SusanMeekerLowry)
posted Thu October 1st 2009 @ 10:44 AM
Down on our bellies on the grass, we take a flower’s view of the world. The huge blue sky, the ancient sheltering trees, the dance of the wind with every being and the rain drizzling down – iridescent drops spilling onto skin and petals and fingers and roots. From this perspective we’re children again, speaking in the primal wordless hum of ancestors and plants, animals and delighted babies. We’re here, in the truest sense of the word, in this moment and place, immersed in the fragrance and feeling, engaged in the timeless exchange of human being and Earth. Read More »
 Message From the Trees by Susan Meeker-Lowry (SusanMeekerLowry)
posted Thu October 1st 2009 @ 10:23 AM
This took place around 1984. I had been publishing my newsletter Catalyst for a couple of years and was presenting a workshop on economic alternatives and social investing at Omega in Rhinebeck, NY. Earlier in the evening I had participated in an impromptu workshop focusing on acting on behalf of Earth. At the end, the facilitator brought out a large ball painted to look like Earth. Before passing it around the circle, he made a promise to the Earth, and we each did the same. Rather than thinking about what I would say when it was my turn, I listened to each person’s promise and had no idea what I would say when the ball came to me. As it was placed in my waiting hands these are the words that came: “I will listen to the Earth, write what she tells me, and share it with others.” And it just felt right. Read More »
 Earth Juriprudence: Legal Rights for Gaia by Susan Meeker-Lowry (SusanMeekerLowry)
posted Wed September 30th 2009 @ 8:16 PM
Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes its law from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its being what it is.
- Tao The King (Tao Te Ching), ch. 25 Read More »
 Toward A Gaian Economy by Susan Meeker-Lowry (SusanMeekerLowry)
posted Wed September 30th 2009 @ 7:38 PM
Twenty years ago, my book Economics as if the Earth Really Mattered was published. David Albert, founder
of New Society Publishers, approached me at my first Bioregional Congress (the second such Congress held in North America) in the summer of 1986. I had been publishing Catalyst: Investing in Social Change for about a year, a newsletter that profiled organizations, projects, and enterprises that challenged the status quo of capitalism by striving to put people, communities, and the Earth before profit. David liked what I was doing and wanted me to write a book. I was surprised. And thrilled. Being a published author was one of my childhood dreams. So after thinking about it for maybe a minute, I agreed. Read More »
 What is Gaia? And Why Does it Matter? by Susan Meeker-Lowry (SusanMeekerLowry)
posted Tue September 1st 2009 @ 3:14 PM
Free of birth or destruction, of time or space, of form or condition, is the Void. From the eternal Void, Gaia danced forth and rolled Herself into a spinning ball. She molded mountains along Her spine, valleys in the hollows of Her flesh. A rhythm of hills and stretching plains followed Her contours. From Her warm moisture She bore a flow of gentle rain that fed Her surface and brought life. Wriggling creatures spawned in tidal pools, while tiny green shoots pushed upward through Her pores. She filled oceans and ponds and set rivers flowing through deep furrows. Gaia watched Her plants and animals grow. In time she brought forth from her womb six women and six men . . .- Charlene Spretnak, Lost Goddesses of Early Greece: A Collection of pre-Hellenic Myths, Beacon Press, 1981 Read More »
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