EarthLight Library


An extensive online collection of

ARTICLES, REVIEWS, ESSAYS AND VIDEO LINKS

exploring the encounter of spirituality and ecology in our time.

From the archives of EarthLight Magazine. (1992 -- 2007)



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The New Story

streaming
video
documentary
with Brian
Swimme


E A R T H L I G H T   L I B R A R Y   R E C O M M E N D S:

Dana Meadows The Global Citizen an archive of the bi-weekly column by the late Donella H. Meadows (1941-2001), director of the Sustainability Institute, adjunct professor of environmental studies at Dartmouth College, and one of the leading voices of ecological reflection and concern in recent decades.

S T R E A M I N G   A U D I O   L I N K S:

Dr. Vandana Shiva speaking on "Creating a Sustainable Future"
to audience of college and university student activists in 2005 (streaming audio courtesy of the Institute for Reverential Ecology -- 40 min.)

Frances Moore LappĂ© speaking on "Hope's Edge"  to audience of college and university student activists in 2005 (streaming audio courtesy of the Institute for Reverential Ecology -- 40 min.)

Featured articles from the EarthLight Magazine archive

Beyond a Culture of Fear  --  by K. Lauren de Boer

Seeing beyond the politics of fear-mongering, toward an emotionally and ecologically sustainable way of being on the Earth.

Cultivating Relational Intelligence  --  by Nina Simons

Co-founder of the Bioneers Conference talks about a major shift in our way of understanding our world and one another.

The Ecological Self  --  by John Seed

A deep ecologist and rainforest defender reflects on our greater community -- all species of the Cenozoic Age.

A Rosetta Stone for the Ecozoic Era  --  by K. Lauren de Boer

EarthLight's Editor contemplates DNA, Mongolian wild horses and the future of life on Earth.

The Great Communion of Being  --  by Diane Pendola

Nurtured by the mountains and valleys of the Sierra Nevada, Diane explores the deeper resonances of communion and community.

All Those Shining Worlds
Jacob Needleman  --  Issue 52, Winter 2005

The Left/Right Trap:  Moving Beyond Polarization
Tom Atlee  --  Issue 51,  Autumn 2004

Pathways Home: Celebrating Beauty
in the Moment

JoAnne Dodgson --  Issue 51,  Autumn 2004

One Journey Home: Eldridge Cleaver's Spiritual Path
Linda Neale  --  Issue 50, Spring 2004

Conscious Activism
A Transformational Model for Citizen Lobbying
George Taylor  --  Issue 49

Steps Toward an Ecology of Devotion
a personal exploration of reverence for life
Dennis Rivers  --  Issue 49

Gateways to Grace
K. Lauren de Boer  --  Issue 49

The Shamanic Response
Lauren de Boer  --  Issue 46

Giving Voice to Earth
Joanna Macy  --  Issue 46

The Non-profit Universe
reflections on the conscious life
Cindy Spring  --  Issue 46

Race, Sacrifice, and Native Lands
Jonna Higgins-Freese and Jeff Tomhave  --  Issue 46








Other Recent Articles and Guest Essays (EarthLight's Greatest Hits!)

The Gift of a Dream: Children and the Earth Charter

by Herman F. Greene

9/11 and the Heart of the World
by Joanna Macy

EarthSaint: Mary Oliver -- introduced by Jeanne Lohmann

EarthReviews: Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life,
by Gregg Levoy -- reviewed by Susan Kleihauer

EarthReviews: Common Fire, Lives of Committment in a Complex World -- by Laurent A. Parks Daloz, Sharon Daloz Parks, Cheryl H. Keen, and James P. Keen  -- reviewed by Jean Barker
 

On the Epic of Evolution (Summer, 1997 issue, EL #26)
 

Editorial & Introduction to Issue #26: An Epic in the Making -- by Lauren de Boer

The Story of Science & Spirit -- by Jody Bourgeois

Going Deeper:  Spiritual Dimensions of the Epic of Evolution  --  by Loyal Rue

Science as Wisdom: The New Story as a Way Forward -- Brian Swimme interviewed by Lauren de Boer

EarthSaint: Thich Nhat Hanh -- introduced by Joanna Macy

On the theme Kinship With the Sacred Earth
(Spring, 1997 issue, EL #25) 

Editorial & Introduction to Issue #25: "Learning to Eat the Sun" -- by Lauren de Boer

Headwaters Update: "Old Growth Logging Spurs Religious Action" -- by Susan Kleihauer

Ecology and the Bible: "Earth Process and the Wish for Human Exemption" -- by Keith Helmuth

EarthSaint: Kenneth Rexroth -- introduced by David Landis Barnhill

Do We Need Jesus of Ecology? -- by Neil Douglas-Klotz, Joseph L. Grabhill, & Deborah Oberg

A New Spirit of Hope -- by Fritz Hull


EarthLight Magazine
Tables of Contents & Selected Articles

       Issue 41 -- Spring 2001:  Making Peace With Time:

       Issue 40 -- Winter 2001:  Critical Habitat

       Issue 39 -- Fall 2000:
       The Fire of a New Faith  --  Living the Great Story

       Issue 38 -- Summer 2000:
       The New Communion  --  Rediscovering Our Sacred Kin

       Issue 37 -- Spring 2000: The Healing Century

       Issue 36 -- Winter 2000:
       For the Love of Life  --  Waking From the Spell of Economism

       Issue 35 -- Fall 1999:
       Befriending Chaos  --  Creativity, Spirit and the Science of Change

       Issue 34 -- Summer 1999:
       Celebration -- Tenth Anniversary Issue
       Featuring the work of THOMAS BERRY, Eco-philosopher

       Issue 33 -- Spring 1999:
       Up From Denial  --  Celebrating Rebirth In the Ecology of Death


      Selected Archive of  Additional Articles, Reviews and Study Guides



EarthSaint: Annie Dillard
Introduced by Cheryl Lander

An Historical Moment: Reflections on September 11th
by Thomas Berry

We Traveled to Seattle: A Pilgrimage of Transformation
by Ken Butigan, Franciscan School of Theology &
Graduate Theological Union

A Profile of Thomas Berry, scholar & lover of the Earth
by Matthew Fox, Ph.D., University of Creation Spirituality

Building the Earth is Sacred Work
an interview with Nader Khalili, visionary architect

The Great Turning: Reflections on Our Moment in History
by Joanna Macy, Ph.D., eco-psychologist

Zen, Ecology and the Inner Life
Interview with James Thornton, author of
Radical Confidence: A Field Guide to the Soul


Rainbow Boddhisattva: Painting by Vijali on wall of cave in Tibet

Rainbow Bodhisattva
Painting by Vijali


WTO Perspectives: Seattle and Beyond
 

We Traveled to Seattle: A Pilgrimage of Transformation.  by Ken Butigan

My Three Days in Seattle: Deep Ecumenism Meets the WTO. by Paul Burks


Featured Essays from Issue #45:  ENERGY

Energy and the Practice of Spiritual Ecology
by Lauren de Boer

Sarvodaya Means "Everybody Wakes Up"
by Joanna Macy

Free Range Salmon
reflections on the conscious life by Cindy Spring
 

Living the Change We Want to Create

by Jonna Higgins-Freese
 

The Many Faces of Activism (Summer 2001)

Interfaith Alliance for Earth
by William Sadler

We Can All Do Something
by Dan Turner

An Interview with Matthew Fox
by K. Lauren de Boer

Calling All Seeds
(How to Get Active and Stay Connected)

Cosmology Goes to Berkeley
by Sharon Abercrombie

On Making Peace with Time (Spring 2001)

Special Centerfold Insert: 
The Earth Literacy Web-An Invitation

EarthBeat: Bishops declare: "Columbia River is Holy"

Donella Meadows -- Tribute to An EarthSaint
Excerpts and the final essay

Time and Spirit: Today's Dilemma
by Cecile Andrews

On Critical Habitat (Winter 2001)

EarthBeat: Mines to Vines
by Sharon Abercrombie

Spiritual Activism: Changing Hearts in Challenging Time
by K. Lauren de Boer

First Nations and the Future of the Earth
by Rebecca Adamson

Genetic Bill of Rights
Council for Responsible Genetics 

Wanderings in the River of Grass
by Kevin Peer  

On Living the Great Story (Fall 2000)

Discovering the Divine within the Universe
by Gail Worcelo, CP

Evening Thoughts
by Thomas Berry

Rediscovering Fire:  Religion, Science & Mysticism in Teilhard de Chardin
by Ursula King

Living the New Story:
A review of the work of cosmic storyteller Mary Ellen Hill
by Karen Attix and Alan Tower
 

On the theme of the Great Work (Winter, 1997-8 issue, EL #28)
 

Editorial & Introduction to Issue #28: Looking for a Calling -- by Lauren de Boer

EarthNews: "Green" Orthodox Patriarch Creates Waves with Watershed Pronouncement

Prayer for the Redwoods

EarthNews: Quaker Eco-Activist Released From Prison

EarthAction: No Middle Way for Planet -- by Susan Kleihauer and Lauren de Boer

EarthWorking: Bringing Down Walls, a Native Elder's Earth & Spirit-Based Prison Program -- by Tom Atlee

EarthChallenge: A Call for the Ecozoic, the Great Work of Our Time
A cooperative essay by Herman Greene & friends

EarthChallenge: A Call for the Ecozoic, the Great Work of Our Time
A cooperative essay by Herman Greene & friends

EarthSaint: Mary Oliver -- introduced by Jeanne Lohmann

EarthReviews: Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life,
by Gregg Levoy -- reviewed by Susan Kleihauer

EarthReviews: Common Fire, Lives of Committment in a Complex World -- by Laurent A. Parks Daloz, Sharon Daloz Parks, Cheryl H. Keen, and James P. Keen  -- reviewed by Jean Barker
 

On the Epic of Evolution (Summer, 1997 issue, EL #26)
 

Editorial & Introduction to Issue #26: An Epic in the Making -- by Lauren de Boer

The Story of Science & Spirit -- by Jody Bourgeois

Going Deeper:  Spiritual Dimensions of the Epic of Evolution  --  by Loyal Rue

Science as Wisdom: The New Story as a Way Forward -- Brian Swimme interviewed by Lauren de Boer

EarthSaint: Thich Nhat Hanh -- introduced by Joanna Macy

On the theme Kinship With the Sacred Earth
(Spring, 1997 issue, EL #25) 

Editorial & Introduction to Issue #25: "Learning to Eat the Sun" -- by Lauren de Boer

Headwaters Update: "Old Growth Logging Spurs Religious Action" -- by Susan Kleihauer

Ecology and the Bible: "Earth Process and the Wish for Human Exemption" -- by Keith Helmuth

EarthSaint: Kenneth Rexroth -- introduced by David Landis Barnhill

Do We Need Jesus of Ecology? -- by Neil Douglas-Klotz, Joseph L. Grabhill, & Deborah Oberg

A New Spirit of Hope -- by Fritz Hull


EarthLight Magazine
Tables of Contents & Selected Articles

       Issue 41 -- Spring 2001:  Making Peace With Time:

       Issue 40 -- Winter 2001:  Critical Habitat

       Issue 39 -- Fall 2000:
       The Fire of a New Faith  --  Living the Great Story

       Issue 38 -- Summer 2000:
       The New Communion  --  Rediscovering Our Sacred Kin

       Issue 37 -- Spring 2000: The Healing Century

       Issue 36 -- Winter 2000:
       For the Love of Life  --  Waking From the Spell of Economism

       Issue 35 -- Fall 1999:
       Befriending Chaos  --  Creativity, Spirit and the Science of Change

       Issue 34 -- Summer 1999:
       Celebration -- Tenth Anniversary Issue
       Featuring the work of THOMAS BERRY, Eco-philosopher

       Issue 33 -- Spring 1999:
       Up From Denial  --  Celebrating Rebirth In the Ecology of Death


      Selected Archive of  Additional Articles, Reviews and Study Guides