Empowering individuals and faith communities to live and work in touch with the Earth            Loren Eiseley   Rachel Carson     EarthSaints and The EarthSaints Special Issue An inspiring gift for people interested in ecology and spirituality Why EarthSaints?  Since it bagan publication, EarthLight has featured an EarthSaint at the centerfold of many of its editions.  They come from all walks of life.  What they share, rooted in a deep spirituality, is their passion for the earth and its care.  The people we have honored as EarthSaints, past and present, have been willing to take risks to achieve their goals, including putting their lives on the line. This is perhaps best reflected in the lives of present day EarthSaints such as Annie Dillard [ EarthSaint in our Winter 1996-7 issue ] and the winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize for 1996. These highly imaginative people have not been silent in thought or action, organizing and taking action when a safer response would have been to walk away. Some have even given their lives. Their courage and tenacity have made them do otherwise and we are encouraged and challenged by their spirit-motivated accomplishments. Others honored as EarthSaints in recent years include several who are saints of thoughtfullness and reflection as well as saints of courageous action: the poet Kenneth Rexroth   Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh   the poet Mary Oliver   Jane Goodall, primatologist   Because of the popularity of this feature, we have gathered  twelve of our favorites into a perpetually available special issue of EarthLight.  Contents of The EarthSaints Special Issue John Muir  Introduction by Richard Cartwright Austin  Rachel Carson Introduction by Linda-Ruth Berger  Henry David Thoreau Introduction by Gary Paul Nabhan  Hildegard of Bingen Introduction by Gloria Durka  Aldo Leopold Introduction by Eric T. Freyfogle  Thomas Merton Introduction by Mary Luke Tobin, S.L.  Walt Whitman Introduction by Elizabeth Watson  Teresa of Avila Introduction by Gloria Durka  E.F. Schumacher Introduction by Hazel Henderson   Meister Eckhart Introduction by Matthew Fox   Wallace Stegner Introduction by James R. Hepworth  Loren Eiseley Introduction by Howard Blum  To order copies of EarthSaints, send $10.00 [US] per copy,  (shipping and handling included) to:    EarthLight  Magazine  111 Fairmount Avenue.  Oakland, CA 94611 USA      Thank you for visiting the EarthLight Magazine web site.  We invite you to subscribe to EarthLight  and receive a  wide range of these informative and inspiring articles,  reviews and interviews every three months.   Return to EarthLight Home Page Subscribe to EarthLight Magazine View Sample Articles, Reviews & Guest Essays Find Out About EarthSaints Special Issue Contact EarthLight Staff