Hope Beneath Our Feet: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World
"This compelling and inspirational anthology raises a chorus of voices in defense of the earth. Hope Beneath Our Feet addresses the environmental problems plaguing our planet and the myriad forms of action each of us can take." --Leonardo DiCaprio, actor and activist
“With penetrating clarity (Hope Beneath Our Feet) takes us into the depths of our essential nature: our courage, brilliance, and resilience. We are called to take advantage of the greatest opportunity for conscious self-evolution the human species has ever been given. A real masterwork.” --Barbara Marx Hubbard, founder of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution
“This is a wonderful, inspirational book composed of works by thoughtful, intelligent, and caring people discussing the fact that we and our fellow species face extinction if we proceed with life as we have in the last two hundred years. As I continue to struggle with the monumental challenges facing the human psyche, the hope and new ideas embedded in these essays have lifted my flagging spirits. Essential reading." --Helen Caldicott, author of If You Love This Planet
“Luscious, grounding, and disturbing, this book offers potent medicine for all those working for change, and a swift kick in the ass for those who aren’t. A bracing, polyphonic bundle of necessary voices.” -- David Abram, author of Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology
"There is no more meaningful action we can take than to struggle on behalf of life on this planet. The profoundly hopeful and inspiring essays in this anthology help us remember our place in the web of life and recover a deep awareness of our own ecological identity, motivating us to continue our efforts." --John Seed, founder of the Rainforest Information Centre and co-author of Thinking Like a Mountain: Towards a Council of All Beings
“This fierce collection is a pragmatic and poetic call to action for the environmental predicament that we've authored. Its message is compelling and, if acted upon, contains powerful medicine to heal ourselves and the planet.”
"We are learning to see and hear a new kind of beauty. That beauty is in the clear and urgent prose of this book." --Coleman Barks, author of The Essential Rumi and The Book of Love
“This book presents a rich lode of psychological resilience for those who suffer from a depletion of ecological optimism. If there is hope for our species and the biosphere of which we are a noisy and self-important part, its source lies not in technology and cleverness, but in our un-severable connection with the whole of life. The authors of this uplifting compendium embody not just the hope, but the wisdom that flows from rootedness.” Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute
"Wonderfully uplifting and inspiringly diverse perspectives on aligning ourselves with the fullness of our own possibilities as individuals and as a species. The bottom line: flavor and savor every moment, especially the toughest ones, with not-knowing, with good will, imagination, kindness, wisdom, humor, community, and action. My father-in-law, Howard Zinn, said it so well: “Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.’" |
25% of all proceeds donated to environmental causes Printed on 100% post-consumer waste recycled paper |
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