Why Connecting Kids With Nature Could Just Save the World
We approached the river cautiously. The trail guide said we could get across using stepping stones but with the recent rains the water was high and swiftly moving. The kaleidoscope of yellow-orange-red-cream river rocks shimmered beneath the water’s flow as the river exhaled a cool breeze from its surface to refresh our sweaty brows. With gear-laden packs strapped to our... Read More
Summer Reads to Inspire Simple Green Living
“As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Stop and take a look around. Do you see it? “See what?” you might ask. That growing movement of change; the realization that life isn’t all about pursuit of ever-tantalizing more and all the... Read More
e-Book Release (Take Two)
Dear Subscribers of The New Pursuit, Sometimes, even with the best of intentions and planning, things don’t go off as you hope. So it was with the yesterday’s post announcing the release of my new e-book, OF THIS EARTH: Reflections and Verse for Drawing Closer to the Beauty and Bounty of This World. Come to find out the link to download the free PDF wasn’t working... Read More
Roots, Reconciliation and Renewal
“Human health is a sub-system of the Earth health. You cannot have well humans on a sick planet. You cannot have a viable human economy by destroying the Earth economy.” ~ Thomas Berry These last few weeks I have found myself tuned into the world around me more than ever. Part introspection; part retrospection; part back-of-the-envelope ethnography of the culture around... Read More
Springing Into Simplicity
“Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men.” ~ Chinese Proverb Have you looked outside lately? Things are changing. Nature is re-awakening. It’s such a wonderful time of year. For us, a simple walk outside hints at so much Life starting to outstretch its hands, reaching beyond that melting snow for the warming sun: Spring’s daffodils are poking out; strawberry... Read More
The Ultimate Minimalist Teacher (revisited)
[Editor's Note: This post originally appeared at a guest post at Becoming Minimalist back in September. I revisited it this past week and its message resonated differently. One of the ways of living deeply is to become One with Nature. But to distill it even further, there should be no separation whatsoever between us and natural world. We are Nature and Nature is us. It also struck... Read More
