The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry
What lies before us is the opportunity and imperative for a thorough cultural transformation — what eco-philosopher Joanna Macy calls the Great Turning, the transition from an egocentric “Industrial Growth Society” to a soulcentric “Life-sustaining Society,” or what economist David Korten in The Great Turning calls the transition “from Empire to Ea
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It is true we have mismanaged our forests and suppressed fire for decades. We have ignored and failed to listen to the wisdom of Indigenous People who have understood and lived with fire for generations. We have built our homes within the woods when we should have respected the necessary breathing spaces between the domestic and the wild. We have o... See more
Terry Tempest Williams • The Pall Of Our Unrest
misplaced sense of rightful dominion over local communities, landscapes and wildlife. Reading their proposal in the same