By Judith Best Global Sisters Report April 19, 2021 During this pandemic in which — at the time of this writing in late June — more than 124,000 Americans had died of COVID-19, seven School Sisters of Notre Dame met for a five-day retreat. We reflected on the vision...
By Brian Roewe EarthBeat April 9, 2021 Ten years ago, evolutionary cosmologist Brian Swimme took television viewers on a daylong journey to the tiny Greek isle of Samos to tell the nearly 14-billion-year tale of a vast, unfolding universe, from clouds of space dust...
By Peter Feuerherd EarthBeat April 2, 2021 NEW YORK — Seeing Fr. Thomas Berry's portrait on the walls of the Passionist monastery and retreat house in Jamaica, New York, it is difficult to imagine a time when the priest who helped enshrine the environment as a central...
By Magda Bennásar Global Sisters Report January 7, 2021 Yes, we can approach Mother Nature. Yes, we can hug the trees. Yes, we can embrace the waves and let the air we breathe permeate us slowly and firmly like God's Spirit: hugging, embracing and permeating our whole...
By Elise D. García EarthBeat May 29, 2020 We mark the fifth anniversary of "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home" against the backdrop of a global pandemic that has infected more than 5.5 million people and claimed more than 355,000 lives around the world. Far...
Animas Valley Institute — founded in 1980 by Bill Plotkin — offers a rich assortment of journeys into the mysteries of nature and psyche, including soulcraft™ intensives, contemporary vision fasts, and training programs for nature-based soul guides. On January 20,...
Prepared by Herman Greene Center for Ecozoic Studies May 14, 2015 Contents: The Determining Features of Ecozoic Era Twelve Principles for Understanding the Universe and the Role of the Human in the Universe Process The Historic Mission of our Time Read...
By Sharon Abercrombie EarthBeat April 10, 2013 Lisette Noisette is a talented young poet. One of her creations -- a personal act of contrition to Earth -- would make a beautiful opening prayer for upcoming Earth Day observances. Noisette, 21, a senior majoring in...