Thinking Like a Mountain: Towards a Council of All Beings

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Thinking Like a Mountain: Towards a Council of All Beings
Authors and Contributors      By (author) John Seed
By (author) Joanna Macy
By (author) Pat Fleming
By (author) Arne Naess
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:128
Dimensions(mm): Height 215,Width 139
Category/GenreEthics and moral philosophy
Environmentalist thought and ideology
Conservation of the environment
Social impact of environmental issues
Mind, Body and Spirit
Mind, Body, Spirit - thought and practice
ISBN/Barcode 9781897408001
ClassificationsDewey:179.1
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher New Society Publishers
Imprint New Society Publishers
Publication Date 12 April 2007
Publication Country United States

Description

This book of readings, meditations, rituals and workshop notes prepared on three continents helps us remember that environmental defense is nothing less than "Self" defense. Including magnificent illustrations of Australia's rainforests, Thinking Like a Mountain provides a context for ritual identification with the natural environment, inviting us to begin a process of "community therapy" in defense of Mother Earth. It helps us experience our place in the web of life, rather than on the apex of some human-centred pyramid. An important deep ecology educational tool for activist, school and religious groups, Thinking Like a Mountain can also be used for personal reflection. Thinking Like a Mountain .

Author Biography

John Seed continues to direct the Rainforest Information Centre and raise funds for cutting-edge environmental activists and groups in South America, Asia, Africa and the Pacific. Most years he visits North America or Europe offering workshops and presentations. He has made several new films and collections of environmental music, and been honoured by the Australian government with an OAM-Order of Australia Medal-for services to conservation and the environment. Joanna Macy is a scholar, eco-philosopher, teacher and activist from Berkeley, California. She is the author of 8 books including Coming Back to Life and Widening Circles and has also produced a 3-DVD set entitled The Work that Reconnects. In 2006 Arne Naess was 94 years old. Arne's last publication in English was Life's Philosophy: Reason and Feeling in a Deeper World.