So appreciated this article which articulates something I often feel implicitly--but don't always acknowledge explicitly....
"We are beginning to learn that our brains are hardwired to react positively to water and that being near it can calm and co
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These statistics are yet another voice that will touch you in the cry to take notice of what's going on on our planet:
"There are currently 422 trees per person in the world but, if current trends continue, that will fall to 214 in 150 years. It’s
Read more…An Indigenous Approach To Healing Trauma (via Alliance member Lori Pye, founder of Viridis Institute (Grad programs for Ecopsychology))
People have always experienced pain, and in the vast span of time before the colonial expansion of western culture
Read more…I've had two "big" dreams where Lion showed up recently, one that feels very personal, and one just last week that I think is clearly the voice of the earth speaking.
This story makes my heart hurt, and captures a bit the mood of that second dream:
"A
There is a growing body of environmental psychology looking at how the natural world affects people, and especially power of specific natural sounds....
From The Guardian, 2011 (NOTE: This was to be a 3-year study, so it would be interesting if any
Read more…This short but important article caught my eye the other day and I wanted to share it here. I've done a lot of writing and contemplating on this topic, one I believe is deeply depth psychological. I would love to have a conversation online (either by
"The spiritual urge is so strong in us humans because in our incompleteness we are bound to ask about the meaning of life and the ground of our existence.
But what is this ground? As a network of relationships the natural world is not a thing at all
Read more…Just came across this post about a revolutionary idea, for our culture at least, about alternative ideas to cremation (which requires a lot of energy) and traditional burial (which usually takes up space with a non-biodegradable coffin and stone mar
Read more…Upcoming Conference presented by the European Ecopsychology Society to be held on the island of Crete in Greece.
Includes Call for Papers, which seems to be just a form you fill out with your intended area of focus.
Deadline February 15
Read more…Such an important topic for exploration... Sharing this post on recent ecopsychological field work from Eric Peterson: The Rewilding of the Human Spirit & the Ecological Self
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I firmly believe the ecological crisis we are currently facing
Read more…“Wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.” (Wild
Read more…I'd love to hear others' thoughts on what they advise clients/students to do to stay sane as our planetary situation devolves. Here is the link to my latest ecopsychology blog on The Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-buzzell/7-thin
Read more…From Ecopsychologist and Alliance member Linda Buzzell (Thanks for sharing!):
A dissertation that may be of interest: "The Eco-Friendly Therapist: An Interpretative Literature Review of Obstacles and Solutions to Practicing Ecotherapy" by Selena Clai
Read more…It's good to these kinds of articles appearing more frequently in mainstream media...
An article just posted on Salon.com describes a series of video clips that are quite interesting. They attempt to personify nature and draw attention to the harm humans are doing. Do YOU think they are effective?.....
Nature sounds a lot like Kevin
Read more…Excellent article The Sacred from Below: the ecological spirit of our time, from David Tacey, Australian David Tacey (2009), professor in literary and cultural studies along with depth psychology...
Our civilisation is at the edge of a new experience
2-week complimentary access, beginning July 23, 2014, to these articles in Ecopsychology journal:
In and Of the Wilderness: Ecological Connection Through Participation in Nature
B.A. Scott, E.L. Amel, and C.M. Manning
Identifying and Improving Green
Read more…This wonderful article, Storytelling and Harmonious Dwelling: The Role of Fairy Tales in Environmental Education by Joanna Coleman, instigates a fascinating and relevant discussion about our relationship with the animal world and how fairy tales can
Read more…Images speak directly to psyche, don't they?
There's an interesting article about this and more art depicting issues around collapse and a dearth of leadership in this article called "This is what politicians debating global warming will look like so
Read more…Starting now (April 7, 3pm PST), this event is also recorded for later viewing.
Oppenheimer is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School and the Department o
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