The parallel between human supremacy and white supremacy

Arkan Lushwala is a Peruvian ceremonial leader, healer, author, and elder known for sharing Indigenous wisdom and sacred leadership.

“Ecology needs psychology; psychology needs ecology.”

Psychotherapists, says writer D. Patrick Miller, are trained to hear subtle inner voices — the wounded child, the broken family, the archetypal unconscious.

"We are our world knowing itself. We can relinquish our separateness. We can come home again."

Joanna Macy often described today’s greed, violence, and ecological destruction as products of an “industrial-growth society” fueled by delusion, greed, and the illusion that we are separate from each other and the Earth.

We need a new way of thinking to build resilient, sustainable communities in a rapidly changing world.

Chris Reed is an urban ecologist and designer. Nina-Marie Lister is a planner and ecologist. Together, they argue that ecological thinking not only can—but must—shape design practices for a sustainable future.

"Reality is basically about change."

Mary Evelyn Tucker sees a clear path toward healing the planet, our relationship with nature, and with each other. She suggests that spiritual ecology—the field that explores how spirituality and the environment are interwoven—is the way finder.For this article, she brought together three other scholars to explore this promise. She begins by zooming out.

The historical landscape ecology of New York City

The land that would eventually become New York City was once a highly productive, biodiverse landscape of hills, valleys, forests, fields, freshwater wetlands, salt marshes, beaches, springs, ponds, and streams.

'Nature literacy helps us reconnect and make the right decisions.'

Many people today lack basic knowledge and vocabulary about the natural world—a phenomenon known as “nature illiteracy.” Seirian Sumner argues that this disconnect is widening as we spend more time with technology and less time outdoors.

'When we look deeply into the earth, we can see the presence of the whole cosmos.'

If we think about the earth as just the environment around us, we experience ourselves and the earth as separate entities.

'Now, for many of us, the natural world is the source of transcendence.'

I imagine that the passing of Pope Francis and the election of a new pope has Paul Elie reflecting once again on Catholicism’s relevance in contemporary life.

We can find the deep biological connections between humans and the natural world right beneath our feet.

Remember nature? While bully boys bloviate and grab power, it's helpful to remember that humans are just one strand in the intricate web of life—and no strand thrives unless the entire web does.

Gender fluidity is not a contemporary invention, but a long-standing social technology for navigating complex human environments.

Throughout human history, diverse gender expressions have emerged as consistent, adaptive social strategies that represent a complex intersection of biological plasticity and cultural innovation.

Tiny urban forests are transforming urban landscapes and contributing to the fight against climate change.