Spiritual Ecology ─ The Cry of the Earth

"Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth" is a groundbreaking book, fostering the emergence of the Spiritual Ecology Movement,” which recognizes the need for a spiritual response to our present ecological crisis. Bringing together voices from Buddhism, Sufism, Christianity, and Native American traditions, as well as from physics, deep psychology, and other environmental disciplines, this book calls on us to reassess our underlying attitudes and beliefs about the Earth and wake up to our spiritual as well as physical responsibilities toward the planet. This is vital and necessary if we are to help bring the world as a living whole back into balance. The first edition of "Spiritual Ecology" (16,000 copies sold) drew an overwhelmingly positive response from readers, many of whom are asking the simple question, What can I do?” This second expanded edition offers new chapters, including two from younger authors who are putting the principles of spiritual ecology into action, working with their hands as well as their hearts. It also includes a new preface and revised chapter by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, that reference two major recent events: the publication of Pope Francis’s encyclical, On Care for Our Common Home,” which brought into the mainstream the idea that the ecological crisis is essentially a spiritual problem”; and the 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference, which saw representatives from nearly 200 countries come together to address global warming, including faith leaders from many traditions. "Spiritual Ecology" speaks with the voices of many different traditions, but with the single note of love for the Earth and the knowing that Her cry has begun to be heard. Authors include: Thich Nhat Hanh, Vandana Shiva, Joanna Macy, Wendell Berry, Sandra Ingerman, Richard Rohr, Bill Plotkin, Mary Evelyn Tucker, Brian Swimme, Oren Lyons and others.

Wendell Berry is a conservationist, farmer, essayist, novelist, and poet. He is a former professor of English at the University of Kentucky and a past fellow of both the Guggenheim Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. He lives in Port Royal, Kentucky. Sandra Ingerman, MA, is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT), and professional mental health counselor, who founded an international alliance of Medicine for the Earth Teachers and shamanic teachers. She was awarded the Peace Award from the Global Foundation for Integrative Medicine in 2007. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Joanna Macy is a scholar of Buddhism, deep ecology, and general systems theory. She lives in Berkeley, California, where she teaches The Work That Reconnects. One of the most well known and respected Zen masters in the world today, Thich Nhat Hanh is a poet, and peace and human rights activist. He is the founder of the School of Youth Social Service, a relief organization that rebuilt bombed villages, set up schools and medical centers, and organized agricultural cooperatives after the Vietnam War. He was nominated for the 1967 Nobel Peace Prize. Bill Plotkin, PhD, is a depth psychologist, wilderness rites guide, and ecotherapist. He lives in Durango, Colorado. Fr. Richard Rohr is a Franciscan priest and founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Vandana Shiva is an environmental leader, and recipient of the 1993 Alternative Nobel Peace Prize. Brian Swimme is the director of the Center for the Story of the Universe and a professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He lives in San Francisco. Mary Evelyn Tucker is a senior lecturer and research scholar at Yale University where she holds appointments in the Divinity School and in the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut. Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee is a Sufi teacher who has lectured extensively throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. He is the founder of the Golden Sufi Center and is the author of more than 20 books, including For Love of the Real, Return of the Feminine and the World Soul, and Prayer of the Heart.