A Good-for-Nothing Tree Makes Good
Once upon a time, mesquite got no respect. Now this desert survivor is celebrated as a sustainable food source and a symbol of the borderlands.
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The Best Medicine for Confronting Trauma: Be Present
Amid extreme stress and a never-ending stream of bad news, we can reduce harm if we remain connected.
How I Celebrate Life on the Day of the Dead
Día de los Muertos is for remembering those I miss and pondering how to keep them alive in the present moment.
Parker Palmer on Autumn, Aging, and Acceptance
The author of On the Brink of Everything finds inspiration in nature’s cycles of death and renewal.
When White Nationalism Lives Too Close to Home
Even the liberal Bay Area is not immune to a newly empowered wave of extremism. Now is the time for us to be constant gardeners of wisdom, compassion, and courage.
Why Alcoholics Can’t Be Forced to Stop Drinking
Alcoholics Anonymous was established as a form of benign anarchy. Members have to want to help themselves—and one another.
A Conservative Town Embraces Its Immigrants, Documented or Undocumented
Once famous for gunslingers and cowboys, Dodge City, Kansas, relies on its Hispanic population—and not just for economic survival.
Barbara Kingsolver: My Crazy Summer of Squash
The novelist spent a year growing her own food, and found valuable lessons in a bumper crop of zucchini.
How Cuba’s Women Farmers Kept Everyone Fed
“I wake up early, I spend all day on the farm, working hard, managing the workers, planting, harvesting, selling, teaching—I do all of this out of love.”
A Lesson From the Fireflies
Biologist and philosopher Andreas Weber takes a walk on a spring night—and experiences the interconnected relationships of nature.
I Saw the Revolution in So Many of the Small Places We Call Home
The real change we need to stop the social and ecological unraveling can be found in the neighborhoods and cities, where we encounter each other every day.
At the Mercy of Strangers
What would you ask of the people who will care for you when you are unable to care for yourself?
The End of Ancient Sunlight
There are good reasons to move away from dependence on oil — war and climate change are among them. Then there’s the fact that oil extraction is about to peak, and we don’t have a plan for a world of diminishing oil supplies.
Moments of Grace
new stories, moments of grace, by thomas berry
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