Hope Beneath Our Feet Restoring Our Place in the Natural World

by Keogh, Martin; Pollan, Michael; Kingsolver, Barbara; Walker, Alice; Zinn, Howard

• ISBN13: 9781556439193
• ISBN10: 1556439199
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-07
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Summary

The environmental tipping point we approach is more palpable each day; we can no longer ignore the effects of pollution, climate change, deforestation, or species extinction. But once we accept that environmental upheaval may be just around the corner, how do we live our lives right now? How can we replace despair with hope, apathy with action?

Author Biography

Martin Keogh is the author of As Much Time as It Takes: A Guide for the Bereaved, Their Family and Friends. He teaches interpersonal communication skills using improvisational arts and partner dancing. The founder of The Dancing Ground, which produces conferences and symposia on gender, race, and mythology, he lives in North Easton, MA.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
What's at Stake
Commencement Address	p. 3
Awakening to Our Evolutionary Responsibility	p. 8
The Original Human Vocation	p. 11
Living with Losing	p. 15
Humanity's Rite of Passage	p. 24
Why Bother?	p. 29
A Way Forward
Letter from the Future	p. 41
A Way Forward in an Uncertain Future	p. 49
Living with Purpose in the End Times	p. 53
Love the Things We Love	p. 58
Gandhi Then and Now	p. 62
Inspiring and Sustaining Action Over Time	p. 68
Taking Single Steps
Dusting Off the Energy Solution in the Basement	p. 73
Every Day We Choose	p. 76
With the Turn of a Key, I Can Make a Difference	p. 82
Shut Up and Vote	p. 86
One Piece of Paper	p. 90
A Five-Hundred-Year Plan	p. 93
Little Steps to Big Leaps
Fight It Head On	p. 99
Become an Urban Homesteader	p. 102
To Build a Better Future, Start with a Better Question	p. 106
Getting Ready for Change	p. 111
Thinking Like an Island	p. 115
The World Is Falling Apart! What Should I Do?	p. 122
Challanging a Corporation to Clean Up Its Act	p. 125
Nothing Else Matters	p. 132
The Body of the World
Eyes Wide Open	p. 137
The Healing Power of Nature	p. 140
A Sense of Place-A Sense of Self	p. 145
Body as Place	p. 150
Morality Is a Somatic Experience	p. 158
Earth Rights	p. 166
Indigenous Mind	p. 170
Balanced Engagement
Wonder: A Practice for Everyday Life	p. 177
Embodying Change	p. 183
The World Doesn't Need to Be Saved	p. 188
What Keeps Me Alive: Making It Real	p. 193
In the Climate Era the Personal Is Political	p. 197
Coping with New Realities	p. 201
Meditations on Living in These Times
Eden Is a Conversation	p. 209
Fostering Light in Dark Times	p. 213
From Mourning into Daybreak	p. 217
Walking Up from Despair	p. 225
River Gods	p. 232
Questions for a Sacred Life	p. 238
To Do the Will of God, Come What May	p. 243
Hope in Challenging Times
To Endure Climate Chaos, Live Dangerously and Cultivative Hope	p. 247
Fighting Fatalism about War	p. 253
Little by Little	p. 256
The Grandmothers Speak	p. 260
The Ultimate Miracle Worker	p. 265
The Challenge of Building Sustainably	p. 269
The Optimism of Uncertainty	p. 277
Afterword
Sabbaths: VI	p. 283
Gratitude	p. 287
Index	p. 291
About the Editor	p. 303
Permissions and Copyrights	p. 304
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