Hope Beneath Our Feet_ Restoring Our Place in the Natural World - Martin Keogh [1]
–Angeles Arrien, PhD, author of The Four-Fold Way and The Second Half of Life
“My kind of anthology! This volume bravely captures the seriousness as well as the optimism of this blessed moment.”
–Pramod Parajuli, PhD, graduate faculty and director, Prescott College
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hope beneath our feet : restoring our place in the natural world : an anthology /
edited by Martin Keogh.
p. cm.
Summary: “Hope Beneath Our Feet is an anthology of essays that answer the
question, ‘If we are facing imminent environmental catastrophe, how do I live my
life right now?’ ”—Provided by publisher.
eISBN: 978-1-58394-403-5
1. Sustainable living. 2. Environmentalism. I. Keogh, Martin J., 1958–
GE196.H67 2010
304.2—dc22
2010014998
v3.1
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Introduction by Martin Keogh
CHAPTER ONE: What’s at Stake
Commencement Address – Paul Hawken
Awakening to Our Evolutionary Responsibility – Andrew Cohen
The Original Human Vocation – Barbara Kingsolver
Living with Losing – Ben Gadd
Humanity’s Rite of Passage – Anodea Judith, PhD
Why Bother? – Michael Pollan
CHAPTER TWO: A Way Forward
Letter from the Future – Vicki Robin
A Way Forward in an Uncertain Future – Susan Feathers
Living with Purpose in the End Times – Jamie McHugh
Love the Things We Love – Larry Santoyo
Gandhi Then and Now – Michael N. Nagler
Inspiring and Sustaining Action Over Time – Ruskin K. Hartley
CHAPTER THREE: Taking Single Steps
Dusting Off the Energy Solution in the Basement – Dana Goldman
Every Day We Choose – Frances Moore Lappé
With the Turn of a Key, I Can Make a Difference – Neige Christenson
Shut Up and Vote – Eric Rubury
One Piece of Paper – Kristine Alach
A Five-Hundred-Year Plan – Jane Hayes
CHAPTER FOUR: Little Steps to Big Leaps
Fight It Head On – Bill McKibben
Become an Urban Homesteader – Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen
To Build a Better Future, Start with a Better Question – Jeffrey Hollender
Getting Ready for Change – Bill Mollison
Thinking Like an Island – Michael Ableman
The World Is Falling Apart! What Should I Do? – Susan Bartlett
Challenging a Corporation to Clean Up Its Act – Thaïs Mazur
Nothing Else Matters – Derrick Jensen
CHAPTER FIVE: The Body of the World
Eyes Wide Open – Chameli Gad Ardagh
The Healing Power of Nature – Diane Ackerman
A Sense of Place—A Sense of Self – Ian McCallum
Body as Place – Nala Walla
Morality Is a Somatic Experience – Tom Myers