Authors
This writer challenges traditional problem-solving in “When You Meet the Monster, Anoint Its Feet”
Who is Bayo Akomolafe?
This issue is caused by pollution, fossil fuels, and rising global temperatures
What is Climate change?
In Daydreams for Masanobu Fukuoka, this idea is shown through farming practices that avoid control and work in balance with nature
What is Harmony with Nature?
This declaration states “Corruption has appeared on land and sea by what people’s own hands have wrought, that He may let them taste some consequences of their deeds, so that they may turn back”
What is the islamic declaration?
This Farmer reflects on natural farming and harmony with nature.
Who is Masanobu Fukuoka?
Taking more from nature than needed without giving back reflects this issue
What is overconsumption?
In When You Meet the Monster, Anoint Its Feet, this belief challenges the idea that humans can solve crises through control and instead calls for new ways of responding
What is rethinking Human Responsibility?
This writer retracing a monk’s spiritual journey says “Words are spoken or sung, but they are borrowed from silence and to silence they return”
Who is Fred Bahson?
This Author speaks on two theories of time.
who is Paul Kingsnorth?
A natural disaster used to highlight environmental impact in one of the readings
What is a Flood?
In A Storm Blown from Paradise, this idea is shown through a natural disaster that reveals the impact of environmental harm on human communities
What is responsibility for environmental impact?
This environmental writer and critic of modern society “Nothing changes and everything changes and each human life… is part of the endless, effortless, turning of the wheel.”
Who is Paul Kingsnorth?
Writer uses example of wild berry to show how people take the worlds gifts for granted.
Who is Robin Wall Kimmerer?
This problem occurs when humans treat nature only as a resource for profit
What is environmental exploitation?
In The Serviceberry, this concept is illustrated through nature’s generosity and the expectation that humans should give back rather than just take
What is Gift Economy?
“Gratitude creates a sense of abundance, the knowing that you have what you need. In that climate of sufficiency, our hunger for more abates and we take only what we need, in respect for the generosity of the giver”
Who is Robin Wall Kimmer?
Author reflects/retraces on a walk through silence
Who is Fred Bahson and Jeremy Seifert?
This global issue connects environmental harm with social inequality, especially affecting poorer communities
What is environmental injustice?
In Laudato Si’, this principle argues that caring for the Earth is a moral obligation, especially toward the poor and future generations
What is stewardship (or moral responsibility)?
This religious leader and global figure describes Earth as “our common home” while calling for moral responsibility toward the environment
who is Pope Francis?