Inspiration and Resources
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Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address (offered) and explanation of , by a Haudenosaunee elder
Forest and Nature Therapy Guide Training https://ecowisdom.ca
"Balancing grief and joy in turbulent times: A Crisis Line Responder’s Experience "- Beth McKinlay (Greenzine 2024)
"It's ok to feel ok - Balancing grief and joy in turbulent times" - Beth McKinlay ( Peterborough Examiner, August 2023)
"Forest Therapy Reduces Eco-anxiety "- Tricia Clarkson's article on Beth's Forest Therapy hike, June 2023
"Contemplating an Ecological Chaplaincy: A Soft Manifesto for Hard Times" - Jason Brown, July 2024
Poems
The Peace of Wild Things - Wendell Berry
When I am Among the Trees - Mary Oliver
Lost - David Wagoner
Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems - edited by Phyllis Cole-Dai & Ruby R. Wilson
Ten Love Letters to the Earth - Thich Nhat Hanh
Videos, Podcasts, Websites
Forest Therapy and Mindfulness
5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Technique from Insight Timer
A 20 minute presentation on the theory of Forest Therapy to ForOurGrandchildren by Sophie Monkman
Healing Forest - a most amazing resource filled with many activities and inspiration
Tara Brach - mindfulness teacher - check out her website, and her guided meditations on Spotify, YouTube, Insight Timer app
Let yourself have fun....TED talk
Environment, Climate, Activism
How to find joy in climate action by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (TED talk)
Climate Crisis as a Spiritual Path by Joanna Macy
Finding Optimism in the fight against Climate Change The Current, CBC, October 24/23
The Biggest Movement in the World that No On Saw Coming - Blessed Unrest by Paul Hawken
Books
Forest Therapy
Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness by Dr. Qing Li
The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How it Can Transform Your Life by Dacher Keltner
The Healing Magic of Forest Bathing by Julia Plevin
The Self-Care Year: Reflect and Recharge with Simple Seasonal Rituals - Alison Davies
The Nature Principle by Richard Louv
Last Child in the Wood: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
Becoming Animal by David Abram
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova
Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred by Victoria Loorz
Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World by Gretchen Rubin
Peace in Every Step by Thich Naht Hanh
To Speak for the Trees by Diana Beresford
Conversations with Trees: An Intimate Ecoloogy by Stephanie Kazaa
Environment, Climate, Activism
How to be a Climate Optimist by Chris Turner
Coming back to Life (Updated Guide to The Work that Reconnects) by Joanna Macy
Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World by Katherine Hayhoe
Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility by Rebecca Solnit
Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in with Unexpected Resilience and Creative Power by Joanna Macy
All We Can Save: Truth, Courage and Solutions for the Climate Crisis by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Hope Matters: Why Changing the Way We Think is Critical to Solving the Climate Crisis by Erin Kelsey
Pleasure Activism; Emergent Strategy - both by adrienne maree brown