Reunion: How We Heal Our Broken Connection to the Earth: 1 - Tapa blanda

From the earliest mythologies, it's clear we all start as a little bit of dirt. But these stories aren't just entertaining. They also carry a profound message: each of us is born with a deep and abiding connection to the earth, one that many of us have lost touch with. The authors, Ellen Gunter and Ted Carter, spent more than two years interviewing organic and biodynamic farmers, environmentalists, filmmakers, authors, farming advocates, teachers, and spiritual leaders to understand how that connection is present in our lives-and how we can begin to see it ourselves. Using historical narratives, dozens of simple and profound practices and examples of people whose adventures in earth stewardship are showing us the way to our own roles in the world's environmental crises, REUNION: HOW WE HEAL OUR CONNECTION TO THE EARTH is about how we rediscover and repair that connection ourselves-and by doing that, open ourselves up to solutions we had never considered before.

Ellen Gunter is a writer, a spiritual director and an environmental advocate. She lectures about the connections between spirituality and the environment in the Chicago area. She lives in Oak Park, Illinois. Ted Carter has been designing earth-centric landscapes along the northeast coast for more than thirty years. His award-winning work has been featured in many publications. He lives and works in Buxton, Maine.