Author Archives: Allysyn Kiplinger
Thomas Berry Colloquium Report — on its way
Stay turned for news of the May 2014 Thomas Berry Colloquium at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Thomas Berry (1914 – 2009)
The Day My Daughter Was Born, Part II: A Gestational Epic
[For Calliope] My daughter leapt into the world After nine months of uterine back flips (and back pain) Writing graffiti on the walls of her womb Head-first-diving into life like a supernova. * My daughter dove into existence on a … Continue reading
World Elephant Day – August 12
Let’s have a civilization that celebrates a different creature every day! Can you imagine – nothing but a constant world wide party as we dance and sing and celebrate ALL the creatures and their role in our Earth community. It … Continue reading
Kumar at Resurgence Favors Ecozoic Over Anthropocene
Satish Kumar, Editor in Chief at Resurgence / Ecologist magazine of England, favors the word Ecozoic over Anthropocene to better describe our current moment. His cover story and editorial from Issue 279 • July/August 2013 is copied and linked below. Thank … Continue reading
Feral – Searching for enchantment on the frontiers of rewilding
Editors Note: Yes, bring on the wolves and whales! A book by George Monbiot Published by Allen Lane, May 2013 The book introduces a radical new type of ‘hands-off’ nature conservation called Rewilding, and takes the reader on George’s own … Continue reading
New Reflections by Thomas Berry at ThomasBerry.org
An exciting new collection of audio recordings and written transcripts have just been posted by Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grimm at their website ThomasBerry.org. They are talks delivered at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York … Continue reading
River granted legal personhood in New Zealand
In New Zealand—or Aotearoa, as it is known to the indigenous Maori people—the Whanganui River has been awarded personhood status. https://www.utne.com/environment/we-are-the-world-zm0z13mjzros.aspx By Staff, Utne Reader May/June 2013 New Zealand—Aotearoa, as it is known to the indigenous Maori people—the Whanganui River … Continue reading
Dolphins granted legal personhood in India
From https://www.dw.de/dolphins-gain-unprecedented-protection-in-india/a-16834519 May 24, 2013 Dolphins gain unprecedented protection in India India has officially recognized dolphins as non-human persons, whose rights to life and liberty must be respected. Dolphin parks that were being built across the country will instead be … Continue reading
A poem “10 -40,000”
10-40,000 A poem by Kathe L. Palka, used with permission, from her book “Miracle of the Wine”. Her website is https://kathepalka.com/ ~ Fred Hoyle’s calculation of the probability of the spontaneous origin of the 2000 proteins of 200 amino acids … Continue reading
Dedicated to the Elements of Our Earth
https://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/blog/dedicated-to-the-elements-of-our-earth By Dr. Stephan Harding For us modern people, you are merely the ‘chemical elements’. We consider you inanimate, dead, not worthy of a point of view. We’ve never given you thanks. Who cares about lifeless rock and air? But … Continue reading