Forty-seven years ago, the first Earth Day brought together 20 million Americans; this year on April 22, a billion people across the globe will celebrate our planet in nearly 195 countries. And while attention will be rightfully focused on environmental literacy and education, Earth Day is not only about the science of a healthy planet but our sacred relationship with the natural world, our home.
In the crisp morning chill of late autumn, I walked along the beach at Mercy by the Sea, feeling as grey as the sky. I was going through a very painful transition in life ̶ one of those that, if seen through, makes you more aware of all that is good about you, and if not… well, not. It was early enough in the process that I could not see any outcome, good or bad. I felt lost.
“The philosophical underpinnings of the way we have organized reality no longer hold…