Mindfully green: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking PDF
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“I can’t recommend this book highly enough” Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy VLINDFULLYG Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking ral STEPHANIE KAZA iry Mindfully Green ' . MINDFULLY GREEN A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking Stephanie Kaza Shambhala Boston & London 2008 Shambhala Publications, Inc. Horticultural Hall 300 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02113 www.shambhala.com © 2008 by Stephanie Kaza “Hearing the crickets at night” from The Dragon Who Never Sleeps (Monterey, Ky.: Larkspur Press, 1990; copyright Diamond Sangha), reprinted by permission of the author, Robert Aitken. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. 987634321 First Edition Printed in Canada © This edition is printed on acidTree paper that meets the American National Standards Institute Z39.48 Standard. O This book was printed on 100% postconsumer recycled paper. For more information please visit us at www.shambhala.com. Distributed in the United States by Random House, Inc., and in Canada by Random House of Canada Ltd Interior design and composition: Greta D. Sibley & Associates Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kaza, Stephanie. Mindfully green: a personal and spiritual guide to whole earth thinking j Stephanie Kaza.—1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. isbn 978'1'39030'383'6 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Environmentalism—Religious aspects—Buddhism, [Christianity, etc.] 2. Environmental degradation—Religious aspects—Buddhism, [Christianity, etc.] 3. Human ecology—Religious aspects. I. Title. GE40.K39 2008 333_72-dc22 2008017289 Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction ix PART ONE SEEKING GREEN PRINCIPLES i. Reducing Harm 3 2. Being with the Suffering 13 3. Embracing the Deep View 33 PART TWO FOLLOWING THE GREEN PATH 4. Entering the Stream 33 3. Engaging Skillful Effort 68 6. Seeking Wisdom Sources 82 PART THREE ACTING ON GREEN VALUES N 7. Understanding Energy 101 8. Working with Desire 120 9. Practicing Peace 137 Notes ijj Further Resources ij6 VI Acknowledgments GRATITUDE FIRST TO MY TEACHERS ON THE PATHjtheir guiding influence informs this book on every page. I am particularly indebted to Robert Aiken, Thich Nhat Hanh, Joanna Macy, and Gary Snyder for their green wisdom and full hearts. Thanks also to my students and colleagues at University of Vermont who share my pas- sion for this work. May we continue to inspire and encourage each other s creativity as we think hard about what lies ahead. A special thanks to writing friends Christian McEwen and Pa¬ tricia J. Anderson, who read earlier drafts of the manuscript with attention and encouragement. Thanks also to my editor, Jennifer Brown, who coaxed the book along to the finish line. Finally, my deepest gratitude to Davis for his endless love and kind support. VI1 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/mindfullygreenpeOOkaza
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