Philosophy (see also the sites of the Organizations below)

• Deep Ecology Writings — on the site of the Rainforest Information Centre
• Do Landscapes Learn? by Robert E. Cook, Ph.D., Director of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Ecology's "New Paradigm" and Design in Landscape Architecture. On the site of the Arboretum's Institute for Cultural Landscape Studies
• The Eco-Portal — a jumpstation specifically geared to ecological issues and products
• Environmental History Timeline — the history of the perception of the environment
• Gaianism
  • Libretto for One Body, a chamber cantata by John Kennedy — especially "Prayer for the Great Family" by Gary Snyder. This poem is all over the Web — without repect for copyright, even often without crediting Snyder. On this page the publishers have permission.
  • Confessions from the Buddhist Frontier - This essay first appeared in the Spring,1997 issue of EarthLight, the Magazine of Spirituality and Ecology published by the Unity with Nature Committee of the Pacific Yearly Meeting, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
• Environmental History environmental issues
• The Green Fuse — Environmental philosophy: deep ecology, social ecology, eco-feminism, earth-centered spirituality & ethics... topics crucial for our global future.
• NOFA (New England Organic Farming Association)
• The Soul of Nature; The Meaning of Ecological Spirituality, by Lynna Landstreet
• "Spirit of the Earth" — by John Seed, from Yoga Journal. With an introductory essay,"The Time is Now", by Rick Fields.

Gardening with Native Plants

• The Audubon Garden Makeover — at the end of this inspiring article are lists of sources for native plants, by region — including links for some.
• Going Native; Do turf and petunias portend a looming biological crisis?, by Janet Marinelli, also on the Audubon Magazine site. At the end of the article are organizations supporting native gardening.

News

• The quashed secret Marshall report on global warming.
• Curitiba and its visionary mayor - Adapted extracts from "The city of first priorities," by Donella Meadows (Whole Earth Review, Spring 1995)
• Gardening is therapeutic for elders
• Gardens for patients with Alzheimer's disease
• Gas/electric car June 2000: Toyota Prius
• Environmental Defense Scorecard

Organizations

• Ecopsychology Institute at the the John E. Mack Institute (formerly the Center for Psychology and Social Change)
• International Community for Ecopsychology

How-to / useful stuff

• Organic Plant Care - extensive practical information
• The Soil Ecosystem - detailed and useful
• Dave's Plants Database — compiled by garders volunteering the information; part of the Dave's Garden network. If you like this feature, take a quick tour of Dave's Garden

Miscellaneous

• Wilderdom - "a project in natural living & transformation" by James Thomas Neill. Full of great info & links.

In Print

The Biophilia Hypothesis,

edited by Stephen R. Kellert and Edward O. Wilson.

Island Press/Shearwater, Washington DC, 1993.

This site gives some brief excerpts.

Dharma Gaia,

by Allan Hunt Badiner.

Berkeley, Parallax Press, 1990.

(see my review on SkyDancer)

Growing Myself: A Spiritual Journey Through Gardening,

by Judith Handelsman.
Plume/Penguin, New York, 1997.

Here's a description.

The Resurgence of the Real: Body, Nature and Place in a Hypermodern World,

by Charlene Spretnak

Routledge, 1999.

Here's a review.

Fateful Harvest; The True Story of a Small Town, a Global Industry, and a Toxic Secret

by Duff Wilson

HarperCollins, New York, 2001.

The story of a newspaper expose called "Fear in the Fields" published in the Seattle Times in 1977.