Table of Contents
Foreword Satish Kumar 1
Introduction Marian Van Eyk McCain 5
Part I Understanding
Understanding the world and our place in it 13
1 Seeing Things Differently Grace Blindell 14
2 Gaia Theory and Deep Ecology Stephan Harding 36
3 What Are Humans For? Brian Swimme 50
4 Falling in Love with Gaia Susan Meeker-Lowry 60
Understanding Ourselves
5 The Crack in Everything Isabel Clarke 63
6 Reclaiming our Animal Body Tania Dolley 76
7 Ecopsychology Sandra White Chris Clarke Don Hills 85
Part II Spiritual Pathways 101
8 The Great Wheel (About Part II) Marian Van Eyk McCain 102
9 The Green '-isms' Michael Colebrook 108
10 The Four Paths Grace Blindell 115
11 Transformation June Raymond 127
12 Something is Amiss in the World of Religion Matthew Fox 130
13 Spirit in East and West Jean Hardy 139
14 On Christ June Raymond 146
15 Green Buddhism Joyce Edmond-Smith 149
16 Green Judaism: Alaskan Salmon Taught Me Bible Rabbi Jamie Korngold 154
17 The Ecology of Heart: A Sufi Journey Neil Douglas-Klotz 158
18 On Devotion and Duty: A Pagan View Emma Restall Orr 164
Part III Greening Our Culture 169
19 The Vital Shift (About Part III) Marian Van Eyk McCain 170
20 Greening Health: Full-Spectrum Wellness John Travis Meryn Callander 172
21 Greening Education (1) The Crisis in Education Matthew Fox 183
22 Greening Education (2) Touching the Earth Ruth Meyers 187
23 Greening the Law Cormac Cullinan 192
24 Greening Economics: The Post-Corporate World David Korten 200
25 Permaculture: Bringing Wisdom Down to Earth Maddy Harland 212
26 Complexity, Form and Design Jean Bee 222
Part IV Walking Our Talk 233
27 Walking the GreenSpirit Way: (About Part IV) Marian Van Eyk McCain 234
28 GreenSpirit in The UK: The Early Years Petra Griffiths 237
29 GreenSpirit Today Marian Van Eyk McCain 246
30 The Theory of Anyway Sharon Astyk Pat Meadows 256
31 Simplicity, Activism and the Fourfold Way Marian Van Eyk McCain 262
About the Contributors 270
Acknowledgments 281
