Awe From Nature An excerpt from Awestruck On a beautiful spring day several years ago, I went for a hike in the Muir Woods National Monument, just north of San Francisco. It was a glorious day, with perfect temperatures and sunshine. But despite being in a place some might describe as heaven on earth, my [...]

An Essay by Joanna Macy From A Wild Love for the World In early 1985, I was offering workshops across Australia to activists resisting nuclear testing, uranium mining, and the logging of their last old-growth forests. They found that the Despair and Empowerment work freed them from burnout and kindled their love for one another. [...]

Stephanie Kaza, author of GREEN BUDDHISM: Practice and Compassionate Action in Uncertain Times, in conversation about her life as a UC Santa Cruz biologist, a writer, a professor, and a Buddhist.     Green Buddhism$18.95 - PaperbackBy: Stephanie Kaza Add to Cart Books by Stephanie Kaza See All Books

Following the Green Practice Path An Excerpt from Green Buddhism Understanding Our Impact Withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, cancelling clean-water regulations, stalling on clean-energy projects—the recent years under a climate-change-denying political administration have been very discouraging, indeed. Day after day, we seem to hear only about backward steps and policy losses on environmental issues. The [...]

by Lindsay Michko As spring begins, warmer temperatures and longer days call upon us to deepen our connection to the natural world. We begin spending more time outside and taking notice of all the new growth and colors popping up in the world around us. As a celebration of Earth Day, Shambhala Publications has compiled [...]

Sacred Time and the Search for Meaning by Gary Eberle Before time became commodified-before there were clocks and the schedules they engendered-we humans operated according to the subtle seasons of the days and seasons. Gary Eberle's study of what was lost when time came to be measured draws on philosophers from Aristotle to Heidegger and [...]

Gardens can be so much more than merely pleasing to the eye; they can also evoke a contemplative state of mind, connecting us more fully to ourselves and to the world around us. In Landscape as Spirit, Martin Mosko explains his meditative approach to garden and landscape design and then walks us through five of [...]

All of our books are published on planet Earth! In honor of our favorite planet, we put together a list of some of our most earthy books. Read on for suggestions in gardening, children's activities, ecospirituality, and memoir.   GARDENING Landscape as Spirit: Creating a Contemplative Garden by Martin Hakubai Mosko and Alxe Noden "This [...]