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Issue 2

Perspectives in Ecology, Spirituality and Education
Spring 2005

Earthsong Cover Feature Article: The Universe as Sacred - Thomas Berry

Thomas Berry has kindly gifted EarthSong with this 'raw text' of an address he gave in 2001, in his 87th year. Eventually it will be edited for publication along with many of his unpublished works.

In this paper, Berry addresses a North American audience, situating his talk in the Mississippi bio-region in which he is speaking. These words can speak just as strongly to us. Our forbears came to Australia with a similar exploitative mindset to that of our American cousins...

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Contents - Issue 3

Features

The universe as sacred

Thomas Berry

The frogs of Oz

Craig Cleeland

Dream on activist!

Wendy Chew

Student Voice

Corporate Responsibility

Julia Sutton

From power to relationship

Lachlan Poulton

Opinion

Transpersonal Ecology and Spirituality

Mark O'Loughlin

Personal Commitment

Lake Cowal

Eleanor Gilbert

Science

Reclaiming the Connections

Colin Hocking

Earth Visionary

Val Plumwood

Kate Rigby

Interview

Seeking Wisdom - Sir Gustav Nossal

Gill Baker

Celebration of Place

ErinEarth

Carmel Wallis & Kaye Bryan

News From Schools

Sustaining a Vision

Paul Dullard

Leading the way for a Sustainable Future

Michael Low

Poetry and Reflections

David Holmgren

Caroline Smith

Personal Reflection

'Old Growth Forest'

Trevor Parton

'Presents'

Caroline Smith

'Under our Feet'

Sean Walsh

Reviews

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Naomi Turner

The Environment and Christian Faith

Robin Pryor

Walk Lightly Upon the Earth

Tom Kingston