Any Resurgence & Ecologist members who have attended one of the Trust’s monthly guided meditations led by Satish Kumar will be aware of how deftly and gently he draws attention to humans’ interconnectedness with the more-than-human world, and how the elements of earth, air, water and fire sustain us all. Trees embody this interconnectedness: they are rooted in earth, they release oxygen through photosynthesis, they turn the sun’s energy into sugars to feed the tree, they are adept at recycling water, and they have provided firewood for humans for millennia.
Little wonder, then, that writers with ...
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