...restoring and healing the broken connection between people and the Earth?

The web of life (not the internet) is an extraordinary and intricate entity. The web is the relationship of us to each other, to all life around us and to the Earth herself. It is the relationship between ocean and sky, between mountain and stream, between fox and rabbit. In this web, we are truly connected to all that is around us. It is and always has been extremely evident, yet most people, especially in western society, do not see this connection any more.

In the most simplistic example, a concrete and steel highrise building surrounded by a paved parking lot which seems to go on forever causes us not to see any more. Abusive advertising and uncontrollable consumption, and the resulting "mall society" which all tell us we can't be happy without products, make us blind to the connection.

Drug and alcohol abuse are symptoms of disconnection. So are physical, emotional, sexual and other abuses rampant in our society. Disease, hate of self or others, nuclear weaponry, and environmental destruction are the direct result of the loss of connectedness.

So what can be done? How can this loss of connectedness be restored? There is no easy single answer. But this site is full of some very interesting links to help begin the journey toward understanding, and hopefully healing, this loss in your own life. So please, look around. Let me know if you find anything of interest, or anything which helps you.