Working in ecological education and research since the late 1970s has often had a "Groundhog Day" quality about it - every few years, witnessing similar responses to peaks in anxiety about ecological breakdown. The particular psycho-spiritual dimensions of our species are the key to bringing ourselves out of this ecological breakdown, and provide vital signs that point to our role, as individuals and collective, in the planet's evolutionary future. The causes of our existential planetary crisis - ecological, social and personal mental health - are emotional and spiritual, rooted in our yearnings for meaningfulness in life and how we seek to satisfy them. Chapter 4 of 'Vital Signs: Psychological Responses to Ecological Crisis', ed. Mary-Jayne Rust & Nick Totton, Karnac, 2011.
Longing to be Human: Evolving ourselves in healing the Earth
Working in ecological education and research since the late 1970s has often had a "Groundhog Day" quality about it - every few years, witnessing similar responses to peaks in anxiety about ecological breakdown. The particular psycho-spiritual dimensions of our species are the key to bringing ourselves out of this ecological breakdown, and provide vital signs that point to our role, as individuals and collective, in the planet's evolutionary future. The causes of our existential planetary crisis - ecological, social and personal mental health - are emotional and spiritual, rooted in our yearnings for meaningfulness in life and how we seek to satisfy them. Chapter 4 of 'Vital Signs: Psychological Responses to Ecological Crisis', ed. Mary-Jayne Rust & Nick Totton, Karnac, 2011.
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