Resources for Further Inquiry
Family Life
Books:
A General Theory of Love, Lewis, Amini, Lannon
How God Changes Your Brain, Andrew Newberg
Why Love Matters, Sue Gearhart
Molecules of Emotion, Candace Pert
Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv
The Spiritual Child, Lisa Miller
Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun, CS Kranowitz
Well Balanced Child, Sally Goddard Blythe
Smart Moves, Carla Hannaford
Work and Play in Early Childhood, Freya Jaffke
Play: How It Shapes The Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul, Stuart Brown
Links and Online Resources:
LifeWays North America: Blogs, videos, courses, every sort of support families are looking for https://lifewaysnorthamerica.org
We Nurture Collective: Waldorf inspired parenting; Giving you the tools to help your child blossom https://wenurturecollective.com
Sophia’s Hearth: Programs for Teachers, Parents and Families: https://www.sophiashearth.org
Waldorf Early Childhood Association, committed to nurturing childhood as a foundation for renewing human culture:https://www.waldorfearlychildhood.org
Sacred Earth ~ Sacred Self
Books:
Spiritual Ecology, Llewellyn Vaughan Lee
Sacred Seed, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
The Spell of the Sensuous, David Abram
Becoming Animal, David Abram
The Way of the Human Being, CL Martin
The Practice of the Wild, Gary Snyder
Coming back to Life, Joanna Macy
Active Hope, Joanna Macy
The Heartbeat of Trees, P.Wohlleben
The Secret Teachings of Plants, Stephen Buhner
In the Spirit of the Earth, CL Martin
Links and Online Resources:
Bishop Steven Charleston, Choctaw: Honor Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ogs6frxZ-o
David Abram : The More Than Human World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_2B5lyNt_o
Organization of Nature Evolutionaries: https://www.natureevolutionaries.com/earth-rightsriteswrites
Water Stories, An action platform focused on Water Cycle Restoration: https://www.waterstories.com
Center for Humans and Nature: https://humansandnature.org
Greenhorns, An Open Forum for farmers new to regenerative farming: https://greenhorns.org
A Litany of Wild Graces
Books:
Spiritual Ecology: 10 Practices to Reawaken the Sacred in Everyday Life, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
The Practice of the Presence of God, Brother Lawrence
By Joy Harjo
How We Became Human
Poet Warrior
Crazy Brave
She Had Some Horses
By Linda Hogan:
Dark. Sweet
Dwellings
A History of Kindness
The Radiant Lives of Animals
Wilding, Isabella Tree
The Folding Cliffs, WS Merwin
Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer
Even Through the Whole World is Burning, WS Merwin, Film
Links and Online Resources:
Love Letter for Earth, from the Organization of Nature Evolutionaries https://www.natureevolutionaries.com/ne/2022/2/3/love-letter-for-earth-sharifa-oppenheimer
The Green Room, from the Merwin Conservancy https://merwinconservancy.org/the-green-room/
When the Source Ran Free: A Story for the Present Time, from Working with Oneness https://workingwithoneness.org/audio/
When the Earth Started to Sing, from Emergence Magazine https://emergencemagazine.org
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Potowatomi, with Krista Tippet: The intelligence in all Kinds of Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_2B5lyNt_o