Click on a title to view an essay Environmental Education: Guiding Our Youth Environmental Educators Are Powerful People Notes On Environmental Education Teaching Methods Empowering Stewards of Nature — Lessons From The Web Of Life Our Youth Must Live Nature’s Story Humans and Nature: Three Perceptions of Reality Interbeing – No Man Is An Island A Reunion : Bringing Humans Back To Nature A Compassionate Consciousness...

Empowering Stewards of Nature Lessons From the Web of Life   For Nature at all levels to exist, everything in our universe, in our world, and in our local communities must be connected because Nature’s fuel is energy which must flow between all plants and animals. Everything is connected. Nothing is self sufficient. Every rock, bird, beast, plant, and human being is dependent on each other in some way that is important. Without...

The earth needs your devotion and tender care   Recently, I spent some time visiting Canyonlands National Park in Utah.  I was particularly moved by the magnificent vista that surrounded and included the convergence of the Colorado River and the Green River. “Awesome” is an understatement. Later, I was deeply inspired by the story on a plaque that described the vision of the newly appointed Secretary of the Interior, ...

Explore extensive Internet resource lists for 22 subjects about Nature and Her interdependent web of life .     The lists are categorized by topic. These lists will be useful to environmental educators, students, and anyone who wishes to do further research on the material provided in this web site. To go to an individual resource list, simply click on its title in the list provided below. You can also view the list by clicking...

If you have been a regular reader of my blog site, you may have noticed a recent subtle change. You now rarely see the words “Connections in Nature”. Increasingly, I use the the expression “Web of Life” to portray what this web site is all about. In truth, I have struggled to find a good way to describe the interconnectedness of Nature in my writing. For me the term “Connections in Nature” has always...

“Land, then, is not merely soil; it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants, and animals. … The circuit is not closed; some energy is dissipated in decay, some is added by absorption from the air, some is stored in soils, peats, and long-lived forests; but it is a sustained circuit, like a slowly augmented revolving fund of life. … When a change occurs in one part of the circuit, many other...