CROW PLANET
I seem to be on a bird kick lately. First it was magpies. Now it is crows.
I found a new book in the library today. The title is "Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness," written by Lyanda Lynn Haupt. The themes lend themselves to the issues I deal with over in my other blog, Planet Restart.
The book got me to thinking that if you are to be prepared for whatever changes in climate that might be coming your way, then you need to pay attention to the changes in your immediate environment. The book suggests that studying the habits of local wildlife, including birds, is as good a way as any to start.
I've just started reading the book, but already I have found some passages that really hit home for me:
"We live on a changing earth where ecological degradation and global climate change threaten the most foundational biological processes. If the evolution of wildlife is to continue in a meaningful way, humans must attain a changed habit of being, one that allows us to recognize and act upon a sense of ourselves as integral to the wider earth community."
"… our collective actions over the next several years will decide whether earthy life will continue its descent into ecological ruin and death or flourish in beauty and diversity."
"There is a way to face the current ecological crisis with our eyes open, with stringent scientific knowledge, with honest sorrow over the state of life on earth, with spiritual insight, and with practical commitment. But the work does not have to be dour … or accomplished only out of moral imperative … or … fear. Our actions can instead arise from a sense of rootedness, connectedness, creativity and delight."
November 5, 2009
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