Article Title
Keywords
rooted, environment, interconnection, indigeneity, community, renewal
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This paper seeks to examine grief and despair as entry points toward compassion and environmental renewal. When sharing our own stories of grief and healing we access our deep roots as communities of interconnected Beings and find our way to Active Hope. Ecological grief plays a critical role in the environmental destruction of our time and by interrogating our own death denial and despair paradigms through communal story- sharing we can move away from apathy and toward more impactful environmental education. Below I share my own Root.ED journey from interconnection through grief to healing and compassionate renewal and how the very act of story sharing changes our relationships with the greater ecological community around us.
Genre/Form
personal narratives
Recommended Citation
Blackman, L. (2017). ROOT.ED: A Story That Reconnects. Summit to Salish Sea: Inquiries and Essays, 2(1), 12-21. Retrieved from https://cedar.wwu.edu/s2ss/vol2/iss1/9
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Trees; Ecotheology; Compassion; Healing--Psychological aspects; Storytelling--Psychological aspects; Storytelling--Religious aspects
Geographic Coverage
North Cascades National Park (Wash.)
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Type
Text
Included in
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