Overview

Here is a handbook for developing the more conscious relationship with the natural world needed for grounding and guidance at this precarious moment in human history. Through a series of presentations and reflection questions for each of the four seasons, readers are invited to tap into the universal human impulse behind all seasonal rituals and cultural rites and cultivate an eco-spiritual sense of communion with Nature. Then, with clarity, courage, and commitment, perhaps we can co-create a new story for a new era, one that's a sustainable response to global heating, extreme weather events, and mass extinctions.

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Modeling alternate ways to live in harmony with the environment, Light Year weaves together a variety of voices across time and disciplines, revealing how the seasons have been experienced by humans for thousands of years. I found this to be such a beautiful and thought-provoking book that I read it twice and will surely be referring to it again and again. --Monica Pace Nakayama, author, language and cultural educator Light Year is nothing short of a spiritual awakening that renders connection-to ourselves, the earth's seasons, and each other-as sacred. Thank you, Gail, for this gentle yet powerful eco-manifesto! --Marilyn Bousquin, founder of Writing Women's Lives Academy In Light Year, Gail Collins-Ranadive asks evocative questions that invite the reader to take a spiritual journey in relationship with the natural world. -Betty Jo Middleton, author of To Touch Inward Springs In a world in desperate need of help as we struggle with impacts from climate crises, Gail Collins-Ranadive invites the reader into a journey with a radical new road map. Behind this gentle invitation, in her graceful style, is a massive deconstruction and then reconstruction of one's worldview.-Kate Walker, editor of The Through Line

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Gail Collins-Ranadive, MA, MFA, MDiv, has been cultivating her eco-spiritual relationship with the natural world since her childhood in New England, where the changing seasons shaped her body, mind, and spirit. Nature has always been her go-to place for solitude and solace, creativity, and companionship. She is the award-winning author of nine non-fiction books that include Inner Canyon, Where Deep Time Meets Sacred Space; Chewing Sand, An Eco-Spiritual Taste of the Mojave Desert; and Nature's Calling, The Grace of Place. In this book, she shares insights, information, and inspiration gained from a lifetime of looking to Nature for grounding and guidance. She also writes the biannual Environmental Column for The Wayfarer and sponsors the annual Prism Prize for Climate Literature, both through Homebound Publications. With her partner Milt, she spends summers in Denver and winters in Las Vegas.

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