Bluegreen Project » Ecoliteracy http://www.bluegreenproject.com Gardening . Design . Education Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:12:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Seeing Nature http://www.bluegreenproject.com/2010/03/seeing-nature/ http://www.bluegreenproject.com/2010/03/seeing-nature/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:37:07 +0000 Scott http://www.bluegreenproject.com/?p=442 Seeing Nature, and it was a revelation to me. Through a series of personal nature parables he shifts our perception in order to reveal the subtle flows, cycles, patterns and personalities that inhabit the living world around us. Sand fleas, a deer carcass, vulture flight, tundra flora and water erosion (among other things) all have something to teach us, if only we are willing to look deeply and listen.]]> When I first started teaching gardening I stumbled across Paul Krafel’s Seeing Nature, and it was a revelation to me. Through a series of personal nature parables he shifts our perception in order to reveal the subtle flows, cycles, patterns and personalities that inhabit the living world around us. Sand fleas, a deer carcass, vulture flight, tundra flora and water erosion (among other things) all have something to teach us, if only we are willing to look deeply and listen. It’s a great book for outdoors(wo)men, naturalists and anyone teaching observation and pattern recognition.

I would also recommend Paul’s insightful newsletter, Cairns of H.O.P.E, for a more of his explorations and encounters with the natural world.

Seeing Nature, by Paul Krafel, Chelsea Green Publishing 1999

]]> http://www.bluegreenproject.com/2010/03/seeing-nature/feed/ 0 Flowing Continents http://www.bluegreenproject.com/2009/07/flowing-continents/ http://www.bluegreenproject.com/2009/07/flowing-continents/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:22:55 +0000 Scott http://www.bluegreenproject.com/?p=358 Take a look at this great animation of the past and projected movements of the Earth’s continents. The time lapse really puts you in touch with the the living and flowing qualities of Gaia.

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