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“ Together , the dustup in this collection make triumphant and vital cacophony that add to their meditation on earth , aura , fire and water a new element : life , and how to last it . ”—Bathsheba Demuth , author and environmental historian and writer ofFloating Coast : An Environmental History of the Bering Strait

Elementals: An Elemental Life, Vol. 5

An Elemental Life , Volume 5 of the 5 - VolumeElementalsseries , is a stunning collection of essay , poesy , and stories that illuminate the active relationship between mass and place , human and nonhuman life , mind and the material Earth , and the living vigour that make all life sentence possible . If the elements are kin to one another , then what does it mean to live in relationship with the elements ? Asking this doubt encourages a perspective shift from interacting with the elementals to partaking in their being . The tarradiddle and verse form in this volume bring the elements into conversation with one another in society to open awareness , heighten connexion , and offer practice that can help us live on more elementally . Welcome toAn Elemental Life .

TheElementalsseries explores how hoi polloi from various culture across the planet have work with these powerful forces of change and regeneration to regulate landscapes and deepen personal and blank space - found relationships . Contributors forAn Elemental Life , Volume 5include : Gavin Van Horn • Bruce Jennings • John Hausdoerffer • David George Haskell • Suzanne Kelly • Marie Fuhrman • Elizabeth J. Coleman • Yakuta Poonawalla • Leeanna T. Torres • Sean Hill • Liz Beachy Gómez • Sophie Strand • Matthew Olzmann • Allison Adelle Hedge Coke • David Macauley • Joerg Rieger • Brenda Hillman • Carina Lyall • Priyanka Kumar • Heather Swan

With compelling stories and insightful reflections , An Elemental Life , bulk 5reveals how hoi polloi are working with , adapt to , and cocreating relational depth and ecologic multifariousness by respectfully wait on to the elemental force that shape our quotidian mankind .

Proceeds from sales ofElementalsbenefit the nonprofit organization Center for Humans & Nature , home to a pressure and farm that explore in - astuteness and diverse perspectives about what it means to be human in an interconnected world . Humans & Nature Press share ideas that ramp up community and inspire action . homo & Nature Farm is a place where idea take root . The Center is a position to experience human connexion with nature and consider our responsibilities to the whole community of lifespan .

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