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| “Life outside a person
is an extension of the life within him. This compels him to be part
of it and accept responsibility for all creatures great and small.
Life becomes harder when we live for others, but it also becomes
richer and happier.”
- Albert Schweitzer |
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Courting
the Wild - A Book Series
Do
you remember the first time you fell in love? Was it with a bird,
a toad, a butterfly, or, perhaps, a red rock canyon? In what way
are you and your first love still courting?
ESI
is pleased to invite you to submit a personal story for inclusion
in our ongoing series of anthologies celebrating Nature as an inspiration
for love and wonderment and, ultimately, taking responsibility for
something beyond our ourselves.
Through
the Courting the Wild series, ESI hopes to motivate readers
to recognize that the values reflected in environmental stewardship
are instilled through a direct relationship with "the wild,"
defined by our sense of connection to and place within the greater
"family of things" (to quote poet Mary Oliver), and inspired
by and inspire both mind and heart consciousness.
We
also hope that the series will serve as a tool for conservation
educators, wilderness guides, social marketers, ecopsychologists,
and spiritual leaders in various traditions.
Volume
1 is in progress. We welcome your stories! Click here for Author's
Guidelines and Writing
Tips for Courting the Wild, or contact the editorial
teams:
Courting the Wild: Love Affairs with the Land. Jamie K. Reaser (ecos@nelsoncable.com) and Susan Chernak McElroy (susanchernak@aol.com). Volume 1 is now in press. We anticipate a late 2007 release. Courting the Wild: Love Affairs with Reptiles and Amphibians. Joe Mitchell (jmitchel@richmond.edu) and Jamie K. Reaser (ecos@nelsoncable.com). We have received more than 40 essays for this volume and plan to go to press in late 2007. We
hope that our vision and your love for wild things and wild places
will inspire you to share your story with us.
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"What a great idea. Your request
(for an essay) made me think about the first time I fell asleep alone
in the woods as a little kid and the wonderful feeling of waking up outside
with the wind blowing over me. I can remember the sensation and
the spot better than any piece of legislation I have worked on in the
past five years (or even the past five weeks). I am sure the project
will be an inspiration if just the request for contributions can make
me think of something so pleasant."
- Anonymous Science
and Policy Wonk, Washington, D.C.
