The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/tag/ecology)
As many Pagans understand, nature can recover when given the chance. Across the globe, rewilding projects are restoring rivers, forests, wetlands, and wildlife, while efforts in California, Florida, Canada, Italy, and Scotland demonstrate success. Illinois has taken a further step, becoming the first U.S. state to enshrine rewilding into law.
Today’s dispatch comes from J.D. Harlock, who introduces us to a form of Naturalistic Paganism based in the history and landscape of Lebanon. “Embracing Naturalistic Paganism fosters a sense of kinship and purpose among all Lebanese, regardless of their background, allowing for communal healing with a peaceful but powerful resistance against the forces that wish Lebanon to be fragmented.”
Salamanders like those found in the Appalachian Mountains are threatened by stone stacking, a practice that conservationists and researchers say has real, even devastating, consequences for some species.
The first installment of a series covering the Conference on Ecological Spiritualities hosted by Harvard Divinity School last month.
August 22nd was 2020’s Earth Overshoot Day, the day when, according to the Global Footprint Network, humanity began using more of Earth’s resources than could be renewed within the year. TWH covers the 2020 report and critiques of the concept.