EARTHKEEPING NEWS A NEWSLETTER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COALITION FOR CHRISTIANITY AND ECOLOGY Volume Eleven, Number Four May/June 2002 Resources Earth's Echo: Sacred Encounters with Nature, by Robert M. Hamma ($12.95), 2002, Sorin Books, PO Box 1006, Notre Dame IN 46556; sorinbk@nd.edu. Hamma reflects on his experience of the sacred in nature. Each section #151; the seashore, the river, the forest, the desert, and the mountains #151; contains inspiring passages by well known nature writers, followed by the author's reflection on their meaning and a poetic response. Born with a Bang: The Universe Tells Our Cosmic Story, by Jennifer Morgan, illustrated by Dana Lynne Andersen ($12.95 hardback, $9.95 paper), 2002 Dawn Publications, PO Box 2010, Nevada City CA 95959; 800/ 545-7475. As the voice of the universe, the author takes the reader on a 13-billion-year journey from the Big Bang through the formation of Planet Earth. The Universe relates, in child-friendly language, the science and drama of the evolving stars and planets. EarthScore: Your Personal Environmental Audit and Guide, by Donald W. Lotter, with foreword by Joel Makower ($4.50), 1993 revised and updated, Morning Sun Press, PO Box 413, Lafayette CA 94549; 925/ 932-1383. A valuable tool for individuals and households to measure their impact on Earth through their use of energy, water, transportation, toxics, the extent of their "consumerism," environmental advocacy, respect for the land, livelihood and family planning. Easy to use scoring. TWO VIDEOS Exploring a New Cosmology: Reflections on the Writings of Thomas Berry and Brian Swimme, narrated by Miriam Therese MacGillis, OP ($30 plus $4, shipping and handling), The Foundation for Global Community, 222 High St., Palo Alto CA 94301; 800/707-793; www.globalcommunity.org. In four parts; total time: 2.75 hours. Major themes: "understanding ourselves as the Universe reflecting on itself"; foundational characteristics of the universe: differentiation, subjectivity and communion; the ecological crisis and the challenge to humankind; and exploring the Great Work. MUSIC: Melodies of the Universe, by Jan Novotka (CD $13, tape $10, songbook $10, CD-book combination $20, tape-book combination $18. Shipping and handling $1 per item ordered) available from EarthRise, Inc., 421 17th Avenue, Scranton, PA 18504; 570/ 347-2431, earthrise@netzero.net. Songs to bring awareness of our relationship with earth. Home     Table of Contents