“The voice of the Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the sweet breathing of flowers.” GodSpiritSpiritualityVoiceWaterNatureHeardSweetFlowerBirdHearingBreathingIndianNativeNative AmericanPaganismPaganRippleAmerican IndianGreat SpiritNative AmericaNative American IndianGreat Native AmericanIndian WisdomSpiritual NatureAmerican SpiritNative American ProverbsTweety Bird Book:American Indian Stories Source: American Indian Stories
“Our Children no longer learn how to read the great book of Nature from their own direct experience, or how to interact creatively with the seasonal transformations of the planet. They seldom learn where their water come from or where it goes. We no longer coordinate our human celebration with the great liturgy of the heavens.” HumansChildrenBookHeavenWaterNaturePlanetsGardenDirectTransformationOur ChildrenCelebrationGreat BookLiturgyCoordinates Author:Wendell Berry
“In so far as such developments utilise the natural energy running to waste, as in water power, they may be accounted as pure gain. But in so far as they consume the fuel resources of the globe they are very different. The one is like spending the interest on a legacy, and the other is like spending the legacy itself. ... [There is] a still hardly recognised coming energy problem.” MayStillsDifferentProblemRunningScienceEnergyInterestWaterNatureNaturalDifferencesDevelopmentPureWasteGainsResourcesAccountsSpendingLegacyFuelGlobesWater PowerNatural Energy Author:Frederick Soddy