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The Soul of the Earth

Wildfire and rebirth: beauty and terror

On our way to Alaska a few years ago, we were stopped by a wildfire in British Columbia. It had jumped Route 97 and was burning on both…

Sep 20

Burned trees against a gray and white cloudy sky after a forest fire. Photo by Betsey Crawford.

Sep 20

Ever inspiring, the Earth Charter celebrates 25 years

The spirit of human solidarity and kinship with all life is strengthened when we live with reverence for the mystery of being, gratitude…

Sep 6

Yellow-flowered brittlebush (Encelia farinosa), a member of the Asteraceae family, being visited by a pollinating fly in the Anza Borrego Desert, California. Photo by Betsey Crawford

Sep 6

Iris: wild, beautiful, intelligent

I’m indiscriminate in my love for flowers. There are few that I don’t like, and many that I love. But there is something about my feeling…

Apr 26

Iris: wild, beautiful, intelligent

Apr 26

Blessed unrest: sowing seeds into the whirlwind

Again we learn, as we too often learn, that progress is not remotely linear. Evolution is often bewilderingly and heartbreakingly tortuous.

Nov 14, 2024

Blessed unrest: sowing seeds into the whirlwind

Nov 14, 2024

Tiny forests, big miracles

“The forest is the root of all life; it is the womb that revives our biological instincts, that deepens our intelligence and increases our…

Oct 19, 2024

Tiny forests, big miracles

Oct 19, 2024

A year of love and death

here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called…

Dec 26, 2020

Vivid blue western hounds tongue (Cynoglossum grande) Hoo-Koo-E-Koo Trail, Larkspur, California by Betsey Crawford

Dec 26, 2020

Open your fridge, cool the planet

This photo of my unusually neat refrigerator represents some of the best environmental news I’ve ever heard. It started with a question…

Apr 19, 2018

Open your fridge, cool the planet

Apr 19, 2018

The Soul of the Earth

The Soul of the Earth

Nature photographer and writer. Lover of the plant world. What does the universe teach us about the way to a sustainable world? www.thesouloftheearth.com

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