The world’s leading expert on reversing soil desertification shows how ecology can flourish only when spiritual elements are present • Uses a parable from the African oral tradition to provide a living testimony of what has been lost with the rise of modern technology • Provides a vital account of the strong relationship between soil and soul and how this relationship can be restored As in the Heart, So in the Earth is a strong indictment of a civilization that, while seeking domination over the earth, mutilates, tortures, and desacralizes it. For Pierre Rabhi ecology is inseparable from spirituality. He shows how the growing desertification of North Africa is a reflection of the “desert” that is claiming the hearts and souls of the inhabitants of the Western world--how dead soil is mirrored in our deadened souls--and how reconciliation with Mother Earth must be accompanied by relearning our ancestors’ reverence for the soil. Using a traditional African parable grounded in the very wisdom of the earth, Pierre Rabhi seeks to initiate the reader into a time when the people that dwelled on this planet did so harmoniously and could converse easily with the land. Village elder Tyemoro recounts the gradual destruction of his village’s culture and all that has sustained it as the miracles promised by modern technology brought more harm than good. This same drama is recurring throughout the world, where indigenous value systems that have endured for millennia are torn apart by contact with modern civilization. Yet Rahbi offers hope--if those in the modern world will stop to hear the words of their ancestors who worked the land, for our destiny is linked irrevocably to that of the earth.

As in the Heart, So in the Earth: Reversing the Desertification of the Soul and the Soil

Business & Money

RABHI, Pierre

Economics

Park Street Press

L'enfant du désert (French Edition)

Eggermont, Claire

Biographies & Memoirs

GALLIMARD JEUNE

R260192549. VERS LA SOBRIT HEUREUSE. 2013. In-12. Broch. Bon tat, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intrieur frais. 163 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 0-GENERALITES

Vers la sobriété heureuse (French Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Actes-sud

The current crisis clearly demonstrates that our model of society has reached its limits and cannot continue to exert its absolute power over the entire world without serious―and in some cases irreversible―damage. The time has come to recognize that our affluent societies have more than enough to meet their essential material needs―provided it is done fairly. The time has also come to question whether we are all, globally, going to live with less, rather than more money. We have the necessary means to do so, provided we accept this as an irrevocable principle of our lives. Rather than causing us to lose heart, this crisis can instead awaken within us unprecedented creative forces so that together, we can construct a satisfying world for heart, mind, and spirit. During his pre-presidential run for the 2002 French elections, Pierre Rabhi adopted Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen’s principle of “sustainable degrowth” as the central tenet of his campaign and called for “an uprising of consciousness.” Although he has now abandoned the wording of this influential economist, which is often misunderstood despite its relevance, he has retained its rigor and now supports the “power of restraint.” In the face of a joyless society of overabundance, yet one still afflicted with the material poverty in which so-called developed countries are now mired, “power of restraint” represents a realistic alternative. As a liberating moral and physical force, it is a political act of legitimate resistance to this juggernaut that is destroying the planet and isolating the individual. The time has come to break free of these bulimic habits and the constant quest for more and more, a race destined to end in an immense field of ruins. Pierre Rabhi adopted this way of life many years ago; he can share practical steps toward restraint, a measure of well being and equilibrium. He offers us a form of simplicity and gratitude which, as it spreads to our innermost self, gives meaning to our existence, along with a unique sense of lightness: the rewards of restraint.

The Power of Restraint

Self-Help

À travers les contes de Pierre Rabhi et les réflexions de Cyril Dion, ce livre poursuit la réflexion sur l'attitude de l'homme envers la nature et aide les enfants à comprendre la rudesse du monde moderne et la peur qui le régit, tout en les encourageant à inventer l'avenir dont ils rêvent, en agissant. Un livre illustré par une trentaine d'illustrateurs de l'agence Costume 3 pièces.\nFrom the Back Cover\nÀ travers les contes de Pierre Rabhi et les réflexions de Cyril Dion, ce livre poursuit la réflexion sur l'attitude de l'homme envers la nature et aide les enfants à comprendre la rudesse du monde moderne et la peur qui le régit, tout en les encourageant à inventer l'avenir dont ils rêvent, en agissant. Un livre illustré par une trentaine d'illustrateurs de l'agence Costume 3 pièces.

Demain entre tes mains

Dion, Cyril

Children's Books

La Tristesse de Gaïa: De l'effondrement à l'émerveillement

Sociology

La puissance de la modération

Religion & Spirituality

Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts

HOZHONI

L'humain au risque de l'intelligence artificielle

Duquesne, Juliette

Social Sciences

PRESSES CHATELE

Graines de possible - Regards croisés sur l'écologie: Entretiens arbitrés par Weronicka Zarachowicz (Documents, Actualités, Société) (French Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Hulot, Nicolas

Essays & Correspondence

CALMANN-LEVY

Manifeste pour la terre et l'humanisme: Pour une insurrection des consciences

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