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Zugunruhe: The Inner Migration to Profound Environmental Change
Just prior to periods of great migration, certain species display agitation and restlessness - a phenomenon referred to by scientists as zugunruhe. McLennan identifies a similar pattern emerging among people yearning for a sustainable future. This book is intended as a catalyst for anyone interested in exploring a deeper, more meaningful connection to the environmental movement. Zugunruhe is a work of creative genius that draws us into an engaging journey of self-discovery, brings the biggest and most frightening issues of our time up close, and invites our engagement, notes David Korten, It will leave you envisioning human possibilities you never previously imagined. Profound, personal and practical, McLennan s narrative reminds us that individual efforts ripple outward and can lead to revolutionary change for the betterment of people and planet.
Foreword by Janine Benyus
(from the amazon.com description)
Foreword by Janine Benyus
(from the amazon.com description)
- GenresNonfictionSustainability
366 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2010
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April 22, 2014
Zugunruhe - migratory restlessness "zug unruhe" (roughly translated: ants in the pants)
Your reason and passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul. If either your sails or your rudder be broken, you can but toss and drift, or else be held at a standstill in mid-seas. For reason, ruling alone is a force confining: and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction. - Kahil Gibran
Fortunately, unlearning our cultural prejudice to listen only to the "rational" voice in our head, which tends to separate us from each other and prompts us to put our personal interest above our collective interest, gets easier with practice.
The most effective way to facilitate change is to help others discover that they too are connected and empower them to listen to their inner voice. It puts them on the ladder of awareness. Once done, just get out of the way.
You can't change the way others act, but you can help them change the mindset from which their actions emanate.
Your reason and passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul. If either your sails or your rudder be broken, you can but toss and drift, or else be held at a standstill in mid-seas. For reason, ruling alone is a force confining: and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction. - Kahil Gibran
The cloud does not insist on its form
The wave does not force its way over the ocean
So why shoudl you clutch so tightly your little map?
- Haven Trevino
Fortunately, unlearning our cultural prejudice to listen only to the "rational" voice in our head, which tends to separate us from each other and prompts us to put our personal interest above our collective interest, gets easier with practice.
The most effective way to facilitate change is to help others discover that they too are connected and empower them to listen to their inner voice. It puts them on the ladder of awareness. Once done, just get out of the way.
You can't change the way others act, but you can help them change the mindset from which their actions emanate.
June 26, 2014
Self-discovery meets green building in Zugunruhe: The Inner Migration to Profound Environmental Change, by Jason F. McLennan, written with Mary Adam Thomas. It’s an odd combination but it works.
Zugunruhe is a German word pronounced (zoo gen ROO ha) meaning “migratory restlessness” which describes the behavioral changes many animals go through prior to migration.
McLennan weaves stories from his own life and others into the lessons in the book. He gives a lot of advice without sounding preachy or authoritative. Sometimes his ideas fly in the face of convention or put a different spin on a well-known word or concept.
On the surface Zugunruhe may seem like a book for treehuggers and green building professionals, but it is really pertains to personal transformation of any kind. I recommend it to anyone interested in making a change in her or his life and willing to do the work to change.
Read the whole review at: http://greengroundswell.com/zugunruhe...
Zugunruhe is a German word pronounced (zoo gen ROO ha) meaning “migratory restlessness” which describes the behavioral changes many animals go through prior to migration.
McLennan weaves stories from his own life and others into the lessons in the book. He gives a lot of advice without sounding preachy or authoritative. Sometimes his ideas fly in the face of convention or put a different spin on a well-known word or concept.
On the surface Zugunruhe may seem like a book for treehuggers and green building professionals, but it is really pertains to personal transformation of any kind. I recommend it to anyone interested in making a change in her or his life and willing to do the work to change.
Read the whole review at: http://greengroundswell.com/zugunruhe...
July 10, 2013
Very inspiring. It sort of started out like a self help book, but I found it motivating and inspiring
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