Jessica Toro

“environmental problems are often caused by the same patriarchal values that oppress women.”
― Angel Contreras, Ecofeminism: A Radical Intersectional Approach to Environmental Justice **Introduction to Ecofeminism: A Radical Intersectional Approach to Environmental Justice**

“A trip to buy expensive camping equipment for a two-week vacation in Yosemite is not a prerequisite or, for that matter, any substitute for more languid natural pastimes that can be had in the backyard.”
― Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder

“writing is a place where we can meet ourselves deeply, encounter the imprint of something immense running through us. It’s a place to face wild mind head-on and to apprehend the design of the universe.”
― Natalie Goldberg, Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer's Craft

“Michael Pyle says, “Place is what takes me out of myself, out of the limited scope of human activity, but this is not misanthropic. A sense of place is a way of embracing humanity among all of its neighbors. It is an entry into the larger world.”
― Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder