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Jessica Toro
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We taught the diary as an exercise in creative will; as an exercise in synthesis; as a means to create a world according to our wishes, not those of others; as a means of creating the self, of giving birth to ourselves.
“most attributed their commitment to a combination of two sources in childhood or adolescence: many hours spent outdoors in “keenly remembered” wild or semi-wild places, and a mentoring adult who taught respect for nature.”
― Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder
― 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.”
― Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer's Craft
― Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer's Craft
“environmental problems are often caused by the same patriarchal values that oppress women.”
― Ecofeminism: A Radical Intersectional Approach to Environmental Justice **Introduction to Ecofeminism: A Radical Intersectional Approach to Environmental Justice**
― 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.”
― Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder
― Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder
“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.”
― Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder
― Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder
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