Unveiling the Power of Chyavanprash with AstavargaSRAVAN BANDA presents one of the most common household remedies used throughout India today, Chyavan

A spoonful of tradition

EMILIE MOGENSEN rekindles a correspondence with her father, THOMAS MOGENSEN, which she started in her youth. Years later, she now asks him about what 

Becoming Nature

Participating in Nature

CELEBRATING WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAYSRAVAN BANDA celebrates World Environment Day, June 5, with some activities we all can do to contribute to the regene

Healing our planet, one seed at a time

ZACH BUSH, MD, explores Nature’s role in our regenerative future, the fact that we can no longer see ourselves as separate from Nature, and what we ca

The living natural law

Natural law

SRAVAN BANDA reminds us of the importance of water in a peaceful world. He especially focuses on wetlands, often referred to as the Earth’s kidneys, a

Cultivating peace:  water, wetlands, and biophilia for a loving world

Water

CHRISTINE PRISLAND explores the special atmosphere of peace and healing in her local coastal rainforest in British Columbia, Canada, that heals visito

A walk in the woods

Loving others

SRAVAN BANDA is a Ph.D. scholar in Biophilia and Wetlands, and Commodore KAMLESH KUMAR is CMD of Hindustan Salts Ltd. Here, they share the history of 

Salt: a culinary staple with a rich history in India

One touch of nature 

In December 2023, ten ceramicists and sculptors met to collectively express what it’s like to share a world in crisis, through their medium of clay, w

The Earth we share

This world is like our bodies

MICHAEL H. RICHARDSON explores the idea of caring—both caring “about” and caring “for” people and things. He challenges us to look to the heart for th

The heart can do amazing things

ERIN SHULTZ shares the experiment she has been doing to create a more sustainable lifestyle. It involves small, manageable changes that still make a d

How can one person make a difference

Learning

Nature's business

ISHU SHIVA is revolutionizing daily life for many women by giving them access to menstrual health using safe and sustainable practices and products. K

From period poverty to period dignity

SRAVAN BANDA is an architect with a strong awareness of Nature and its role in building. He shares some thoughts on the importance of indigenous plant

Biophilia: Indigenous and indoor plants

Everybody needs beauty

HOW DO YOU CONNECT WITH YOUR BELONGINGS?THOMAS STANLEY is a psychology master’s student based in Bristol, UK. He shares his awakening to the value of 

From clutter to clarity  

The last limit of experience

CHARLES EISENSTEIN challenges our reliance on money to cater to all our needs, and asks, “What is the corollary to such a life?”A privileged person is

True wealth for one and all

LIAA KUMAR and LAYA IYER explore the relationship between peace and our connection with the natural world.It’s an unlikely story: a lush, ecological p

Sustaining the soul, nurturing the earth

PATH TO A SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLESRAVAN BANDA is an architect with a strong awareness of Nature and its role in building. He shares some basic principle

Biophilia 

Planting trees

Behold the ocean

CHARLES EISENSTEIN challenges our current understanding of environmental sustainability, and asks us to reconsider our approaches and practices to env

Three priorities for environmental healing

ELIZABETH DENLEY shares some insights on reducing wants, cutting costs, and in the process living more sustainably on the planet. Even if you choose o

Take the consumer challenge

How the environmental movement can find its way again

SRIRAM RAGHAVENDRAN shares a personal story of crisis, courage, and the clarity that gave him a solution in a life and death situation.My career took 

Perspective

Dr. SARA LAZAR is an Associate Researcher in the Psychiatry Department at Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor in Psychology at Harv

The neuroscience of meditation

The present moment


    ELIZABETH
            DENLEY is currently living in the Central Highlands of Victoria in Australia, surrounded
    by natural forest. Why is this

Wild  intelligence

Earth’s intelligence




  Last month,
    TERRAN DAILY
    explained how electromagnetic pollution can negatively impact us all.
    Here, she explore some practical measu

How to protect yourself from EMR

The balance of nature




  ALANDA
      GREENE
    explores how to bring balance into a polarized world, even the polarized
    nature of the environment, climate change an

Balance


  DR. PRASAD
    VELUTHANAR
  from the Wellness Center at Kanha Shanti Vanam shares some simple dietary
  principles from the ayurvedic perspective t

Healthy dietary principles

Needs not greed


  TERRAN DAILY
  explores the effects of electromagnetic radiation on our lives, and offers
  us ways we can protect ourselves and our children by el

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The effects of electromagnetic pollution


      
      RICKY KEJ
          is a 3-time Grammy award-winning composer, an environmentalist,
          UNESCO MGIEP Ambassador for Kindness, UNIC

Kindness to the planet


    DR. PRASAD
            VELUTHANAR
            writes about the day’s routine from the ayurvedic perspective. He
            explains how doing sp

Living with nature’s rhythms

The Earth

Rhythms of the universe


      
      CLAYTON JOHN‘s latest series, Larapinta Dreaming, was inspired by
      a fundraising walk on the Larapinta Trail in northern Australia,

Larapinta dreaming


      
        DR. PRASAD VELUTHANAR writes about Ayurvedic dinacharya –
          the day’s routine. He explains how doing specific activities at
  

Real wealth


  Dr. KRISHNAMURTHY
      JAYANNA is focused on the big picture: how do we ensure health and well-being for all? Here he writes about
    Sustainable

How can we realize SDG 3 by 2030?

KUNAL DESAI is
    an infectious diseases clinician from Ohio, whose research highlights the relationship between gut microbes and
    health. He expl

Message from a microbe


    SMRITI
            NARAYANAN
        is a high school senior from Austin, Texas, who enjoys researching the
        various impacts music, the en

The power of the sounds of nature


  ALANDA GREENE
    lives in the Purcell Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. Having a deep
    connection with nature, she and her husband built t

Garden gifts


  KASHISH KALWANI is a
  graduate student at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, and this month
  she’ll be representing her university at COP27, Egy

Eco-anxiety

Being with trees


    RADHIKA
            RAMMOHAN
        is a yoga practitioner and therapist with Yogavahini, a
        school in the tradition of Krishnamacharya. 

Inner and outer ecology


        DAAJI
          gives 3 simple ways to harness the power of water, using examples from
          Kanha Shanti Vanam. He also shares a vision 

3 natural ways to harness the power of water

The soul of this world


        SANGEETH PARVATAM
          is the Program Manager at Forests By Heartfulness.
          BRENDA NETH
          interviews him about the devel

Forests by Heartfulness

Connection


ANANYA PATEL
  talks about the evolution of the Gigatonne Challenge, a grass roots
  environmental movement. She also explores leadership, why teams 

Environment, teamwork, and leadership

 
        KASHA SEQUOIA SLAVNER
          discusses her journey as a filmmaker and activist, her new
          documentary, 1.5 Degrees of Peace, high

1.5 degrees of peace

  
        ANANYA PATEL
          shares her experience of the Gigatonne Challenge, and how it has
          helped her learn about community building

Climate action initiatives

Threat to our planet


  VICTOR KANNAN is a longtime Heartfulness
    practitioner and trainer from Atlanta, USA, who shows us how the universal lifestyle principles of yog

3 ways to reduce your carbon footprint

VAISHALI NARASIMHAN describes how a very tough
    period during the pandemic was followed by a beautiful re-emergence, thanks to her love for poetry 

Where have you been?


  ELIZABETH DENLEY is an ecologist, who has spent
    most of her life learning from the natural world. Here she explores cooperation in Nature, and 

Cooperation in nature

The essence of life


    TEJASWINI MANOGNA was crowned Miss Earth India
        2019, and went on to represent India at the international Miss Earth competition. She is a

Divine Miss Earth

Nature


    SAIRAM REDDY PALICHERLA
        is one of the founders of UrbanKisaan, creating a sustainable and safe
        future using hydroponics. They are

Hydroponics


    DR. V. RAMAKANTHA
        shares some insights into the science, history and mythology of the Banyan
        tree, also known as the Bengal Fig o

The tree of life and fertility

What you do makes a difference


    TIZIANA MARTIN
        is a 19-year-old environmental activist, who began in her hometown of Mar
        del Plata, Argentina, 3 years ago and mo

Creating the best environmental conditions


    EVA VANDEST is
    Group Head of Public Affairsfor independent solar power producer, the
    Amarenco Group, and chair of a European agrisolar wo

Soil Health: 4p1000


    YOGITA KARPATE
    explores ecosystem restoration and ecological resilience, and how an
    integrated perspective opens up a more enlightened ap

Think ecosystem


    ENNAN QIU is
        a 15-year-old climate activist. Of Chinese and British descent, he has
        been living in Hong Kong for 11 years. In con

Meet a young climate activist


  AMITAV GHOSH
    is one of the world’s most celebrated and awarded authors and thinkers. In
    conversation with
    TARA KHANDELWAL and
    MICHE

The resource curse


    LLEWELLYN VAUGHAN-LEE
        is a Sufi and spiritual ecologist who is passionate about the sacredness
        of the Earth and the oneness of al

Watching river otters: visioning a life-sustaining future


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  FOUR ARROWS,
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    and chapters on applications 

Live life the best you can

Treat the Earth well

Seven generations


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        aka
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        numerous books, articles, and chapters on
        appli

Kinship and interconnectedness

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The new dawn


    FOUR ARROWS,
        aka
        DON TRENT JACOBS, Ph.D., Ed.D.,
        is the author of numerous books, peer-reviewed articles,
    and chapter

Exploring different worldviews


    RAJESH MENON
        is a wildlife photographer and environmental conservationist living in North
        India. Here he shares some ideas for so

The animal-human conflict


  BARBARA SONVILLA
    writes about the divine feminine and the global awakening of women. She
    celebrates women telling their stories and taking 

Hildegard, an eco-saint

The earth sustains humanity

ALAIN DESVIGNE is the CEO of a leading solar company, the Amarenco Group. He strives to contribute to sustainability in every field of life. Here he e

Toward zero and beyond


IN CONVERSATION WITH
  DR VANDANA SHIVA

Q: Dr Shiva, you have been working
    tirelessly for years to bring awareness and change in the field of su

Interconnectedness


Ancient, evergreen and symbolic of good health, the Neem is an integral ingredient in the natural, holistic and
  traditional system of medicine know

Some amazing medicinal plants - Neem

Have you ever come across a tree that looks as if it is standing upside down? If the answer is yes, then you have probably come face-to-face with the 

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Some amazing medicinal plants - the Baobab tree



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Starseed awakening

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