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What is Earth Literacy?

"Earth Literacy explores the mysterious unity and relationships binding Earth and the totality of life under the conditions out of which Earth has emerged within a single, unfolding Universe. Earth Literacy is also a movement of people who understand that any viable future for our human species is entirely dependent on the viability of our threatened planet. It is a movement arising from a desire to work not only for Earth’s survival but for the transformation of all the limited beliefs, values, institutions and structures that promote domination, violence, destitution and powerlessness among people and the natural world."

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What do we mean by Earth Literacies?

When we think of the ways in which we, as humans, learn about our world, we are thinking of Earth Literacies.

When we seek to understand our world, the way it works, the movements and relationships that connect insects to soil to vegetation to animals to air and beyond, we are thinking of Earth Literacies.

When we behold the oneness of all life on this planet, we are thinking of Earth Literacies.

In short, we could think of Earth Literacies as any mode of knowing that explores the workings and continuous emergence of life on planet Earth. Our Programs in Earth Literacies offer opportunities to learn about, to experience, and to promote the profound connectedness of life on our planet.