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Ecopsychology

The emerging field of Ecopsychology encompasses a range of elements, which makes precise definition difficult. A descriptive definition might be the following: Ecopsychology refers to a variety of endeavors -- theoretical, applied, and clinical -- that bring together the methods and understandings of ecology and psychology to address the psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual roots of the ecological crisis.

--Will Keepin

• Ecopsychology Principles
• Naropa University Ecopsychology Concentration
• Naropa University Wilderness Therapy Concentration
• Scott Taylor's Research in Ecopsychology
• International Community for Ecopsychology
• Ecopsychology Online
• Satyana Institute
• Movement for Beloved Community
• Earthdance: Living Systems in Evolution, Elisabet Sahtouris
• Ecopsychology: Theory and Practice
• Sustainable Architecture Building & Culture
• EcoVillage Network of the Americas
• Jesse Wolf Hardin

Bibliography

General Ecopsychology

Glendinning, Chellis. My Name is Chellis and I'm in Recovery from Western Civilization. Boston: Shambhala 1994.

Derrick Jensen, ed. Listening to the Land: Conversations about Nature, Culture, and Eros. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books 1995.

Gallagher, Winifred. The Power of Place: How Our Surroundings Shape Our Thoughts, Emotions, and Actions. New York: Poseidon Press 1993.

Hillman, James, and Ventura, Michael. We've Had a Hundred Years of Psychotherapy, and the World's Getting Worse. San Francisco: Harper 1993

Kellert, Stephen, and Wilson, E. O., eds. The Biophilia Hypothesis. Washington, D.C.: Island Press 1993.

Lifton, Robert Jay. The Protean Self: Human Resilience In An Age of Fragmentation. New York: Basic Books 1993.

Mander, Jerry. In the Absence of the Sacred: The Failure of Technology and the Survival of the Indian Nations. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books 1991.

Nabhan, Paul, and Trimble, Stephen. The Geography of Childhood: Why Children Need Wild Places. Boston: Beacon Press 1994.

Norberg-Hodge, Helena. Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books 1991.

Roszak, Theodore, Gomes, Mary, and Kanner, Allen, eds.. Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books 1995.

Deep Ecology

Devall, Bill. Living Richly in an Age of Limits: Using Deep Ecology for An Abundant Life. Salt Lake City: Gibbs-Smith 1993.

Devall, Bill, and Sessions, George. Deep Ecology: Living as if Nature Mattered. Salt Lake City: Peregrine Books 1985.

Drengson, Alan, and Inoue, Yuichi. The Deep Ecology Movement: An Introductory Anthology. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books 1995.

Fox, Warwick. Toward a Transpersonal Ecology. Boston: Shambhala 1990.

LaChapelle, Dolores. Sacred Land, Sacred Sex, Rapture of the Deep: Concerning Deep Ecology and Celebrating Life. Silverton, CO: Finn Hill Arts 1988.

Macy, Joanna. World as Lover, World as Self. Berkeley: Parallax Press 1991.

Matthews, Freya. The Ecological Self. London: Routledge 1991.

Naess, Arne. Ecology, Community, and Lifestyle. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1989.

Seed, John, et. al. Thinking Like a Mountain: Towards a Council of All Beings. Philadelphia: New Society Press 1988.

Sessions, George. Deep Ecology for the 21st Century. Boston: Shambhala 1994.

Zimmerman, Michael E. Contesting Earth's Future: Radical Ecology and Postmodernity. University of California Press 1994.

Ecofeminism

Adams, Carol, ed. Ecofeminism and the Sacred. New York: Continuum Publishing 1993.

Diamond, Irene. Fertile Ground: Women, Earth and the Limits of Control. Boston: Beacon Press 1994.

Diamond, Irene, and Orenstein, Gloria, eds. Reweaving the World: The Emergence of Ecofeminism. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books 1990.

Gaard, Greta, ed. Ecofeminism: Women, Animals, Nature. Philadelphia: Temple University Press 1993.

Griffin, Susan. Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her. San Francisco: Harper and Row 1978.

Merchant, Carolyn. Radical Ecology: The Search for a Livable World. New York: Routledge 1992.

Merchant, Carolyn. The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, and the Scientific Revolution. San Francisco: Harper and Row 1980.

Mies, Maria, and Shiva, Vandana. Ecofeminism. London: Zed Books 1993.

Plant, Judith, ed. Healing the Wounds: The Promise of Ecofeminism. Philadelphia: New Society Publishers 1989.

Shiva, Vandana. Staying Alive: Women, Ecology, and Development. London: Zed Books 1988.

Spretnak, Charlene. States of Grace. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco 1991.

Technology and Consumerism

Durning, Alan. How Much is Enough: The Consumer Society and the Future of the Earth. New York: W. W. Norton 1992.

Elgin, Duane. Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a Way of Life that is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich. New York: Morrow 1993.

Hawken, Paul. The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability. San Francisco: Harper-Business 1993.

Postman, Neil. Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology. New York: Knopf 1992.

Roszak, Theodore. The Cult of Information: A Neo-Luddite Treatise on High-Tech, Artificial intelligence, and the True Art of Thinking. Berkeley: University of California Press 1986.

Science

Bohm, David. Thought As A System. Routledge 1994.

Deloria, Vine. Red Earth, White Lies: Native Americans and the Myth of Scientific Fact. New York: Scribner 1995.

Keller, Evelyn Fox. Reflections on Gender and Science. New Haven: Yale University Press 1985.

Swimme, Brian, and Berry, Thomas. The Universe Story: From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era. New York: HarperCollins 1992.

Bioregionalism

Andress, Van, et. al. Home: A Bioregional Reader. Philadelphia: New Society Publishers 1990.

Sale, Kirkpatrick. Dwellers in the Land: The Bioregional Vision. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books 1990.

Spirituality and Shamanism

Bates, Brian. The Way of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco 1992.

Callicott, J. Baird. Earth's Insights: A Multicultural Survey of Ecological Ethics from the Mediterranean Basin to the Australian Outback. University of California Press 1994.

Cowan, Tom. Fire in the Head: Shamanism and the Celtic Spirit. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco 1993.

Goodman, Felicitas. Where the Spirits Ride the Wind. Bloomington: Indiana University Press 1990.

Gregory, Cajete. Look To The Mountain: An Ecology of Indigenous Education. Durango, CO: Kivaki Press 1994.

Harner, Michael. The Way of the Shaman. New York: Bantam Books 1980.

Ingerman, Sandra. Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco 1991.

Kaza, Stephanie. The Attentive Heart: Conversations with Trees. New York: Fawcett Columbine Books 1993.

Matthews, John. The Celtic Shaman: A Handbook. Shaftesbury, England: Element Books 1991.

Metzner, Ralph. The Well of Remembrance: Rediscovering the Earth Wisdom Myths of Northern Europe. Boston, Shambhala 1994.

Inspiration

Cousineau, Phil, ed. The Soul of the World: A Modern Book of Hours. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco 1993.

Roberts, Elizabeth, and Amidon, Elias, eds. Earth Prayers From Around the World. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco 1991.

Starhawk. The Fifth Sacred Thing. New York: Bantam 1993.