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920: Why We Should Marry the Trees

Published: Dec. 22, 2022, 4:04 p.m.

\u2028\u2028\u201cI\u2019ll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you\u2019ll come to understand that you\u2019re connected with everything.\u201d \xa0\u2014 Alan Watts / forests are the lungs of our land / who has priority\u2014humans or nature? / dharmic leadership brings about the Earth\u2019s flourishing / a shortage of natural resources indicates the lack of dharmic leadership / Bhagavatam gives trees agency and voice in its narrative / human and nonhuman - parts of the same whole / \xa0responsible leadership plays a central role in averting ecological crises