"It is one of the strange aspects of our industrial civilisation that we tend to see scientific knowledge as opposed to spirituality (a point of view shared by religious fundamentalism and militant atheists alike). A society and culture that is capable of living within ecological limits, that encourages and enables the flourishing of humans and other species, will surely need to teach its children to understand scientific processes, but also to reflect with awe and imagination on their significance and ethical consequences.
When we collect kitchen scraps for compost we are teaching our children about a biological process of decomposition and nutrient cycling, but also participating in a 'spiritual practice'; renewing the fertility of the soil in the same process through which we will one day be recycled into the flow of nutrients to become part of the atmosphere, the seas, and the living world."
~ Craig Barnett
More at
http://transitionquaker.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/spirituality-of-compost.html
Artwork from Cari Vander Yacht
https://carivanderyacht.com/
When we collect kitchen scraps for compost we are teaching our children about a biological process of decomposition and nutrient cycling, but also participating in a 'spiritual practice'; renewing the fertility of the soil in the same process through which we will one day be recycled into the flow of nutrients to become part of the atmosphere, the seas, and the living world."
~ Craig Barnett
More at
http://transitionquaker.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/spirituality-of-compost.html
Artwork from Cari Vander Yacht
https://carivanderyacht.com/
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