Species Extinction Archives • Heather Lyn Mann

Meditation on Species Extinction and #Fearlessness

November 23, 2014November 23, 2014 by heatherlynmann

Dear Friends, When we allow ourselves to take in the reality of today's massive rate of species extinction--unprecedented loss happening at a global scale--our minds and hearts can grow destabilized. We can slip into an emotional tail spin of anger, fear, denial, and blame. But it is important to remain steady and present with extinction and what…

#NewYorkTimes #LivingandDying with #ClimateChange

November 13, 2013 by heatherlynmann

In this provocative opinion piece, Roy Scranton considers what it means to be human during civilization's climate collapse. Click here to read Learning How to Die in the Anthropocene. Thank you, Roy, for this insight--

#ClimateChange and #CoralReefExtinction–Part 3

October 10, 2013 by heatherlynmann

This is the third posting in a series that began on October 9th--H I find writing this is excruciating. I close my eyes and want to cry for the loss of all that I know and all that I love. The suffering of so many species is etched on my…

#ClimateChange and #CoralReefExtinction–Part 2

October 9, 2013 by heatherlynmann

This is a continuation of a story from my travels. The tale started with yesterday's posting. Enjoy--H Rafe Boulon, Chief of Resource Management for the US Virgin Islands National Park and Coral Reef National Monument, was one of many holding his breath during the summer of 2005. A record-breaking twenty-eight…

The Fifth #ClimateJustice #MindfulnessTraining: Preserving the Whole

September 6, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Here is the last of five Climate Justice Mindfulness Trainings that I began posting on August 26th. Preserving the Whole Aware of pain caused by individual and societal fear, greed, anger, and delusion, I will cultivate a peaceful mind of inter-being in myself and others. I will nourish myself and…

The Acceptance of 400 PPM

May 16, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Here is a simple confession: I often need to remind myself that pain is found in the gap between the way things are and the way I want things to be. My frustration and suffering increases the more I want things to be different. The only way to lessen pain…

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