Few things have maimed the spirit of Western civilization more than the myth of our expulsion from the Garden of Eden — a deeply damaging story about human nature, damning us and our relationship to nature. Unthinkingly, we have perpetuated this story in our present narrative about our ecological predicament: The realities of climate change are measurable and menacing, but each time our mainstream narrative elevates peril over possibility, we are doing our own damning. To invert the narrative is more than a countercultural act of courage and resistance — it is nothing less than a benediction. That is what … Continue reading Turning from Peril to Possibility: Ecological Superhero Christiana Figueres on the Spirituality of Regeneration