Visualizing Nature: Essays on Truth, Spirit, and Philosophy

Starting with Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay "Nature," Visualizing Nature

brings together contemporary visionaries to share deeply personal

essays on nature, ecology, sustainability, climate change, philosophy,

and more. Compiled by editor and poet Stuart Kestenbaum, the

contributors represent a wide range of backgrounds and experiences, each

honoring nature's power to heal, inspire, guide, amaze, and strengthen.

Activist

Maulian Dana of the Penobscot Nation writes on the intertwining

relationship of motherhood and Mother Earth. Biology professor David

Haskell tells the story of the resilient Bristlecone pine trees, living

to be as old as 2,100 years. Iranian scholar Alireza Taghdarreh speaks

to her experience of translating Emerson's "Nature" into Farsi. A

previously unpublished 1962 speech by Rachel Carson complements the

collection of more than twenty essays, each inviting the reader into a

quiet space of reflection with the opportunity to think deeply about how

they relate to the natural world.