We can be inspired by [the] scientific view of nested interdependence – from galaxies and stars to planets and ecosystems – so that we sense how personally we are woven into the fabric of life. We are part of this ongoing journey…We can thus recognize ecological, economic, and social change as not only necessary but inevitable.

~ Mary Tucker and Brian Swimme, “Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth”

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