Category: Urban Development

• An Easter Walk

  Last night we held out family Sedar, the Passover meal at which we remember the Jewish people’s Exodus from slavery, and the many people who are oppressed today.  As we sit together, we think carefully about the strategies of oppression that abide in our world, and the duty of each generation to confront them. Then…

  Michael Watson PhD

  April 5, 2015

  Nature, Sacred Lands, Urban Development

  ceremony, Easter, Passover, slavery, urban development

• For the Love of Open Space

  Colder weather has returned and flurries fill the air. Even so, the snow and ice are increasingly found only in the deeper woods. The maple sap is running only intermittently, although perhaps we will have a strong run later in the week. There is some talk of snow for Easter. This post, like so many…

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 30, 2015

  Ecopsychology, Nature, Sacred Lands, Stories, Urban Development

  development, nature, Open Space, stories, Urban