Let us celebrate the natural world in the languages of literature, science, and silence. Let us tell new stories that invite a deeper kinship with the world. Let us face our grief at the harm we have done and the global results of our disregard. Then we can ask the important questions: What do we make of the wonder and the sorrow? What response is worthy of us as moral beings?

**NEWS**

The YachtWorld Foundation has recognized several individuals, including Kathleen Dean Moore, as 2012 YachtWorld Heroes. They are honored for using their boating and professional connections to protect our marine environments. Other 2012 Heroes include Celine Cousteau, Jean-Michael Cousteau, and Dr. Sylvia Earle.

**Recent**

"Exposing the Logic of Climate Denial," a guest column by Kathleen and Michael P. Nelson in Oregon Live, from Portland's Oregonian: http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/12/exposing_the_logic_of_climate.html



MORAL GROUND: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril

Edited by Kathleen Dean Moore and Michael P. Nelson, Foreword by Desmond Tutu

Although climate destabilization is a scientific and technical issue, it is primarily a moral issue. MORAL GROUND gathers the testimony of one hundred of the world’s moral leaders, all calling us to honor our responsibilities to the future.


“Could there be a more pressing book topic than the fate of humanity?” – Utne Reader


WILD COMFORT: The Solace of Nature

With stories about kayaking in a snowstorm, wading among salmon in the dark, and cooking breakfast in the desert, Moore offers readers a profound meditation on the healing power of nature.


“In its grounded wisdoms, humility, curiosity, and in the kaleidoscope beauty of its descriptions, Wild Comfort reminds how to see, how to sing; how to welcome, with equal gravity and grace, whatever asks entrance into our lives. It is destined to become a classic.”—Jane Hirshfield


IF YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE

Written by Kathleen Moore Tuesday, 11 December 2012 00:00

"If Your House is On Fire: Kathleen Dean Moore on the Moral Urgency of Climate Change" is an 8-page interview in the December 2012 issue of SUN magazine, soon to be available on newsstands. Excerpt: http://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/444/if_your_house_is_on_fire.

 

BENEDICTIO

Written by Kathleen Moore Thursday, 21 June 2012 17:13

Benedictio: For my students


You arrived at the University on a brilliant fall day, with your bike in a box. I watched your mother carry the desk-lamp, trailing its cord, and the laundry bag of clean clothes, watched her wrestle the box of shoes and surge-protectors up the stairs. She looked at you with confidence and pride, and when she looked away, her face tightened against tears.

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PRESILIENCE

Written by Kathleen Moore Sunday, 17 June 2012 16:23

PRESILIENCE (OF EGGS AND BASKETS )

 

Kathleen Dean Moore

June 13, 2012

 

Here’s what I want to know: What did the farmer do after he put all his eggs in one basket and then tripped over a hay-rake?

This has been the world’s project for the last few centuries, has it not?

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