NOT Domination.
Cooperation.
Collaboration.
Co-Creation.
Connection.
Communion.
We grow deeper together.
We are One.
Like the vast mycelial network connecting the trees beneath the surface, we are One.
In the words of ecologian Thomas Berry, “That the universe is a communion of subjects rather than a collection of objects is the central commitment of the Ecozoic. Existence itself is derived from and sustained by this intimacy of each being with every other being of the universe” (Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry, The Universe Story, 243).
—Laura Weber, Prairiewoods associate-director and retreats coordinator