Practicing Partnership with the Earth: Nurturing the Evolution of a Caring Alliance Based on Reciprocity and Respect

• Main Author: Ann Amberg
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing 2017-10-01
• Series: Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies
• Subjects: Earth; nature; partnership; domination; relationship with nature; mindfulness
• Online Access: https://pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/ijps/article/view/173

This article highlights the value and importance of partnership practices focused on deepening our personal relationship with nature. In a context of the movement from domination to partnership systems, the author suggests the possibility of identifying ourselves in a larger context, as planetary humans, and offers insight into the perceptive shifts required to cultivate reciprocal and respectful relationships with the natural world. Through the suggestion of accessible earth-focused partnership practices aligned with primal biodynamic earth patterns, the reader will gain a deeper understanding of how an embodied partnership with nature’s life forces can to help restore wholeness at the personal, collective, and planetary level.