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A love letter to the Earth by Thich Nhat Hanh is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is A love letter to the Earth about?
World-renowned Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh champions a more mindful, spiritual approach to protecting nature and limiting climate change—one that recognizes people and planet as one and the same. While many experts point to the enormous complexity in addressing issues ranging from the destruction of ecosystems to the loss of millions of species, Thich Nhat Hanh identifies one key issue as having the potential to create a tipping point. He believes that we need to move beyond the concept of the “environment,” as it leads people to experience themselves and Earth as two separate entities and to see the planet only in terms of what it can do for them. Here, Thich Nhat Hanh points to the lack of meaning and connection in peoples'lives as being the cause of our addiction to consumerism. He deems it vital that we recognize and respond to the stress we are putting on the Earth if civilization is to survive. Rejecting the conventional economic approach, Thich Nhat Hanh shows that mindfulness and a spiritual revolution are needed to protect nature and limit climate change. Love Letter to the Earth is a hopeful book that gives us a path to follow by showing that change is possible only with the
Who reads A love letter to the Earth?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Thich Nhat Hanh
- Publisher
- Berkeley, California: Parallax Press
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781937006402
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Nature, Buddhism, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 4.26 / 5 (243 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14