The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry

I am forced, against all my hopes and inclinations, to regard the history of my people here as the progress of the doom of what I value most in the world: the life and health of the earth, the peacefulness of human communities and households.

Wendell Berry’s formula for a good life and a good community is simple and pleasingly unoriginal. Slow down. Pay attention. Do good work. Love your neighbours. Love your place. Stay in your place. Settle for less, enjoy it more.

in Nature and our impact on this planet and its biosphere. To enact change, we need to start by telling a new story. This book is my attempt to propose a post-Copernican worldview that realigns humanity with the natural world. The core principle behind this new worldview is biocentrism, the idea that a living planet is a sacred realm that deserves