Full Ecology

“A quick read that reinforces the seriousness of the moment, Full Ecology provides much to think about.” —Booklist

“Full Ecology is full of hope and wisdom. It is a much-needed guide to caring for ourselves and our community by caring for nature.” —Alice Waters

“Full Ecology is one of the most important books ever written on the climate crisis. Honest, eloquent, touching, free of acronyms and jargon, it goes straight to the heart of cause and cure, the profound disconnect from each other and the natural world. Mary Clare and Gary Ferguson enfold our hopes, fears, and confusion into the splendor and beauty of the natural world from where we can see, feel, and understand how to meet this extraordinary moment in human history.” —Paul Hawken, author of Carbon and Regeneration

“Mary M. Clare and Gary Ferguson offer an eloquent testament to this truth: to be disconnected from the rest of nature is to be alienated from our true selves. The health of humans, of other-than-human life, and of the planet itself comprise one health, indivisible.” —Richard Louv, author of Our Wild Calling and Last Child in the Woods

“At a time when we’re all so busy being ‘productive,’ separated from our very nature, these two lovers of the natural world have created a survivor’s guide… . Let it take you where you need to go, nurturing you along the rocky way.” —Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking and River of Fire

“In this rapidly warming climate, Full Ecology reclaims for us an ancient, relationship-centered lifeway. This book is not so much a fire alarm as a tolling bell, inviting readers to pause and reflect and choose what is good for the earth, and thus what is profoundly good for ourselves.” —Rosanne Parry, author of A Wolf Called Wander and A Whale of the Wild

“Words flowing from the heart create what Fools Crow called ‘a hollow bone’ through which spirit can flow. Following this ancient path of the heart, these authors allow the earth’s soul to flow through, informing us humans that we are not separate. In healing the world’s soul, we heal humanity. Aho! Mi Takuye Oyacin; we are all related.” —Eduardo Duran, psychologist and author of Healing the Soul Wound

Mary M. Clare and Gary Ferguson, the creators of the Full Ecology project, have each dedicated more than thirty-five years to exploring the world’s social and natural ecologies. Clare is a fellow in the American Psychological Association, and with her PhD in psychological and cultural studies she has published more than one hundred scholarly articles and two books. Ferguson is an award-winning and internationally recognized author of twenty-six books including The Carry Home and The Eight Master Lessons of Nature. The couple live in Bozeman, Montana.