Ecopsychology Resources

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Backnumbers of the Ecopsychology Newsletter Available for Purchase

Resources for ecopsychology come in many forms: books, audiotapes, video cassettes, articles, pamphlets, and on-line connections. Here is a small, representative sample of significant materials that have appeared over the past few years.

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BOOKS:1995-1997
** Of Special Interest for Ecopsychology

** David Abram, The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World, New York, Pantheon Books, 1996.

** Cass Adams, ed., The Soul Unearthed:Celebrating Wildness and Personal Renewal Through Nature,New York, Putnam Books, 1996.

Fritjof Capra, The Web of Life, New York, Doubleday Anchor Books, 1997.

**Howard Clinebell, Ecotherapy: Heaing Ourselves, Healing the Earth, A Guide to Ecologically Grounded Personality Theory, New York, The Haworth Press, 1996.

** Paul Devereux, Re-Visioning the Earth: A Guide to Opening the Healing Channels Between Mind and Nature, New York, Fireside-Simon and Schuster, 1996.

Irene Diamond, Fertile Ground: Women, Earth and the Limits of Control, Boston, Beacon Press, 1994.

Winifred Gallagher, The Power of Place: How Our Surroundings Shape Our Thoughts, Emotions, and Actions, New York, Poseidon Press, 1995.

Gerald Gardner and Paul Stern, Environmental Problems and Human Behavior, New York, Allyn and Bacon, 1996.

Tom Hayden, The Lost Gospel of the Earth: A Call for Renewing Nature, Spirit, and Politics, with a Foreword by Thomas Berry, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, 1996.

Charles A. Lewis, Green Nature/Human Nature: The Meaning of Plants in Our Lives, Urbana and Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 1996.

** Chellis Glendinning, "My Name is Chellis & I'm in Recovery from Western Civilization," Boston, Shambhala Books, 1995.

George Howard, Ecological Psychology: Creating a More Earth-Friendly Human Nature, South Bend, IN, University of Notre Dame Press, 1997.

** Theodore Roszak, Mary Gomes, and Allen Kanner, eds., Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, 1995. (see special offer at top of section)

Donald Sandner and Steven Wong, eds., The Sacred Heritage: The Influence of Shamanism on Analytical Psychology, New York, Routledge, 1997.

** Paul Shepard, The Only World We've Got: A Paul Shepard Reader, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, 1996.

Lesley Irene Shore, Tending Inner Gardens: The Healing Art of Feminist Psychotherapy, New York, Haworth Press, 1995.

** Mitchell Thomashow, Ecological Identity, Cambridge, MIT Press, 1995.

Michael Tobias and Georgianne Cowan, eds., The Soul of Nature: Celebrating the Spirit of the Earth, New York, Plume/Penguin Books, 1995.

** Deborah DuNann Winter, Ecological Psychology, San Francisco, harpercollins, 1995.

** Marilyn Barrett, Creating Eden: The Garden as a Healing Space, San Francisco, Harpersanfrancisco, 1992.

Allan Hunt Badiner, Dharma Gaia: A Harvest of Essays in Buddhism and Ecology, Berkeley, Parallax Press, 1990.

Robert Bullard, Confronting Environmental Racism, Boston, South End Press, 1993.

Irene Diamond and Gloria Orenstein, eds., Reweaving the World: The Emergence of Ecofeminism, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, 1990.

** Alan Durning, How Much Is Enough? (The World Watch Environmental Alert Series) New York, W. W. Norton, 1992.

** Warwick Fox, Toward a Transpersonal Ecology: Developing New Foundations for Environmentalism, Boston, Shambhala, 1990.

** Valerie Harms, ed., The National Audubon Society Almanac of the Environment: The Ecology of Everyday Life, New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1994.

** James Hillman, The Thought of the Heart and the Soul of the World, Dallas, Spring Publications, 1992.

James Hillman and Michael Ventura, We've Had a Hundred Years of Psychotherapy, and the World's Getting Worse, San Francisco, Harper, 1993.

Albert LaChance, Greenspirit: Twelve Steps in Ecological Spirituality, Foreword by Thomas Berry, Rockport, Element, 1991.

** Joanna Macy, World as Lover, World as Self, Berkeley, Parallax Press, 1991.

** Gary Paul Nabhan and Stephen Trimble, The Geography of Childhood: Why Children Need Wild Places, Boston, Beacon Press, 1994.

Richard Nilson, ed., Helping Nature Heal, Berkeley, Whole Earth/Ten Speed, 1991.

Michael Perlman, The Power of Trees: The Reforesting of the Soul, Dallas, Spring Publications, 1994.

** Theodore Roszak, The Voice of the Earth: An Exploration of Ecopsychology, New York, Touchstone Books, 1993.

Andrew Samuels, The Political Psyche, London and New York, Routledge, 1993.

Gretchen Sliker, Multiple Mind: Healing the Split in Psyche and World, Boston, Shambhala, 1992.

** E. O. Wilson and Stephen R. Kellert, eds., The Biophilia Hypothesis, Island Press/Shearwater Books, 1993.

** Ecopsychology: Interviews with Theodore Roszak, Sarah Conn, and Carl Anthony. Order from Foundation for Global Community, 222 High Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Fax: (415) 328-7785. (See special offer at top of this section)

** Ecopsychology, three half-hour interviews with Theodore Roszak, produced by Jeffrey Mishlove. Order from Thinking Allowed, 2560 9th Street, Suite 123, Berkeley, CA 94710. E-mail: jeffrey.mishlove@intuition.org

** Thomas Berry and Theodore Roszak Discuss Ecopsychology, a video cassette produced in 1994 at the London Ontario (Canada) Regional Art Museum. Order from Contact Corporate & Broadcast Production, 189 Adelaide St. S., London, Ontario, N5Z 3K7. Fax: (519) 668-2229.

Heroes of Earth, prime-time television documentary introducing the life and work of the 1994 Goldman Foundation Environmental Award winners, narrated by Danny Glover. Available from GGP, Inc., 400 Tamal Plaza, Corte Madera, CA, 94925. Fax: (415) 924-0264.

The Mountain Waits, an award-winning Canadian Broadcasting Company documentary presenting a psychologically-oriented mountaineering seminar by Layne Longfellow. Order from Lecture Theatre, Box 4317, Prescott, AZ 86302 (800) 824-4563.

A Symposium on Mental Health and the Environment, recorded at the 1994 annual conference of the American Psyhiatric Association. Hosted by Dr. Ante Lundberg and featuring Dr. Bernard Weiss, Dr. Richard Restak, Dr. Herbert Needleman, and Professor Robert Lifton. Order tapes nos. 94APA-S96A, 94APA-S96B from Mobiltape Company Inc. Phone: (800) 369-5718.

** Molly Young Brown, Growing Whole: Exploring the Wilderness Within, Hazelden Educational Materials, 15251 Pleasant Valley Road, Box 176, Center City, MN 55012.

** James Hillman, Going Bugs: Toxic Obsessions and Pesticidal Ego, A Jungian Interpretation, Spring Audio Cassettes, Box 365, Gracie Station, New York, NY 10028.

Robert Romanyshyn, Eros, Angels, and the Colors of Nature, Pacifica Graduate Institute Library, 249 Lambert Road, Carpinteria, CA, 93013.

ARTICLES AND PERIODICALS

Christopher Aanstoos, "Culture, Psychology, and Ecology: An Interview with Theodore Roszak," The Humanistic Psychologist, Volume 24, Number 2, Summer 1996, pp. 155-175.

Timothy Aeppel, "Ecotherapists Explore the Green Side of Feeling Blue," The Wall Street Journal, August 14, 1995.

Elizabeth Ann Bragg, "Towards Ecological Self: Deep Ecology Meets Constructionist Self-Theory," Journal of Environmental Psychology, (1996) 16, 93-108.

** Centerpiece, published by the Center for Psychology and Social Change, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School at the Cambridge Hospital, carries ongoing coverage of ecopsychology. Order from 1493 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, Fax: (617) 497-0122.

Michael J. Cohen, "Counseling and Nature: A Greening of Psychotherapy," The Interpsych Newsletter, March, 1995.

Sarah Conn, "Protest and Thrive: The Relationship between Personal Responsibility and Global Empowerment," New England Journal of Public Policy 6, no. 1 (Spring-Summer 1990), 163-77.

Sarah Conn, "The Self-world Connection: Implications for Mental Health and Psychotherapy," Woman of Power 20 (Spring 1991), 71-77.

The Counseling Psychologist, 21:4, October 1993, special issue on "Eco-counseling Psychology," with a principal paper by George Howard, Notre Dame University Psychology Department.

Directory of Wilderness Experience Programs, University of Idaho Wilderness Research Center, 18A Moscow. ID 83844.

Pat Durkin, "Therapy Goes Green," The Washington Post, September 7, 1993.

Linda Fillipi, "Place, Feminism, and Healing: An Ecology of Pastoral Counseling," Journal of Pastoral Care (Fall 1991), 231-42.

Suzi Gablik, "A Few Beautifully Made Things: An Interview with Theodore Roszak about Ecopsychology," Common Boundary, March-April 1995.

** The Gestalt Journal, Spring 1995, special issue on ecopsychology with articles by John Swanson, John Wymore, William Cahalan, and Theodore Roszak. Order from Box 990, Highland, NY 12528 Fax: (914) 691-6530.

Stephen Kellert, "Social and Psychological Dimensions of an Environmental Ethic," Proceedings of the International Conference on Outdoor Ethics, Lake Ozark, MS, Izaak Walton League of America, 1987.

** Laura Markowitz, "Culture Healers: Ten Innovative Therapists Who Do More Than Just Talk," (includes the work of ecopsychologist Allen Kanner), Utne Reader, February 1997.

** Ralph Metzner, "The Split between Spirit and Nature in European Consciousness," The Trumpeter, (vol.10, no.1, Winter 1993).

D. Patrick Miller, "The Voice of the Earth," The Sun, April 1994.

Bridget Murray, "Courses Teach Ways to be Friendly to the Earth," American Psychological Association Monitor, November 1996.

Theodore Roszak, "The Nature of Sanity," Psychology Today, January-February 1996.

Theodore Roszak, "The Greening of Psychology," Utne Reader, January-February 1995.

Theodore Roszak, "Ecopsychology and the Anima Mundi," ReVision, Winter 1994.

** Theodore Roszak, "Beyond the Reality Principle," Sierra, March-April 1992.

** Theodore Roszak, "Green Guilt and Ecological Overload," New York Times, Op-Ed Page, June 9, 1992.

Mary Watkins, "From Individualism to the Interdependent Self: Changing the Paradigm of the Self in Psychotherapy," Psychological Perspectives, 27 (1992), 52-69.

William Cahalan, The Earth Is Our Real Body: Cultivating Ecological Groundedness in Gestalt Therapy, 1992. Available from the author: 603 Enright Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45205.

Alan Thein Durning, Ecological Wakes: The Story of Six Everyday Objects, 1993, Northwest Environment Watch, 1601 Second Avenue, Suite 903, Seattle, WA, 98101. Fax: (206) 441-0494.

Elan Shapiro, Boundaries That Connect: Softening and Inter-relatedness in the Theory and Practice of an Emerging Ecopsychology, 1989. Order from Ecopsychology Institute.

The World Watch Library Current issues in this series of eco- psychological relevance include "Gender Bias: Roadblock to Sustainable Development," "Discarding the Throwaway Society," and "Indigenous Peoples and the Health of the Earth." For the full list, contact World Watch Institute, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Also recommended: the annual World Watch State of the World, "a checkup of our global environment," and Vital Signs 1994: The Trends that are Shaping Our Future.

BOOKS BEFORE 1990

Hans Peter Duerr, Dreamtime: Concerning the Boundary between Wilderness and Civilization, translated by Felicitas Goodman, New York, Basil Blackwell, 1985.

Carl Meier, A Testament to the Wilderness, Santa Monica, The Lapis Press, 1985.

Robert Romanyshyn, Technology as Symptom and Dream, New York, Routledge, 1989.

Wendell Berry, The Hidden Wound. San Francisco, North Point Press, 1989.

Murray Bookchin, The Ecology Of Freedom, Palo Alto, Cheshire Books, 1982.

Michael J. Cohen, Prejudice Against Nature: A Guidebook for the Liberation of Self and Planet, Freeport, Cobblesmith, 1984.

** Rachel and Stephen Kaplan, The Experience of Nature: A Psychological Perspective, Cambridge University Press, 1989.

** Harold Searles, The Nonhuman Environment in Normal Development and in Schizophrenia, New York, International Universities Press, 1960.

** Paul Shepard, Nature and Madness, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, 1982.

** Susan Griffin, Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her, New York, Harper Colophon, 1978.

Jean Liedloff, The Continuum Concept, Reading, Addison-Wesley, 1975.

** Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature, New York, Harper & Row, 1980.

Judith Plant, ed. Healing the Wounds: The Promise of Ecofeminism, Philadelphia, New Society, 1989.

Vandana Shiva, Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Development, London, Zed Books, 1988.

** Theodore Roszak, Person/Planet: The Creative Disintegration of Industrial Society, Garden City, N.Y. Doubleday, 1979.

** Theodore Roszak, Where The Wasteland Ends: Politics and Transcendence in Postindustrial Society, New York, Doubleday, 1972.

** John Seed, Joanna Macy, Patricia Fleming, Arne Naess, eds. Thinking Like a Mountain: Towards a Council of All Beings, Philadelphia, New Society, 1988.

Taylor Stoehr, ed. Nature Heals: The Psychological Essays of Paul Goodman, . New York, Dutton, 1977.

E. Fuller Torrey, Witchdoctors and Psychiatrists: The Common Roots of Psychotherapy and Its Future, . New York: Harper & Row, 1986.

ECOPSYCHOLOGY
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        Since 1994, the Ecopsychology Institute has produced the Ecopsychology Newsletter, a semi-annual publication dealing with issues, ideas, events, and programs in ecopsychology. The newsletter will publish its last number in Spring 1997. To date, it has published issues dealing with "Environmental Dreaming" (issue 3), "Children, the Earth, and Us" (issue 4), "What is Ecopsychology Good For?" (issue 5), and a special ecological arts issue (issue 6).
        Backnumbers of newsletter issues 2,3,4,5,6 are available for purchase for $3 each or $15 for the entire series.
        If you wish to order, make your check payable to The Ecopsychology Institute and mail to the Institute, c\o History Department, Calif State Univ, Hayward, CA 94542. Non-US orders, please include $1 for first class postage.
        Please note that issue #2 is in short supply. If it runs out, we will substitute a copy of the report for the 1994 Ecopsychology Conference held at Esalen Institute.

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