Welcome to the online home of Talking Leaves Journal, published from 1989 through 1996 by the Deep Ecology Education Project in Eugene, Oregon, and from late 1997 through 2005 in magazine form by Lost Valley Educational Center in Dexter, Oregon. Starting in 2006, regular print periodical production of Talking Leaves was suspended in favor of an online-only format. All of our past magazine issues from 1998 to present are archived on this site, including links to many of the articles, which are accessible on each themed issue's page under "Magazine Issues." Please check out the toolbar menu links to explore the contents of this site.
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For more than a decade, Talking Leaves enjoyed bioregional, national, and international distribution, first as a journal of "deep ecology and spiritual activism" (in its early days in Eugene) and then as a journal of "our evolving ecological culture" (when Lost Valley Educational Center became publisher). Talking Leaves featured articles, interviews, stories, poems, reviews, reflections, and artwork from contributors both well-known and little-known, including Dolores LaChapelle, David James Duncan, Winona LaDuke, John Seed, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Pete Seeger, Chellis Glendinning, Paul Hawken, Joanna Macy, Al Gore, Cathrine Sneed, Alan Kapuler, Nancy Roth, David Orr, Diana Leafe Christian, Dennis Martinez, Tammy Davis, Bob Dylan, Dianne Brause, Ernest Callenbach, Katsi Cook, Ethan Hughes, Amy Martin, David Kupfer, Devon Bonady, Rick Valley, Hannah McCargar, editor Chris Roth, and dozens more.
Lost Valley Annual Digest 2006
Please click on the toolbar menu item for the Lost Valley Annual Digest 2006, which includes links to pdf versions of the following files:
Cover
Lost Valley: Manifesting Our Vision
Contents
Exploring the Heart of Now
Conference and Event Facilities
Are You My Conference Center?
Ecovillage and Permaculture Courses
Permaculture for Kids Summer Camp
Lost Valley Contact Sheet
Calendar of Workshops and Events
Nature Trail Map and Directions to LVEC
Nature Center Membership and Eco-Forestry
Sacred Botany: Reading the Signs (Reflections on the Genesis of the Nature Center)
Cover
Lost Valley: Manifesting Our Vision
Contents
Exploring the Heart of Now
Conference and Event Facilities
Are You My Conference Center?
Ecovillage and Permaculture Courses
Permaculture for Kids Summer Camp
Lost Valley Contact Sheet
Calendar of Workshops and Events
Nature Trail Map and Directions to LVEC
Nature Center Membership and Eco-Forestry
Sacred Botany: Reading the Signs (Reflections on the Genesis of the Nature Center)
Surviving Without Oxygen: Prison Letters from Greg Michael
Patrick LincolnGreg Michael was a federal prisoner in Cumberland, Maryland for over 11 years. I spent six months with him while serving a sentence for an act of civil disobedience. He sought me out right away – in order to better connect with struggles for justice outside those prison walls, and to make sure I was taken care of while locked-up. We became friends quickly - he was my yoga instructor and he taught me how to play the Appalachian dulcimer. He was released over a year ago, and we stayed in touch and dreamed revolution together. He even made it to my hometown a couple of times, in part to raise awareness of his prison experience. He died this past October of a heart attack; because of his incredibly healthy lifestyle I suspect he died after suffering the stress and toxicity of prison (which is common after spending years behind bars).
Lost Valley Educational Center Journal: v15 n04 Talking Leaves Magazine Winter 2006
2006 Winter
Winter 2005/2006
Volume 15, Number 4
In this issue we try out a new format. Rather than placing selected contents on web pages we have attached all of the contents as individual pdf files. If you don't already have a pdf reader you can find a list of viewers on Wikipedia.
CONTENTS
- Cover & Table of Contents
- Introducing the Lost Valley Nature Center
- Lost Valley Announcements & Programs
- An Elder's Perspective on Lost Valley: An Interview with Dianne Brause by Chris Roth
- Practicing Honesty by kaseja Wilder
- Transforming through the Heart of Now: An Interview with Karly Dillard by Chris Roth
- Transformation at Three Springs (Heart of Now, Nov. 11-14, 2005) by Susanjoy
- Introducing DELVE Children's Program by Marty Wilder and Genevieve Pfisterer
- Breath, Gratitude, Love, and Service by kaseja Wilder
- Education for a Permacultural Future: An Interview with Joshua Smith by Chris Roth
- Design Goals for Ecologically Sustainable Human Settlements by Marc Tobin
- Dragon Link game analysis by Jeff Beggins
- Reflections on the Summer/Fall 2005 Issue by Diane Tweten
- Lost Valley, Indiana by Maggie Sullivan
- Adventures in Tiling by Genevieve Pfisterer
- Fainting in the Hot Tub by Genevieve Pfisterer