We are all connected. We often hear this phrase, yet we rarely consider its meaning or why it truly matters. Our individual choices can have far-reaching consequences, impacting not only ourselves and others but also the environment around us. Integral ecology conceptualizes that all living beings are interrelated parts of a larger whole. We are all kin. Mystics, prophets, poets, and indigenous cultures have proclaimed for millennia that the wholeness and holiness of nature impact our bodies, minds, and spirits.

The global climate crisis we face today is a result of ignoring the interrelationship between us and the planet. In his encyclical “Laudato Si’,” His Holiness Pope Francis proposed that the socialand environmental issueswe face todayare not two separate crises, but one complex cri

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