Walking the Pilgrimage (2~17, Jan, 2010, Wakayama, Japan)
Environmental ethics enables us to find appropriate ways to articulate ecosystem values, which calls for nonlinear complex thinking beyond traditional scientific methods. Today, while the devastating effects of the anthropogenic climate crisis are clear, rich and diverse means exist for knowing, understanding, valuing the world and taking action. This calls for a powerful coalition of science, ecohumanities and arts with a solid foundation in environmental ethics. Through this course, we wish to learn and also communicate a profound humbleness and appreciation of the Planet Earth: “to underscore our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known (Carl Sagan)".

Jan 4


At Takijiri, the start of Nakaheji Trail, a poetic introduction to the Kumano-kodo was given to us by Yoshi, a smiling 61 year old who has lived at Takijiri all his life. From here our pilgrimage began. The ‘steep’ uphill was seriously steep but at the end of the day, at Takahara (High Plain) we were rewarded with an amazing sweeping view of Hatenashi (never-ending) Mountain Range on the border of Nara Prefecture. Takahara Shrine (blt 1391) is the oldest on this trail.

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  1. 匿名2011年1月4日 18:07

    A single stone
    split open to the heart
    where a magnolia seedling
    grows.

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