Author: Tera Landers

Thom Hawkins, a climate activist, gardener, poet, and spokesman for the Earth, died on February 15, 2023. Thom was 86. By Tera Landers Thom viewed the world...

Do you remember the first time you fell in love? I don’t mean with another person, but when you fell head over heels in love with our Earth? By Tera Landers I...

GUEST EDITORIAL In one of my articles I invited you to take seriously a commitment to “energy management.” To not pack too much onto your plate, and to give...

ECO-SPIRITUAL CORNER This past Friday night, a few minutes before sunset, I lit the Shabbat candles like I do most Friday evenings. By Tera Landers I sang the...

My guess is you are a lot like me. You start each day with good intentions. You try to do your best to do your part. Yet sometimes we fall asleep at the...

Rest and renewal. Living deep and living deliberately. Solitude and stillness. Breathing in, and breathing out. By Tera Landers As noted multiple times in the...

More rain is coming! By Tera Klein Remember when it reached over 100 in the Summer, and we wondered if the rain barrel in the Throop Learning Garden would have...

More rain is coming. By Tera Landers Remember when it was over 100 in the summer, and you wondered if the rain barrel would have a chance to be full? Ever since...

The days grow ever shorter. Leaves on deciduous trees fall to the ground. Seeds on perennial shrubs begin to set. By Tera Landers Fall is here, and that means...

How can our outward actions best reflect our inner values? How can we live in concert with the world around us? By Tera Landers These questions have more impact...

Have you ever dreamed about being born again into somebody else? By Tera Landers When I was a girl, I had fine, straight, bright red hair and freckles. My hair...

How many of you feel like you don’t really have the time to do what you want or need to do? By Tera Landers Yesterday, a friend of mine said, “Time bullies...

We wish you a meaningful and productive Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Eco-Spirituality Corner Ah, the first fresh days of 2018. The new year stretches out enticingly before us. We still have a few precious moments before we get...

Eco-Spiritual Corner As a young girl growing up in Arkansas, a highlight of my Christmas break was waking up on New Year’s Day and watching the Rose Parade on...

GUEST OPINION If you have lived or worked in the City of Pasadena for very long, you likely know all too well that rents keep going up, up, up, while many...