gardening – NaturalPagans

Green Tomatoes Are the Reason For the Season

November 21, 2019 lupa Environmentalism, Food, gardening, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Nature Writing, Plants, Seasons, Sustainability, The Green Wolf

Note: This was first published on No Unsacred Place around 2012-ish, which went defunct a few years ago (RIP–it was a good site). Then it was on Paths Through the Forests, but I split from Patheos a couple of years ago due to philosophical… Continue Reading

Green Tomatoes Are the Reason For the Season

November 21, 2019 lupa Environmentalism, Food, gardening, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Nature Writing, Plants, Seasons, Sustainability, The Green Wolf

The Magic of Manure

January 24, 2019 lupa Animals, Anthropocentrism, Cosmology, Environmentalism, Fungi, gardening, Magic, Meaning, Naturalist Paganism, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Nature Writing, Plants, Rituals, Science, Sustainability, The Green Wolf, Way of the Scavenger, Wonder and Awe

How’s that for a title? So over the past couple of years, as I’ve been spending time on a farm on the coast where my art studio is, the level of manure I encounter on a daily basis has increased quite a bit. It… Continue Reading

The Magic of Manure

Spirits in the Kitchen: Honoring the Remains of Our Food

January 10, 2019 lupa Activism, Animals, Anthropocentrism, Bioregion, Cosmology, Death, Environmentalism, Food, Fungi, gardening, Gratitude, Magic, Meaning, Naturalist Paganism, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Nature Writing, Paganism, Plants, Rituals, Science, Seasons, Sustainability, The Green Wolf, Way of the Scavenger

[Main photo: rice and cheese stuffed crimini mushrooms, roasted acorn squash and red onion, and sauteed vegetables and mushrooms] The older I get, the more important food has become to me. For the first quarter century of my life, I couldn’t have cared less… Continue Reading

Paganism, Food, and the Element of Terroir

January 2, 2018 lupa Activism, Environmentalism, Food, gardening, Naturalist Paganism, Nature Spirituality, Paganism, Plants, Science, Seasons, Sustainability, The Green Wolf

In case you didn’t know it, I am a minor-level foodie. I haven’t run around to every single pricey restaurant in Portland, but I am an unabashed locavore who loves to cook. And as an environmentalist I’m keenly aware of where my food comes… Continue Reading

Eight Ways Pagans Can Celebrate Earth Day

April 10, 2017 John Halstead Activism, Community, composting, Earth Day, Earth religion, earth-centered, Environment, gardening, Goddess, Natural Pagans, Nature, nature religion, Pagan Community Statement, Paganism, ritual, Science, The Allergic Pagan

Earth Day (April 22 this year) is a holy day for many Pagans. Here are some ways that we Pagans can celebrate Earth Day.