Wangari Maathai says that “trees are living symbols of peace and hope. A tree has roots in the soil, yet it reaches to the sky, it tells us, in order to aspire, we need to be grounded.” In Week 3 of Re/membering our Rooted Selves, professor, researcher and author P. Mary Vidya Porselvi shares with us a key framework: Heart, Hearth, and the Earth, based on the Tamil word, ‘agam’. Expanding upon this framework, she expresses the interconnection between storytelling, ecology and women, in her culture.
Wangari Maathai says that “trees are living symbols of peace and hope. A tree has roots in the soil, yet it reaches to the sky, it tells us, in order to aspire, we need to be grounded.” In Week 3 of Re/membering our Rooted Selves, professor, researcher and author P. Mary Vidya Porselvi shares with us a key framework: Heart, Hearth, and the Earth, based on the Tamil word, ‘agam’. Expanding upon this framework, she expresses the interconnection between storytelling, ecology and women, in her culture.
How did listening to stories in her childhood connect her to the Earth, and develop an intrinsic sense of reverence and inter-being with the Earth? What types of stories have we all encountered: fables, myths, parables, etc.? How can these create deep ecological values in all of us?
P. Mary Vidya Porselvi
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