Starhawk is the author of 11 books on Goddess religion, earth-based spirituality, and activism, including
The Spiral Dance; her picture book for young children,
The Last Wild Witch; and
The Earth Path, which weaves together permaculture and spirituality. Her twelfth book,
The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups was published in Fall of 2011. She also directs
Earth Activist Trainings, offering permaculture design courses with a grounding in spirit and a focus on organizing, and collaborates with community organizations to bring permaculture to the inner city. Together with director Donna Read Cooper, she created the documentary
Permaculture: The Growing Edge, released in Fall of 2010. She is currently working with Yerba Buena Films to produce a
feature film from her novel,
The Fifth Sacred Thing, and to build earth-centered ethics and permaculture principles into the production itself.
Starhawk is one of the founders of the Pagan spiritual network
Reclaiming. She has lived collectively and worked collaboratively in many settings for more than three decades. She blogs at
www.starhawksblog.org and her website is
www.starhawk.org.
Ritual can connect us more deeply to place, mark the passages of our lives,
comfort us in times of grief, and link us in the pure joy of celebration. It
works best when created collectively.
While expert at understanding ecological connections, permaculturalists often founder in relating with one another. Applying permaculture principles to group dynamics can help us work together more effectively.
