Natural Healing: Weaving Ourselves Back into the Web of Life. Read. Healing. Nature and Ecology. Community. News. April 25, 2026. Healing Ourselves and the Earth. Read. Healing. Environmental Health. Retreats and Hospitality. News. April 13, 2026.…
How living in an ecology of care in our relationships, our homes, our communities can allow us to survive and even thrive under unimaginable circumstances.…
In honor of our beloved James—a gardener tending the inner landscape and making beauty and love visible on the land—we have created the James Stark Memorial Fund to support the Commonweal Garden, currently stewarded by the Natura Institute of Ecology and Medicine…
Natura Institute for Ecology and Medicine. , for the past seven years. Tending it as a nature-allied center for healing, these conversations unfold through metaphorical sight, reciprocity, seasonal attunement, deep listening, and affectionate noticing.…
Anna O'Malley. , MD, Director, Natura Institute for Ecology and Medicine. It is January of 2021. I feel myself at an inflection point, nested within a societal inflection point.…
Art Responsible: Nature on the Edge in Gallery Commonweal. March 10, 2025. Saturday, April 5, 2pm | Artist Reception. Artwork by: Mac Obeng Akwaski. Dfoe Art. Robin Chandler. Samuel Berfi. Malcolm Ian Cross. Nll Nortey Dowiuona.…
Rachel Naomi Remen—the writer, physician, mentor and co-founder of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program. The conversation between Dr. Murthy and Dr.…
They steward lands in every state and around the world. They often hold knowledge and ways of being that deepen our connection to self, community, and earth.…
James also co-founded the Ecology of Leadership, the Ecology of Awakening, and the Art of Vitality programs at Commonweal.…
Feeding, Fighting, Flocking and Frolicking: Photographic Insights into Shorebird Natural History. Georgia O’Keefe taught us not just to look, but to see the beauty of nature in its intimate details.…
