RNA Book of the Month

Nature and the Mind: The Science of How Nature Improves Cognitive, Physical, and Social Well-Being by Marc G. Berman

From the acclaimed founder of environmental neuroscience, Dr. Marc Berman, comes a groundbreaking guide that reveals how interacting with nature can be the secret to improved mental and physical health.

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RNA Book of the Month

The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

One of the most beloved books of our time: an illuminating account of the forest, and the science that shows us how trees communicate, feel, and live in social networks. After reading this book, a walk in the woods will never be the same again.

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Happy Solstice to Everyone!

In the North, you've made it through the darkest part of the year, and now you have more daylight to look forward to!

In the South, enjoy the glorious sunlight and the warmth of Summer to come!

#Solstice #ReligiousNaturalism #Winter #Summer

English Heritage, caretakers of Stonehenge, will once again be livestreaming the Winter Solstice at the famous stone circle. The stream will begin at 7:30 a.m. GMT with the sunrise expected at 8:08. You can watch at the English Heritage YouTube channel.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEnQmochSnQ

Winter Solstice 2025: Sunrise Live from Stonehenge

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RNA Book Of The Month

Nature’s Best Hope by Douglas W. Tallamy

Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, awakened readers to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because native plants are fast disappearing. His solution? Plant more natives. In this new book, Tallamy envisions a grassroots approach to conservation. Nature’s Best Hope shows how homeowners can turn their yards into conservation corridors that provide wildlife habitats.

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RNA Book Of The Month

How Biology Shapes Philosophy, edited by David Livingstone Smith

How Biology Shapes Philosophy is a seminal contribution to the emerging field of biophilosophy. It brings together work by philosophers who draw on biology to address traditional and not so traditional philosophical questions and concerns.

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Happy Equinox one and all.

In the North, enjoy the coming of beautiful fall colours.

In the South, enjoy the brighter days leading to warmth and the growing flush of Nature.

To All, take the time to get out and enjoy what Nature has to offer this time of year.

#Equinox #ReligiousNaturalism #ReligiousNaturalist #Autumn #Spring

RNA Book of the Month

Your Brain on Nature by Eva M. Selhub and Alan C. Logan

Offering an antidote for the technology-addicted, the book outlines emerging nature-based therapies including ecotherapy, as well as practical strategies for improving your (and your children's) cognitive functioning, mental health and physical well-being through ecotherapeutic, nutritional and behavioural means.

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When a crime against a small part of Nature occurs, there is a will to do justice.

We need the same will when talking about the environment, or the plight of entire cultures' worth of people, all of whom are inextricably part of the same Nature as the tree of the Sycamore Gap.

#Nature #SycamoreGap #ReligiousNaturalism #ReligiousNaturalist

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93969ln7zwo

Men jailed for felling 'irreplaceable' Sycamore Gap tree

One of the men's lawyers says felling the Sycamore Gap tree was an act of "drunken stupidity".

Want to learn more about the Religious Naturalist view? Watch a live streamed presentation June 26th at 10:30 a.m. PDT/ 1:30 p.m. EDT from the Star Island Conference of the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV7u8vC4RRY

IRAS Paper Presentations in Elliott – Orme-Johnson, Kannoth - 6/26/2025

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