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Our principal service is to offer a Daily Reflection on pertinent subjects. This website began in January, 2004 and will continue as long as materials are available and funding permits.  The weekday Reflections cover a variety of simple living subjects and the weekend writings include homilies and other sacred subjects.  A variety of essays and poems appear here as well.  I hope you find these and the other writings offered on the website beneficial. Your suggestions and comments are welcome, and we invite you to join our mailing list to receive occasional mailings on special topics (generally less than one per month).  The Earth Healing website has new content daily and we are continually preparing new materials, so we invite you visit us often!

            Peace,
                Fr. Al Fritsch, S.J.
               
                Ravenna, KY (Map )

 

On August 20, 2008 the Earth Healing website celebrated the ten millionth visitor since beginning this service in 2004.  We are grateful for the encouragement and support that we have received over the years and hope to continue our mission well into the future! Help us spread the word!

NEW RELEASE

August 18, 2008
     The Health of the Bluegrass: Is the Triangle Really Golden?
            Published by Earth Healing in cooperation with
           EcoPerspectives, a project of Earth Island Institute

 

May 1, 2008 ~ A note from Fr. Al Fritsch

Friends, we urgently need your help. As a visitor you are familiar with Earth Healing and that this non-profit informational service has brought you "Daily Reflections" since 2004. Because of receiving much donated labor we operate this website at very low cost. We mean low -- less than one-third of a cent per visit. It sounds great until you realize that at current rates, we will receive over seven million visitors from over 100 countries this year. That costs us about $23,000. We need your contribution just to meet this year's budget for website maintenance. Yes, Earth Healing is not totally free, but it's certainly worth your contribution. It helps take our healing message to all the world.  Click here for more information on how you can help...

Peace, Al Fritsch

 

RECLAIMING THE COMMONS:
WHAT BELIEVERS CAN DO

By Albert J. Fritsch, SJ

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HEALING APPALACHIA:
SUSTAINABLE LIVING THROUGH
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY

By Al Fritsch & Paul Gallimore

Pages: 456
Published: May, 2007
University Press of Kentucky

"Contains a wealth of valuable wisdom culled from decades of experience. Fritsch and Gallimore inspire readers with a detailed and realistic vision of what is practically possible." -- John Nolt, author of Down to Earth: Toward a Philosophy of Nonviolent Living

Healing Appalachia is the first book to apply "appropriate technology," or the simplest level of technology that can effectively achieve the desired result, specifically to the Appalachian region. The authors examine thirty low-cost, people-friendly, and environmentally benign appropriate technologies that are concerned with such issues as food preservation, land use, shelter, and transportation. They pay close attention to the practicality of each technique according to affordability, ease of use, and ecological soundness. Details on construction and maintenance and resources for locating further information are included, making this an essential volume for everyone who cares about the future of Appalachia.

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Gray Matter in the Green:
Special Issues in Earth Healing

We are now launching our "Special Issues" series on this website. Our basic title is open to at least three interpretations: the series is produced by greens who are graying; the subjects require some additional gray matter to assimilate; and the green or environmental issues are not always black and white, but do contain some gray areas. We include controversial subjects in order to stimulate comments from our readers -- the uncovered gray areas we have not yet thought about (a possible fourth interpretation). We welcome your comments.

New offerings:

The Morality of Nuclear Power Generation: An Ignatian Discernment
                by Albert Fritsch, PhD and Mary Davis, PhD

BASIC GLOBISH

Sounds and Silence: Creating Silent Space (Pt. 1)

Sounds and Silence: Creating Silent Space (Pt. 2)

 

EARTH HEALING BULLETIN

The Earth Healing team has released the Autumn 2007 edition of the Earth Healing Bulletin. Through this newsletter, we feature recent additions to the Earth Healing website, catch you up-to-date on our latest endeavors, and highlight areas that may be of special interest to you, our loyal subscribers. Have a story to share? We'd love to hear from you! We invite you to tell a friend about Earth Healing News, and as always, we welcome your comments and suggestions.

 

AN ECO-SPIRITUALITY THROUGH THE SEASONS

We are presenting a new and unique endeavor, An Eco-spirituality Through The Seasons; a month-by-month writing series on eco-spirituality.  You are most welcome to visit the site and comment at all times during this one-year program.

 

CONGRATULATIONS!

In honor of the late Harry Caudill, Al Fritsch and Kristen Johannsen were awarded the 2005 Caudill Prize for their book Ecotourism in Appalachia: Marketing the Mountains. The Caudill Prize recognizes outstanding contributions to reporting Appalachian life and values. 

 

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