I confess that I am neck deep in Jeff Bezos' armpits. I always have an uncomfortable feeling about being so tied in to the Amazon ecosystem. There are lots of problems with their business practices, but it always feels so hard to extricate myself! I love the convenience of prime shipping and it comes with…
(I have another post brewing on this aspect of Transforming the Body that unpacks an amazing song called "Corpus Christi" by my friend Neal Curran and his band Infielder. Please go check out their music and stay tuned for that post!) Central to this meaning of the phrase "transforming the body" is the Christian practice…
So apparently a viral video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck up its nose (WARNING: Graphic content that might be upsetting to some viewers) sparked some outrage and gave enough momentum for Starbucks and some other companies to announce they are getting rid of plastic straws. It's not hard to google…
The Michael Pollan quote that inspired the new name for this site, “transforming the body of the world into our bodies,” involves human beings connection and relationship to the earth and its ecosystems. On the one hand, it is true of all species that they transform some part of the ecosystem into their own bodies.…
It was almost a decade ago that I was reading Michael Pollan’s book The Omnivore’s Dilemma and ran across the phrase “transforming the body of the world into our bodies.” This turn of phrase has stuck with me over the years and, like a bit of popcorn kernel in between the teeth, nagged me. Perhaps…
