Posts related to the Sierra Club — the environmental organization founded by John Muir in 1892, and its ongoing relationship with Muir’s conservation legacy.
Following Rev. Matthew Fox's idea of "pilgrimages into sacred nature," Michael Conti reflects on his own desert pilgrimage and how John Muir's writings helped shape a filmmaker's spiritual practice rooted in the natural world.
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During the COVID-19 shutdown, Michael Conti convened a virtual panel to celebrate John Muir's 182nd birthday — with conversations about death, isolation, nature connection, and why Muir's voice feels more necessary than ever.
Read moreFifteen of John Muir's most enduring quotes about the outdoors — on storms, silence, trees, wilderness, and the spiritual nourishment that only wild places can provide.
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