Volume 1 of the Kinship series revolves around the question ofplanetary relations: What are the
sources of our deepest evolutionary and planetary connections and of our profound longing for
kinship? We live in an astounding world of relations. We share these ties that bind with our
fellow humansand we share these relations with nonhuman beings as well. From the bacterium
swimming in your belly to the trees exhaling the breath you breathe this community of life is
our kinand for many cultures around the world being human is based upon this extended sense
of kinship. Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations is a lively series that explores our
deep interconnections with the living world. The five Kinship volumesPlanet Place Partners
Persons Practiceoffer essays interviews poetry and stories of solidarity highlighting the
interdependence that exists between humans and nonhuman beings. More than 70
contributorsincluding Robin Wall Kimmerer Richard Powers David Abram J. Drew Lanham and
Sharon Blackieinvite readers into cosmologies narratives and everyday interactions that
embrace a more-than-human world as worthy of our response and responsibility. With every breath
every sip of water every meal we are reminded that our lives are inseparable from the life of
the worldand the cosmosin ways both material and spiritual. Planet Volume 1 of the Kinship
series focuses on our Earthen home and the cosmos within which our pale blue dot of a planet
nestles. National poet laureate Joy Harjo opens up the volume asking us to Remember the sky you
were born under. The essayists and poets that followsuch as geologist Marcia Bjornerud who
takes readers on a Deep Time journey geophilosopher David Abram who imagines the Earths
breathing through animal migrations and theoretical physicist Marcelo Gleiser who contemplates
the relations between mystery and scienceoffer perspectives from around the world and from
various cultures about what it means to be an Earthling and all that we share in common with
our planetary kin. Remember Harjo implores all is in motion is growing is you.Proceeds from
sales of Kinship benefit the nonprofit non-partisan Center for Humans and Nature which
partners with some of the brightest minds to explore human responsibilities to each other and
the more-than-human world. The Center brings together philosophers ecologists artists
political scientists anthropologists poets and economists among others to think creatively
about a resilient future for the whole community of life.
