However, what form we will keep publishing in is uncertain. In the first four months of 2002, our income came in at approximately half the rate we need to continue printing a bound newsstand-ready magazine. Given our current financial situation, we need to attract substantially more subscribers and supporters to continue in our current format. TL is determined to continue. But without a substantial boost in income, our next issue will have to be a special subscribers-only edition, still with the same inspiring contents and same high-quality paper, but in the form of 8-1/2" x 11" sheets hand-stapled by the editor and other volunteers.
Times are hard everywhere, it seems. Every responsible business we know (including Lost Valley Educational Center itself) is down in income, and struggling. You yourself likely are too. On a larger scale, many environmental and social indicators might lead one to conclude that the world as a whole is going to hell in a handbasket. Whether we can afford to keep publishing our little journal of ecological culture is a question that pales in comparison to-for example-whether this planet has enough topsoil and water left to last the human race through the 21st century-or even half way through it, let alone beyond it. In our lifetimes, we are likely to see changes that we can only imagine right now. What those changes are will be the collective result of our intentions, what kind of a world we put our energy and resources toward. If Talking Leaves speaks to your own visions for a viable future, please support us in any way you can and share us with your friends. It's time for many more of us to learn how to swim. Thanks for your attention! And enjoy this issue.
©2002 Talking Leaves
Summer 2002
Volume 12, Number 2
Ecopsychology, Self and Place