José Ortega y Gasset
La pedagogía del paisaje1906
The landscapes have created the best of my soul; and if I hadn’t wasted long years living in…
Documentation centre
The Silene Documentation Center contains resources and documents about the spiritual and intangible cultural heritage linked to nature and natural heritage, from the local to the international level. Summaries are offered in four languages: English, Spanish, French, and Catalan, although the documents are in the original languages, accompanied by translations, when available.
It is the reference documentation center of the Group Specialist in Cultural and Spiritual Values of the World Commission for Natural Protected Areas, of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
- Information and sensitization
Tools for information, awareness and reflection on the cultural and spiritual values of nature and landscape in various traditions and worldviews. Pedagogical, didactic and training resources that help integrate spiritual values in the conservation of nature, including myths, tales, and legends. - International declarations
Declarations of spiritual, scientific, political or social authorities in relation to the spiritual values of nature and the need to acknowledge them. - Legal documents
Conventions, treaties, laws, regulations of any administrative, national or international scope. - Management documents
Actions that reinforce the preservation and enjoyment of the values of the intangible heritage of nature, in an integrated way with conservation, in all fields, including the evaluation of their effectiveness. Traditional systems of governance of territories and resources. - Planning documents
Plans and programs aimed at the conservation of nature, protected areas, habitats or species, that incorporate the spiritual and cultural dimensions. - Reflections on nature and spirituality
Contributions on the relationship between nature and spirituality, in any of the concepts and the meanings that both may have and in all its manifestations. - Reflections on science and spirituality
Contributions on the relationship between modern science and spirituality, or with the traditional sciences of nature and / or traditional ecological knowledge. - Strategical documents
Guidelines, strategies, recommendations or proposals, from congresses, symposia, seminars, workshops, etc. either international or national - Videographers
Movies, documentaries and interviews - Wisdom quotes
Quotes, aphorisms and advices about Nature from the spiritual Traditions of humankind.
Donella Meadows
Seeing the Population Issue Whole1993
The scarcest resource is not oil, metals, clean air, capital, labour, or technology. It is our willingness to…
Eco-Theology
E.M. Wainwright, L.C. Susin y F. Wilfred (eds.)2009
This volume aims to provide theological responses to the ecological problems that have arisen in previous years, since…
Teología de la Ecología
Vladimir Serrano Pérez, ed. 1991
The volume, a pioneer in many respects in Latin America, brings together papers presented at an event organized…
Polémico y fecundo diálogo entre la teología y la ecología
Jaime Tatay2019
The contemporary environmental movement, in spite of the controversy generated by its socio-political pretension, its systemic proposal and…
Living Earth Community: Multiple Ways of Being and Knowing
Sam Mickey, Mary Evelyn Tucker, and John Grim (eds.) 2020
The book is a celebration of the diversity of ways in which humans can relate to the world…
Biocultural Diversity: Moving Beyond the Realm of ‘Indigenous’ and ‘Local’ People
Since the late 1990s the relationship between biodiversity and human diversity has received increased attention, resulting in the…
Silene Newsletter
Silene editorial team2020
As of April 2020, Silene publishes a digital newsletter with new highlights, be they from its own activities,…
Via ecológica: la sacralidad de la tierra y el cultivo de la sobriedad
Xavier Melloni2011
Via ecológica: la sacralidad de la tierra y el cultivo de la sobriedad (Ecological way: the sacredness of…
Contemplación y compromiso
Contemplación y compromiso (Contemplation and Commitment) is the title of a chapter of the book La experiencia contemplativa…