Works published by Thistlefield Books focus on themes that relate to learning and experiments in sustainable living and community, to an intimate relationship with the natural world, and to matters of spirit. The pieces written by Belden and Lisa Paulson tiptoe into the past to find wisdom or lessons, and launch visions to challenge and guide future generations toward what may be the most critical values for healthy survival of our civilization. Each publication carries readers into immediate, first person experiences that invite sensitivity to here-and-now issues and priorities.
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Odyssey of a Practical Visionary
by Belden Paulson
Odyssey of a Practical Visionary is the story of Belden Paulson, whose life has been dedicated to building a better world politically and economically.
His many distinct "careers" —international, urban, futures— reflect a recurring theme: tackling problems that others often called &"hopeless," sometimes with surprising results. Odyssey is a compelling memoir of unique experiences and brave experiments, pointing the way to a better future for the human family.
"With peak oil and climate change set to transform all our lives radically, this intensely personal memoir by a ‘practical visionary’ chronicles the challenges and rewards, the joys and woes involved in implementing transformational values in a world that desperately needs them but is as yet loathe to embrace them."
— Roger Doudna, PhD
Educator, Founder of the Findhorn Foundation Fellowship
Voices from a Sacred Land by Lisa Paulson
While chronicling the history of High Wind, an experimental ecological community developed with her husband, Belden, Lisa Paulson realized that it was the powerful, enchanting, healing presence of nature itself that had deeply influenced all she felt and did. This poetic collection is enhanced by her own and others’ responses to the land she had grown to love and cherish. Voices is enhanced by four-color photographs and paintings.
"This book is an extraordinary literary testament of nature’s healing and restorative gifts."
— Recommended & Reviewed in The Mindquest Review Of Books, by Lightword Publishing