The Great Red Oak

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This magnificent 500-year-old red oak stood until recently on the bank of the Hudson River across from the 200-million-year-old geological formation known as the Palisade escarpment. The tree was in the yard of the house where Thomas Berry studied and wrote for many years. He taught us to move from a human-centered to an earth-centered norm of reality. In these difficult times, we must discover our authentic role in the great work and to address the destruction of the living systems of the earth.