The world seems to be divided into two kinds of people—those who divide everything into two, and those who don’t. Reading Nature, Culture and the Sacred is a step toward melting this false division into “feminine” and “masculine,” and allowing each of us to become fully human again and at last.

— Gloria Steinem, co-founder of Ms. Magazine

In Nature, Culture and the Sacred Nina Simons has woven a compelling and honest tapestry of hard-earned personal and collective wisdom, honoring the earth and igniting the revolutionary ways of women. It’s a book as much about the inside as it is about the outside, exploring where and how they can meet for a sustainable future.

— V (formerly Eve Ensler), founder of V-Day and author of The Vagina Monologues

This is the time when the power of women returns to us, as we reaffirm our relationships to each other and to our Mother Earth. Together we will doula the next economy into being, re-birthing ourselves and this world. Nina’s writing explores the path forward on this journey that we will make together.

— Winona LaDuke, Executive Director, Honor the Earth

Nature, Culture and the Sacred invites all of us into a new way of living, loving and leading in the world; one that embraces the quest towards wholeness, honors the commitment to full integrity and celebrates the courage of true alignment. Nina has given us a gorgeous roadmap, paving the way towards greater self-love, appreciation and acceptance, all of which are sorely needed to lead in these times.
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— Rha Goddess, Founder of Move The Crowd and author of The Calling

With characteristic grace and great insight, Nina Simons shows us another path for leadership, one that grows from intuition, emotional intelligence and, above all, connection in every form, including human relationship. This book is a treasure chest of both knowledge and know-how, giving us what we all need, women and men alike: a larger vision with which together we can save the Earth and ourselves from the devastation that comes from the sadly more narrow and impoverished ways of seeing we mistake for reality. This book is the real thing.

— Susan Griffin, author of Woman and Nature and The Roaring Inside He

I especially appreciate the foregrounding of Indigenous wisdom and Indigenous elders and teachers in Nina’s work at Bioneers and Cultivating Women’s Leadership. Nature, Culture and the Sacred underscores the urgent necessity of shifting our awareness away from the stories that have kept us separate, alienated and divided throughout the centuries of modernity. I can’t wait to recommend this book for Leadership courses at the university and to everyone in my circles!

— Leny Mendoza Strobel, author and associate professor of American Multicultural Studies, Sonoma State University