Nature, Culture & the Sacred SIMONS N.

A Woman Listens for Leadership

Winner of the 2018 Nautilus Gold Award (category: Women) and 2018 Nautilus Silver Award (category: Social Change & Social Justice). Bioneers co-founder Nina Simons offers inspiration for anyone who aspires to grow into their own unique form of leadership with resilience and joy. Informed by her extensive experience with multicultural women’s leadership development, Simons replaces the old patriarchal leadership paradigm with a more feminine-inflected style that illustrates the interconnected nature of the issues we face today. Sharing moving stories of women around the world joining together to reconnect people, nature and the land—both practically and spiritually—Nature, Culture and the Sacred is necessary reading for anyone who wants to learn from and be inspired by women who are leading the way towards transformational change by cultivating vibrant movements for social and environmental justice. "A compelling and honest tapestry of hard-earned personal and collective wisdom, honoring the earth and igniting the revolutionary ways of women." --Eve Ensler, founder of V-Day and author of The Vagina Monologues."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 the 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"Nature, Culture and the Sacred is the perfect book for this historical moment. Nina Simons not only knows the rare gifts of leadership women can offer, she also reveals how challenge and adversity brings these gifts forth more brilliantly and powerfully."— JOANNA MACY, author of World As Lover, World As SelfNINA SIMONS, cofounder of Bioneers, is a social entrepreneur passionate about reinventing leadership, restoring the feminine, and co-creating a healthy and equitable future for all life on Earth. An advocate for social and environmental healing, she speaks and teaches internationally on leadership and transformational social change and is dedicated to the value of creating truly diverse collaborations and connections among issues, leaders and movements.