For generations, seminaries have prepared future clergy in classrooms, libraries, and sanctuaries. Today, at Princeton Theological Seminary’s Farminary, many of the most important lessons begin in compost piles, vegetable beds, chicken coops, and shared meals.

Ask any surfer—or person who loves being near the water—and they’ll tell you that “the ocean heals.” The saltwater, rhythm of the waves and tides, and even the silence of open water are all known to be therapeutic.

Stories of unlikely animal friendships—an elephant playing with a dog, a gorilla nurturing a kitten, or birds of different species grooming one another—have long fascinated people.

At least since 2,000 B.C., humankind and horses have traveled, worked, fought, and raced together. Modern research into animal behavior is now finding that these animals—from giant draft horses to dainty ponies—are emotionally complex and highly intelligent.

William Wordsworth's Love of Nature Sparked the Soul of Environmentalism