How Can I Embrace Love to Sustain My Activism?
Recognizing the Pull of Despair in Turbulent Times As I sit down to write this in a local coffee shop, I am feeling the heaviness of these tumultuous times. Oh,…
Musician Chiedza Muchena basks in the sunset light, holding flowers close to her chest. | Photo Credit: Phoebe Lyn Photography
A Playlist for Joyful Resistance and Resilience
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Music is deeply woven into the human experience. It holds an uncanny ability to replenish our hearts and energy, especially during challenging times. The…
Taking time for self-care, Briana Anderson sits perched on a stone overhang surrounded by the autumnal mountains of Arkansas. Photo Credit: Briana Anderson
One Activist’s Journey Out of Despair and Into Empowerment
Reckoning with the Ugly Truth: Mass Extinction As Kansas City native Briana Anderson progressed though her Wildlife Biology program in college, she started to realize something was fundamentally wrong: “Every…
The big dipper shines over a vast landscape at twilight. Photo Credit: Marek Piwnicki | Pexels
Small Windows Letting Us In: “Imagine” from The Flint Hills
Small Windows Letting Us In What was it that initially clued you into caring about the natural world as an extension of yourself? What upswell of curiosity, what flash of…
Promoting Well-Being and Community Through Action for Happiness
Finding Hope and Connection Through Climate Action Photo by Szilvia Basso on Unsplash Connecting Through Gratitude As someone passionate about supporting both individual well-being and collective resilience in the face…
Four Steps to a Resilient Life
Reflecting on Grief and Anger Do you ever feel grief-stricken, angry, anxious, or depressed about the state of the environment? This happens to environmentally conscious humans... We put it on…
Crafting My Way Into Resilience
I’ve been a victim advocate now for over twenty years. In doing this hard work, it’s been deeply important for me to find ways to metabolize the trauma I take in. Yoga and meditation are part of that for me. Another important resilience tool that has also been a wildly effective way for me to feel purpose and release is crafting. So much of victim advocacy is heavy and ongoing. I don’t feel a lot of completion/resolve – there are constant, open loops, even in great progress. Crafting brings such peace as it is tangible. I can see the impact, and it has a clear and distinct end. Completing projects is uniquely fulfilling because so little in the rest of my world comes with a tidy bow.
A New Year to Live the Question in Your Heart (With Poetic Abundance)
(Indigo Photo) Rainier Maria Rilke is one of my favorite poets. He writes in "Letters to a Young Poet" : I would like to beg you dear Sir, as well…
A Nurturing Lesson from the Hummingbirds
There is something incredibly special about spotting a hummingbird. A fleeting moment when one pauses at a flower in your garden, zooms by your window as you enjoy your morning…
Why I Started Upcycle Philippines
"Upcycle Philippines" is a name given to the beloved advocacy project I founded that spearheaded the movement on environment conservation through the system of upcycling by fostering awareness of the…
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