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,…
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,…
Journal Prompts that Will Spark Your Natural Joy Journaling is a powerful, nurturing form of self-care. It allows our minds to release emotions, ideas, stress, dreams, and even anxiety. For…
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…
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…
Self-conscious emotions are baked into our DNA because they prevent us from breaking social norms that keep people safe. An unfortunate side effect of this is not being loud and proud enough about the climate crisis. By bringing self-conscious emotions out into the open, we can gain traction in the fight against this existential threat.
From Sami Aaron, Founder of The Resilient Activist || Reprinted with permission from Ecopsychepedia What’s a climate activist? A climate activist is: Anyone working to mitigate any aspects of the…
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…
Talking to people has never been my thing. I have always been an introvert, preferring to spend my time with plants and animals and rocks and wind rather than humans.…
Early one morning, as we drove from suburbs into farmland, my friend’s dashboard emitted a worrisome DING and this warning appeared on the GPS screen: Confirmation Unverified area ahead. Exercise…
Nature Easing Environmental Anger, Anxiety, and Grief (Editor's note: this article was written for a course at Rockhurst University on "Writing for the Environment." Students paired with nonprofit organizations to…