Stories of people learning to be creative and resilient, finding new solutions to minimize the harm from climate disruption.
Earlier this month, I attended the 2026 Midwest Climate Summit in Cleveland, Ohio — my second time at this gathering hosted by the Midwest Climate Collaborative. What I found, again, was not just a conference, but a community of people showing up honestly for one another and for a changing world. Here is what I took away.
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…
NOTE: Read Grief in the Middle East... our founder's response for more context to this post. For these many months, we’ve stood witness to the violence, occupation, and genocide enacted in…
A conversation about the tens of thousands of people being killed in Gaza was the flashpoint for developing The Resilient Activist's response, A Letter to Our Community .... This post…
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…
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.
As the world has started to recognize the importance of using plants that have evolved with the insects and animals of a region, Deep Roots has stepped up with its latest offering to assist landowners. Through their new “Nature Advisors” program, a team of two will help you evaluate your property by identifying invasive species, looking at rainwater management opportunities, and increasing options for wildlife habitat through plantings.
Last year, as I was walking the paths, it occurred to me that these trees were in trouble. Unless the collars were removed, the trees that were now established would start growing through the mesh which would harm them in the long-term... I stated that the trees needed someone who cared about them to do this task and that I was not going to give up.
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(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…