Anticipating Political Conversations During the Holidays As the year draws to a close, many look forward to the holiday season and the potential to gather with friends, loved ones, and…
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…
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…
Article by Karen Uhlenhuth For me, the entry point for tackling our climate crisis was a tree. And then another. And another. The scale of climate breakdown is daunting and…
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…
The Resilient Activist believes environmentalists can protect and nourish the earth only when they are nourished themselves. By teaching people how to self-tend, set boundaries, prioritize joy, and find a…
The Resilient Activist tables at several events throughout KC. Here we were at the Go Green! Fair in September 2023. Photo credit: Briana "I don't think I'm an activist..." As…
The topic of resilience has been bouncing around popular media lately, perhaps without a lot of understanding about the word’s meaning or the process of acquiring it. The word even…
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…