Climate Activists and Psychological Distress
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…
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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…
From Lawn to Wildlife Habitat: Conservation Starts in Your Own Backyard
The planting bed, roughly 25 x8. Upper left is flower and leaf from Leadplant, and Blue Grama grass in the middle. I’m hooked. I want to garden for wildlife by…
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…
I’ll Never Be the Next Jane Goodall
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.…
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…
The Delight in Cultivating Joy and Beauty
As I was finishing up my last blog post on Cultivating Play and Rest, Brené Brown dropped another and very timely podcast with Karen Walrond, author of the Lightmaker’s Manifesto.…
Dreaming and the GPS
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…
Our Earth Walk
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…