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.
Environmental Activists Can Be Self-Conscious
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.
Gardening for Wildlife–Creating a Sense of Place
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.
All the Baby Trees by Vivian Faulkner
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.
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…
Appeals to Mother Earth, a Poem
Once upon a time, when humans were still fairly new to living on the earth, they had a common language with Mother Earth. There was an arrangement and understanding between…
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…