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Wyn Wiley / Pattie Gonia Quote
"Queerness exists in nature all around us. Nature never gives us binaries, either/ors, male or female, black or white, gay or straight."

Wanjiku (Wawa) Gatheru Quote
"While we should never feel shamed for our capacity to love without return, we shouldn't have to give up our livelihoods in the process."

"The connection between women and the earth, which is so deeply embedded in cultures around the world, laid the foundation for ecofeminism, a framework that explores the perceptions and treatment of women and nature in society (defined by French feminist Françoise d'Eaubonne in 1974)."

"In July 2018, after leaving a community policing shift, activist Rolando Crispin López, who fought for the protection of Indigenous communities for years and against the wind projects, was murdered by a municipal police officer in a drive-by motorcycle shooting." Pg 125

"This occupation led to annexation and an aggressive push from American settlers to ban the teaching of Native Hawaiian language and culture, in addition to destroying Indigenous government structures and policies (including universal health care)." Pg 97

"43 PERCENT of African Americans live in urban 'heat islands,' neighborhoods with fewer green spaces, diminished tree cover, and increased asphalt and concrete, which retain heat and lead to higher ambient temperatures." Pg 88

"The impacts are not borne equally by all populations." ... "The worst damage of the hurricane, Bostean writes, was found in 'predominantly Black neighborhoods, yet the relief was far slower and inadequate compared with that provided in predominantly white and higher-income neighborhoods, despite those being less impacted.'"

"The GAO's 1983 report 'Siting of Hazardous Waste Landfills and Their Correlation with Racial and Economic Status' concluded that in three out of the four primary toxic landfill sites, the surrounding communities were Black, with over 26 percent of residents living below the poverty line. This was one of the first government-issued studies that presented clear data-driven findings of environmental racism."

"The demographics of the U.S. are changing rapidly, and people of color are projected to collectively become a majority by 2045; even so, there are still systemic barriers and obstacles tied to privilege that contribute to inequality." Pg 53

"The Bean v. Southwestern Waste Management, Inc. lawsuit took place in Houston, where even though Black residents represented only 25 percent of the population, Black neighborhoods had a disproportionately high number of waste disposal sites." Pg 45

"All across the United States, Black and low-income communities were plagued with environmental hazards that impacted the health of residents and often resulted in illness, worsened quality of life, and death." Pg 39

“The CRC believed that oppressed people should be able to define their own political ideologies and organizations and advocate for their specific interests without silencing themselves; they termed this ability to self-determine 'identity politics.”

“Every job looks easy when you’re not the one doing it because the challenges faced by someone in the arena are often invisible to those in the crowd.”

30 lessons for living by Karl pillemer
Think Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

“The following are examples of thoughts during work:
Is there a better way to do this?
Who can I ask for help?
What if we tried it this way?
What would happen if..?
(insert any idea, insight, or breakthrough)” pg 116

“All the magic happens in this space of nothing-ness. … all athletes go through intense training periods, but the best athletes know that they need an equally intense period of rest afterward to stay in peak performance. It is during this rest period that they recover, build muscle, and become stronger.
The space they create through rest is where the progress they want from the workout manifests.” Pg 107

“To surrender to the ebbs and flows of life and accept things as they are instead of how you think they should be. It's not about trying to force things to happen a certain way but about trusting that you will be okay no matter what happens.” Pg 100

“ This does not mean we should not use our intel-lect, logic, and reason. Rather, it is about using them without negative judgment and trusting our intuitive decisions so that we don't end up in a spiral of overthinking and suffering. “ pg 98

“If I had infinite money, had no fear, and didn’t feel the need to receive any recognition, what would I do or create?“ pg 87

“ Goals from desperation are typically rooted in fear and make your happiness conditional on achieving them. Goals from inspiration are rooted in love and focus more on the joy of doing over the outcome. The joy comes from the act itself, not just what you externally get out of it. “ pg 83

“ There are two sources of goals: goals created out of inspiration and goals created out of desperation. “ pg 78

“ Step five is to experience your emotions fully. Most of our destructive habits and behaviors come from the avoidance and suppression of emotions. When we ignore or fight our feelings, we only make our suffering worse. We are not trying to bypass our emotions. Rather, we are trying to accept and feel them fully without judgment. “ pg 63

“ most of us are chasing external things so that we can feel something inside innocently forgetting that all feelings are
generated within us “ pg 51

“If we keep allowing this thinking to direct our lives, we will stay in a state of fight or flight, anxiety, fear, frustration, depression, anger, resentment, and negative emotion because the mind views everything as a threat to our very existence. And it is this tendency of our minds that leads us to the torturous thinking at the root of our suffering.” Pg 31

“Event + Same thinking = Same experience
Event + New thinking = New experience” pg 22

“And if that is true, then we are only ever one thought away from transforming our lives and letting go of our suffering.” Pg21

I’m about to quote dumb and give the book to Andy