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I attended a Yawanawa Singing Circle hosted by a German medicine woman in Kenya. She acknowledged that neither she nor her (native) teachers knew the meaning of the words they sang, but were preserving the tradition for its emotional resonance. Which I read as, « we hope that someday we’ll understand better why it feels significant to do this » Cool mystery! Not a basis for running modern organizations
— Dec 13, 2025 10:54PM
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Kathleen
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Rewarding but wow, still a heavy and painful read. To return to: 1. Life fixes things. Bring life - plants, people, animals, microbes - and it’s probably climate friendly; 2. No, soil is not sentient. Honoring traditional practices doesn’t mean nature is God; 3. I’m glad you “made your voice heard.” Sadly - like when “breaking your silence” - no one hears who isn’t listening
— Feb 17, 2026 09:37AM
Kathleen
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Mary Annaïse Hegler brings the same tone to her essay that I appreciated in Johnston’s: there’s something grounding in acknowledging we are beyond the point of no consequence. But that makes every little thing we can save all the more important to live for
— Feb 11, 2026 05:42AM
Kathleen
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Admittedly I’m always happy when someone interrupts me reading this anthology 😅 So damn serious. I am enjoying finding climate poets, though! Added Hirshfield to my To Read list
— Feb 08, 2026 03:18AM
Kathleen
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Listening to this during a long run was probably more than I could digest at one time 😅 Idea that stuck out was by Pierre-Louis: all our stories assume humans are bad for the environment. Like, Earth would be better off without us, and our job is to minimize the damage. What could we change about our mental health / motivation as activists to develop a symbiotic narrative instead? 🤔
— Jan 19, 2026 09:01AM
Kathleen
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Jack Newfield is my 2026 muse: « Compassion without anger can become pity. Knowledge without anger stagnantes into cynicism. Anger improves lucidity, persistance, audacity, and memory. »
— Jan 16, 2026 08:38PM
Kathleen
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Katharine Hayhoe is legend as a climate communicator. She delivers here: talking effectively about climate change is choosing how to express a universal issue in terms of an individual’s personal values. Plus, haunting: « We are learning all the old things, newly shined and numbered. » - Anne Haven McDonnell
— Jan 14, 2026 02:41AM
Kathleen
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Interesting insight by Thomas that « Save the Ocean » may be more politically palatable than « Save the Planet. » Admittedly I ask the same question Gunn-Wright poses rhetorically - Is the Green New Deal just a a progressive omnibus? - but I downloaded the bill to read anyway because she’s right that unified values preclude actionable plans
— Jan 11, 2026 04:38AM
Kathleen
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Yea I would work for Heather McTeer Toney. She sounds boss. Harjo’s reflections on eligibility for elected office were also thoughtful
— Jan 01, 2026 03:59AM
Kathleen
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The work Mary Anne Hitt’s led on the US Beyond Coal campaign is really impressive 👏🏻
— Jan 01, 2026 02:36AM
Kathleen
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“ Showing up creates the possibility for something different to happen.” - Abbie Dillen, President, Earthjustice
— Dec 29, 2025 03:04AM
