Radical Joy for Hard Times is an organization, practice, and worldwide community dedicated to giving back to those places on Earth that have given so much to us and can’t give what they used to.
Every Place Matters
Radical Joy for Hard Times is a worldwide community of people dedicated to bringing meaning, beauty, and value to places that have been damaged by human or natural acts.
We are willing to face the sorrow we feel when the places we care about have been hurt and to respond not by turning our backs but by boldly stepping forth to spend time with these places and offer them gifts of love and gratitude for all they have given to us. We believe that in these troubling times, taking care of the places where we live in the present, even as we work for a better future is an essential tool for survival.
Listening to the land and to one another, we discover a new sense of belonging. We gain the courage to go through hard times, for we see that it is always possible to give beauty and kindness. We recognize that all places, like all people, have inherent value. We discover that, although we may disagree with our neighbors about some things, we share a deep and abiding love of place.
We understand that we are all connected in the common ground beneath our hearts.
Join us as we strengthen and nourish our global network together!
Join RadJoy Community, the online hub for people who are committed to finding and making wild acts of beauty in hurt and challenged places! Share stories and photos, meet other people who are bringing gifts and attention to the Earth. You’re welcome whether you’ve been doing the RadJoy Practice for years or if you’re just discovering it and want to know more.
Global Earth Exchange Stories
Feed your soul with stories of heartache and radical joy!
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Climate Change Communication Class—Eckerd College
Skaket Beach, Orleans Massachusetts. This beach is one of my favorite places on the Cape to watch the sunset. The bay you see in the picture is becoming more and more of a wounded place. [...]
Radical Joy for Hard Times: Healing ourselves as we try to heal the world around us
Although I like to think that taking my Climate Change Communication class is a rewarding [...]
Recreating beauty in a wounded national park
The south-east of Australia lost much of its wild places over the (southern) summer of [...]
For Travelers at the Border
Carol Zuccarino is volunteering and living at a shelter on the border of Mexico to [...]
But the trees never came back
There are woods in back of my house that are very dear to me—I walk [...]
Overhauling
This year’s story: I found this sign in a shop and found it amusing as [...]