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RadJoy Gex 2023

The 2023 Global Earth Exchange

Speak Grief, Speak Beauty! 

Saturday, June 17

Worldwide

The Earth gives so much to us!

And on the day of the Global Earth Exchange, we take the opportunity to give back.

Every year since 2010 people around the world have gathered together on this special day to give attention and simple gifts of gratitude to places they love that are hurt or under threat.

This year you came from 19 U.S. states and eleven countries to give attention and beauty to places you care about! These places ranged from a clearcut forest in Sweden to one small, endangered plant in a Hawaiian yard… from a park in Maryland to a former battlefield in Lebanon… from rivers in many places to personal stories of healing and regeneration.

Read the stories here.

And remember—any day is a perfect day for giving back to the Earth!

Read below about some of the amazing ways that people find and make beauty for the places they love.

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.

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Radical Joy Values

We can’t wait to love the places we’re losing.

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.

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Your Stories

Feed your soul with stories of heartache and radical joy!

Keep coming back! Featured stories will change regularly.

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