Radical Joy for Hard Times is an organization, practice, and worldwide community that gives 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.
RADICAL JOY VALUES
We can’t wait to love the places we’re losing.
2019 Global Earth Exchange
Daring to Bear Witness
To do the RadJoy Practice takes a fierce love of a place and the courage to face it and make beauty for it when it’s fallen on hard times! And on the day of the Global Earth Exchange people all over the world do this bold act of caring with outrageous creativity on the same day. Join us this year on Saturday June 22!
Registration begins Friday March 15th!
Click on the map (or read below) for places and communities that have contributed to Global Earth Exchanges throughout the years…
GLOBAL EARTH EXCHANGE STORIES
Feed your soul with stories of heartache and radical joy!
Keep coming back! Featured stories will change regularly.
For the Hayarkon River and the Young Woman Who Almost Drowned in It
We chose the Hayarkon River as a wounded place for 2 reasons. First, it has gone through periods where it has been extremely polluted and toxic. The second reason is because of its relationship to [...]
For a Slashed Forest and Slain Wolves
Last week, I spent 3 days camping and hiking with two of my closest women [...]
Writer’s Brook
In our village there’s a path that leads to a running brook. There’s not a [...]
Climate Change Communication Class
The class is called Climate Change Communication and the students spent the semester learning about public understanding of climate change, social scientific studies of climate change denial, and effective communication techniques for climate change.
Healing Ceremony
On Global Earth Exchange Day, the women of The Willows at Red Oak Recovery sat in circle, contemplating, witnessing, and giving voice to our inherent connection to the Earth and each organism upon it.
Weltenwandler Ausbildung
Together with the students of our yearlong program we gathered between a field of monoculture and a raised blind. The two days before we had spent a lot of time on the land, in group as well as alone, during the day as well as at night.