Radical Joy Revealed is a collection of posts from our Newsletter
Pacific Island Youth: Beauty and Fight
November 3, 2021In 1992, when twelve-year-old Severn Cullis-Suzuki warned of the dangers of climate change at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the gathered leaders smiled approvingly at this articulate young woman with a moving message. …
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The Earth Has Been Mourned Before
October 27, 2021The 54-minute documentary, Living in the Time of Dying, produced by Michael Shaw, offers four viewpoints on the current and future state of the Earth. The prognosis, not surprisingly, is bad. Three of the people who share …
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Gone: One Beautiful Bird
October 20, 2021This month the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed removing 23 species of animals and plants from the Endangered Species List. Occasionally there are species, such as the Gray Wolf and the Northern Brown Kiwi, …
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Witness the Earth
October 13, 2021Recently I witnessed the raw beauty of Earth and sky and a ceremony to greet them, and I remembered something vital about living on this planet. I was spending a week in Hawaii, staying in …
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Wrestle the Angel— And Let Her Win
October 6, 2021A poem by Rilke, translated by Robert Bly as “Man Watching,” begins with the poet’s reflection on an approaching storm, then widens the focus to consider the immense forces that hammer and rearrange us humans, …
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Young People Look Ahead in Dread— And RadJoy Might Help
September 29, 2021“Why should I want to live in this world that doesn’t care?” That tragic comment was one child’s answer to a survey conducted by Avaaz, a global organization that promotes activism on a variety of issues. …
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For the Life of an Animal
September 22, 2021When you see an animal lying on the side of the road, killed by a car, it seems to bear a kind of naked indignity. It is the very picture of neglect, its body tossed …
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Accept Amazement!
September 18, 2021During a Zoom meeting in the early days of the COVID pandemic, a man in New York City suddenly gasped, “Oh, wow!” Then he said, “Wait a minute.” Everyone waited a little nervously as he …
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