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Click on the map (or read below) for stories of people who have made beauty for hurt and endangered places throughout the years. And check back soon. Our featured stories will change every month!
The Wild, Sad Beauty of Gulf Coast Rising
On Saturday, October 30, 2010, three months after the disastrous BP oil spill that had spewed 130 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico was finally stopped, Radical Joy for Hard Times presented [...]
Indigenous Soul Awakens at Black Rock
I am sitting in the late afternoon sun of a summer evening on ancient limestone rocks on the shores of the Great Salt Lake— a vast desert lake, 7 times saltier than the ocean, an [...]
Forest Ninja Summer Camp
Thriving Roots Wilderness School offers the Forest Ninja Summer Camp with our amazing lead instructor, Alaina Hallett, and 15 awesome children in Victoria British Columbia. The children gathered materials for and created an owl together [...]
A town affected by violence
From the 2016 Global Earth Exchange Un pueblo afectado por la violencia (A town affected by violence ) (translation below) Este pueblo está afectado por la violencia donde precisamente vamos a hacer el Museo de [...]
Beauty for the Country of Ukraine June 21, 2014
Ukraine joined June 21 for worldwide movement Global Earth Exchange. This bird is placed on burnt ground. We were creating this bird with thoughts about the injuries that people and the land of Ukraine have [...]
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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
From the 2017 Global Earth Exchange: Last week, I spent 3 days camping and hiking with two of my closest women friends. We all needed some girl time and some time in the wild. We [...]
Writer’s Brook
In our village there’s a path that leads to a running brook. There’s not a house in sight. I go there after a day of writing. I take off my sandals, slip my feet into [...]