The 2023 Global Earth Exchange
Speak Grief, Speak Beauty!
Saturday, June 17
Worldwide
On this day we come together to grieve what’s vanishing from the places we love—and exult in the beauty that remains!
About
For 14 years people around the world have been going to places they care about that are damaged or endangered, sharing what they love about those places, and making gifts of gratitude to them.
This year on June 17, we continue this beloved tradition of the Global Earth Exchange!. To honor the amazing ability of the Earth to find ways of prevailing during hard times, we turn our attention not just to what is hurt in this place but also to what is thriving and beautiful.
And this year, besides telling one another about what we experience, we will speak our grief and our sense of beauty to the place itself!
How often do we actually talk to the trees, the rivers, the little neighborhood parks we live among and love? When we can actually speak our emotions out loud, we contribute our presence and our voice to the place… and feel our own hearts opening.
Your 2023 Global Earth Exchange Flag
If you’re ready to make a commitment to a hurt place and are one of the first 75 people to sign up for the 2023 Global Earth Exchange, you’ll receive a beautiful hand-painted Radical Joy for Hard Times flag made by a diverse group of children environmentalists in London. So when you register, be sure to include your mailing address on the registration form, so we can send your flag!
(NOTE: We can only send flags to those who have identified their chosen place.)
Ideas and Questions
To get ideas and inspiration for your Global Earth Exchange, read the stories of others who have participated in this special event.
Looking for a wounded place near you? AreaHub gives all kinds of information about fracking sites, brownfields, cell towers, flood and tornado zones, and other areas of concern. Just type in your address or zip code.
The 5 Suggested Steps of the Earth Exchange
Ways to Prepare for a GEx
Watch our Zoom gathering and discover.
- how to choose your wounded place
- what to say when you invite friends to participate
- what to do when you get there
Here’s our discussion with regular Global Earth Exchange practitioners Kinde Nebeker and Eugene Hughes from 2021.