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A New Coat for a Venerable Tree
A beautiful 140-year-old hemlock at the artist Frederic Church’s estate and museum, Olana, in Hudson, New York, died a few months ago of natural causes. Jean Shin, a sculptor who specializes in using cast-off objects [...]
The Beauty of Wounded Places
When we say a place is wounded, we mean it can no longer do what it once did. It is disabled. It’s a force of life that has fallen on hard times and is struggling [...]
If Mother Earth Isn’t Feeling So Well
“If Mother Earth isn’t feeling well, you can cheer her up by doing something nice for her,” said Annie Hess, whose son Elan started participating in the Global Earth Exchange when he was eight years [...]
NEWS FROM OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY
Latest news and upcoming events from the Radical Joy community
Th 201 Global Earth Exchange is more “exchange” than ever!
Our annual Global Earth Exchange has always been about the"exchange" of gifts between you and a place you love that's been hurt or is under threat. The place has given so much to others—plants, waters, [...]
Global Earth (Gift) Exchange
June 12, 2021 Worldwide People and the Earth have something in common. They both give beauty even when they hurt! Join people around the world for our 12th annual Global Earth Exchange—and exchange gifts with [...]
Register now: Attending to Place course!
A Radical Joy for Hard Times practice of connecting to the wounded land Presented by Harriet Sams and Sasha Daucus Zoom calls on Thursdays—April 29, May 13, May 27, June 10, and June 24— 12 [...]
RECENT STORIES
Stories shared by the Radical Joy community
Climate Change Communication Class—Eckerd College
Skaket Beach, Orleans Massachusetts. This beach is one of my favorite places on the Cape to watch the sunset. The bay you see in the picture is becoming more and more of a wounded place. [...]
Radical Joy for Hard Times: Healing ourselves as we try to heal the world around us
Although I like to think that taking my Climate Change Communication class is a rewarding journey, I know that can also be emotionally taxing. We spend the entire semester talking about climate change, obviously, so [...]
Recreating beauty in a wounded national park
The south-east of Australia lost much of its wild places over the (southern) summer of 2019/20. Uncontainable bush fires ran through from August 2019 to early February 2020. People died, houses were lost and forest [...]
For Travelers at the Border
Carol Zuccarino is volunteering and living at a shelter on the border of Mexico to work with asylum seekers. She sent the following description of their Global Earth Exchange: Yesterday our small group of three [...]
IN THE MEDIA
Articles and references to Radical Joy in the media
Guerrilla Beauty
When the levees breached and New Orleans waters started surging under the front door of their home, Delores Ossevaito and her husband didn’t have time to grab anything except their two dogs before dashing outside, [...]
Global Day of Mourning Featured in Forbes Magazine blog
It goes without saying that the majority of people around the world were ready to say goodbye to 2020 last week. In embracing 2021, many took to social media, posting images and quotes about their [...]
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