RADICAL JOY REVEALED
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How very loud a wounded place speaks: Radical Joy Revealed
The following excerpt is from our very first Global Earth Exchange in 2009. The writer, Meredith Little of Big Pine, California, chose as her wounded place the Owens Valley, a once fertile riparian area whose [...]
A Walk Through Ragged Beauty
You never know where you'll find beauty amidst ugliness and waste --- and you never know when the act of making beauty there can bring extraordinary gifts. This personal story by Harriet Sams of Yorkshire, England [...]
This Place Is Wounded
Right now, Christchurch, New Zealand is a wounded place. After a racist gunman killed fifty people there last week and wounded many others, the city and country that pride themselves on providing a safe home [...]
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NEWS FROM OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY
Latest news and information about the Radical Joy community
2019 Global Earth Exchange Flags in Process!
We're thrilled to be giving a free hand-painted Radical Joy for Hard Times flag to the first 100 people who sign up for the Global Earth Exchange. These beautiful flags, measuring 7 x 10 inches, [...]
RadJoy Chosen to Host Annual Meeting at Omega Institute
Radical Joy for Hard Times has been chosen by New York State Council of Nonprofits to be one of a select group of organizations to hold their annual meeting at Omega Institute.
Dare to Bear Witness: 2019 Global Earth Exchange
The 2019 Global Earth Exchange is Saturday, June 22 Our theme for this year is DARING TO BEAR WITNESS! To do the RadJoy Practice takes a fierce love of a place and the courage to [...]
FEATURED STORIES
Stories shared by the Radical Joy community
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 [...]
For the Hayarkon River and the Young Woman Who Almost Drowned in It
From the 2013 Global Earth Exchange: 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
REGISTER TO HOST!
Our 10th Global Earth Exchange, Daring To Bear Witness, is on June 22, 2019! If you are ready to practice Radical Joy, please register to Host your Exchange Event as part of our Global event.
IN THE MEDIA
Articles and references to Radical Joy in the media
Radical Joy for Hard Times Selected as a “Top Spiritual Book of 2018”
Spirituality and Practice has chosen Trebbe Johnson's Radical Joy for Hard Times: Finding Meaning and Making Beauty for Earth's Broken Places as one of their Top 50 Spiritual Books of 2018!
Clearcuts, oil spills, hurricane damage: How to love broken places
Listen to Trebbe at Yale Climate Connections… Author Trebbe Johnson offers advice on coping with environmental destruction in her new book, ‘Radical Joy for Hard Times’.
Showing gratitude and raising awareness for drinking water sources
Radical Joy for Hard Times, and our board member Polly Howells, were featured in an article by Violet Snow in the Rural America section of In These Times.
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