From the Lake District to Dorset
As we set off for our vacation in West Dorset, we expected to find many sadly neglected areas along the roadside and around service stations as we journeyed and had planned to do ‘guerrilla sowing [...]
Kilvey Earth Exchange
My mother had an operation the day before the Global Earth Exchange, so due to the uncertainty as to how that would unfold, we didn't make it official, as didn't want to let people down. [...]
The Border Wall That’s Beautiful
Ever since he ran for office, Donald Trump has been boasting that he would build a wall between Mexico and the United States strong enough to keep immigrants away. According to Trump, those who are [...]
Honoring Healing Waters
We met in the early morning on the summer solstice at the river. Our group included elders, parents and children. Together we created a ceremony where all participants added to our communal offering to acknowledge, [...]
Resilient Place…Heals Hearts
Although we were a small group, we had a very meaningful impact with our radical joy event. We selected an area of the park that worked for all our members and cleaned up the garbage [...]
The River Is Us
The weather was perfect today, after many, many days of torrential rains in the area. Everyone who had expressed interest in joining me today bowed out, so only my husband and I went to our [...]
Global Earth Exchange for an old candy factory
I did a solo Global Earth Exchange today, June 22, at the former site of the Peter Paul Mounds factory in Naugatuck, CT. Opened in 1922, closed in 2007, razed in 2011 and still a [...]
Saint Barbara of the Polish Miners
Mining for brown (lignite) coal is a main industry of Poland despite EU fines. Local activists including those in the Czech Republic and Germany are working on strategies to change this and bring in a [...]