The first 2023 Global Earth Exchange story has arrived from Germany.
Ramey Rieger, a translator in English and German, has formed a group inventively called Die Erde Zu(ge)hören. In German, zuhörenmeans “to listen to”, while and zugehören means “to belong to”. Ramey was inspired to launch the German group as a result of her participation in the Earth Listening group, which RadJoy member Sasha Daucus facilitates for the Deep Adaptation Forum.
Here is Ramey’s description of her Global Earth Exchange:
This a field of strawberries cultivated by our local conventional farmer. He covers the Earth in plastic, sprays Roundup (Glyphosat) between the rows to keep the weeds down and uses all kinds of pesticides and fungicides. Then, each year, he throws miles of plastic away. Heartbreaking!
I drummed and called down a blessing for the Earth here. A beautiful experience I will be sure to repeat each time I walk past—which I usually avoid doing when I’m not feeling strong. Now, thanks to your impulse, I will do so often and send prayers and acts of Beauty to this wounded Earth.