Grateful for the light of beauty and Mary Oliver’s potent words.

If we experience ourselves as separate individuals, compassion is generosity directed outward. If we experience ourselves as one body, compassion is simply the natural response to our shared condition, and serving another is no longer sacrifice. It is participation in reality.

Living in the heartache of devastating Pacific Northwest fires, Rebecca Solnit’s words once again are both a salve and an evocative metaphor for the truth and work of our time. Climate work is peace work. 🙏🏼 @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social & @joindayenu.bsky.social

How Bogota offers a blueprint for climate-smart, resilient urban growth reut.rs/4fBhPCB

How Bogota offers a blueprint for climate-smart, resilient urban growth

Cities often treat housing, transport and climate policy as separate agendas. In practice, they are inseparable. A home determines water and energy demand, exposure to heat or scarcity, daily travel time, and whether climate action lowers household costs or remains a distant target.

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So vital to learn from these courageous people and places.

evacide@evacide.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Today is a good day to remember that authoritarianism is not inevitable, overthrowing fascists is possible, and good things can still happen. www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...

How to keep showing up with a broken heart: be steady loving action, and look for the steady, loving action. Potent medicine by Mariame Kaba. open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu...

The Magic of Showing Up

720 Weeks On 79th and Cottage Grove

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I so appreciate these powerful quotes and how they remind me of the word Possibilitarian from artist Kelly Rae Roberts,

Dr. Aaron Thierry@thierryaaron.bsky.social · last yr.

"To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing" - Raymond Williams "To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality" - Bell Hooks

Joanna‘s words permeate me more deeply, the more we face. Such a tender, potent way to see the wisdom and love in the grief and anger and questions. Seeds of life in here too.

If you would like to help indigenous communities in northern Ontario who have lost everything in the wild fires, you can donate with True North Aid. Miigwech. truenorthaid.ca

‘The Lanterns,’ Charles Courtney Curran, circa 1910 ✨

Oh this luminous heart, Joanna Macy. So powerful that even in hospice, her dear ones say she's singing songs of the Great Turning... She is a Great Song, a portal into deep Earth love & belonging. Cherishing and honoring her gift to my life and so many kindreds and Life itself. Bodhisattva ❤️‍🔥🙏🏼.

I love this definition by dear Joanna because it is courage and love in action.

Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · last yr.

“Active Hope is not wishful thinking. Active Hope is not waiting to be rescued by the Lone Ranger or by some savior. Active Hope is waking up to the beauty of life on whose behalf we can act." — Joanna Macy (May 2, 1929 – July 19, 2025)

Reading these powerful words again on the year anniversary of Joanna’s Macy’s homecoming.

Brooke@bkuhnhaus.bsky.social · last yr.

“I feel honored to carry the seeds of Joanna’s flourishing garden deep in the rich soil of my being…so many of us will carry her vision & her deep love forward, embody the joy & purposefulness that Joanna so completely lived to navigate the Great Turning.” ~Nina Simons bioneers.org/joanna-macy-...

"Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life." - Hermann Hesse 🎨 Julia Tar

Love @jasondovemark.bsky.social idea of earth memory as a vital path for restoration of our planet. Can’t wait to read this!

Jason Dove Mark@jasondovemark.bsky.social · last mo.

OMG, it's happening! Today is the official publication date of my new book, The Earth Said Remember Me: How to Revive Our Memories and Restore the Planet

Oh, this was a needed belly laugh in the midst of it all… I remember our printed-out maps like an ancient mariner too 🗺️⛵️😂@alexnavarro.bsky.social

Alex Navarro@alexnavarro.bsky.social · last mo.

this is why you come to Bluesky. to listen to people in their 40s speak wistfully of online map printouts like ancient sea captains speak of guiding themselves by the moon and stars.

Our nod to the Owl Nebula. 🙏 'Nebula Owl' looks through time and space to reflect the beauty of the universe and each of you. An owl gazes through the dark, A silent watcher, a cosmic spark. In the vast expanse, it stands alone, A quiet sentinel, a wise old crone. #owl #space #sciart

This summer is a good time to read and discuss books about organizing and resistance. Let This Radicalize You is presently 40% off if you purchase it through Haymarket.

Let This Radicalize You

Doing Justice: The Revolution of Rescue and Reciprocal Care is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building power in an era of destabilization and catastrophe.

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“Wren Sang the Moon to Rise" 🎨 Jackie Morris #owlishmonday

“‘There’s an opportunity for us to set a new standard, to show America that we can restore, as humans, a watershed that’s been degraded for the last 100-plus years.’ He’s proud that tribal nations are leading the effort.” Great @btoastie.bsky.social story on Tribes returning salmon to the Klamath.

The Klamath Tribes couldn’t get federal dollars for salmon. Then the Yurok stepped in - High Country News

For more than 100 years, salmon had been absent from the Klamath Tribe’s lands — a fact that cut them off from funding sources to fix that.

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If Fourth of July fireworks aren’t your thing, the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is offering a quieter light show. The annual Firefly Viewing Nights lets visitors trade fireworks for fireflies, as naturalists warn the glowing insects are disappearing in many parts of the country.

Firefly viewing nights return to the U of M Arboretum with a silent fireworks show

A summer tradition at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum lets visitors trade fireworks for fireflies, as naturalists warn the glowing insects are disappearing in many parts of the country.

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It’s really nice to have something American to root for right now. And of course it’s a team of immigrants and the children of service members who are mainly Black and Brown. The USMNT represents MY America.

USMNT Wonderstrike Moments

ALT: USMNT Wonderstrike Moments

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The videos from different immigrant communities across the country celebrating their World Cup teams is just the perfect summation of what's actually worth celebrating about 250 years of the USA. I love this so much. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

In the United States, Every World Cup Team Is a Home Team

At block parties, backyards and beer halls, an expanded tournament gave immigrant diasporas large and small the chance to revel in support of their home countries.

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I love the World Cup thing where you have a window open, and you’re watching a fun game and then bam, you hear a round of cheering because your neighborhood is suddenly all huge fans of The Congo

Strawberry moon poetry by Franny Choi sustaining me tonight —and fresh strawberries 🍓.

Today is a good day to remember that authoritarianism is not inevitable, overthrowing fascists is possible, and good things can still happen. www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...

Tens of thousands march in the first Budapest Pride since Viktor Orbán was voted out

Saturday's Pride march came a little more than a year after Orbán's nationalist-populist government passed legislation and a constitutional amendment to outlaw the event, drawing criticism from human ...

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I now fervently believe this. Relatedly, I think celebrating good news and embracing joy are equally radical. You have to remember what you’re fighting for. We cannot sustainably organize around sorrow.

Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I’m coming to understand that maintaining hope is radical.

Pt 2: May this solstice invite us into deeper gratitude for the earth, renewed commitment to compassionate action, and a profound appreciation for the interdependence that sustains all life.

Keep an eye out for this beauty tonight and tomorrow just after sunset.

Spending time in Oregon’s biggest dark sky sanctuary at Summer Lake hot springs a week ago was one of the most potent vitalizing experiences. Still reverberating. 📸: Dark Sky Oregon