This surprising moment of hope for our democracy and our planet

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Written By Kerry M

This moment of unexpected hope for our country and the world is a wonderful time to revisit the possibility of an empowered future for those of us wishing to protect our planet and all its sentient beings.

I have long thought hope is a strategy—well sort of… because hope gives us the courage to fight for what we believe in. Since the publication of Here: Poems for the Planet by Copper CanyonPress in 2019, there have been so many ongoing developments.

As two small examples, I recently came upon https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240206-hannah-ritchie-sustainability-data-spreads-hope-not-doomism.

and Craig Perez’s ( @craigperez ) brilliant and information-filled article https://thegeorgiareview.com/posts/teaching-ecopoetry-in-a-time-of-climate-change/




Kerry M
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