Earth Day is for Regeneration

Regeneration is not only about bringing the world back to life; it is about bringing each of us back to life. It has meaning and scope; it expresses hope and kindness; it involves imagination and creativity. It is inclusive, engaging, and generous. And everyone can do it.
~ www.regeneration.org

Earth Day is for Regeneration

Dear Planet People,

This year we will celebrate Earth Day on Monday April 22, 2024. It’s a good day to think again about Regeneration.

Regeneration means putting life at the center of every action and decision. It applies to all of creation -grasslands, farms, people, forests, fish, wetlands, coastlands and oceans—and it applies equally to families, communities, cities, schools, religions, cultures, commerce, and governments. Nature and humanity are composed of exquisitely complex networks of relationships, without which forests, lands, oceans, countries, and cultures will perish.
Our planet and youth are telling us the same story. Vital connections have been severed between human beings and nature; within nature itself; and between people, religions, governments, and commerce. This disconnection is the origin of the climate crisis, it is the very root—and it is where we discover solutions and actions that can engage people, regardless of income, race, gender, or belief…
If putting the future of life at the heart of everything we do is not central to our purpose and destiny, why are we here?

~Paul Hawken (Regeneration- Ending the climate crisis in one generation)

So as we celebrate Earth Day, let’s ponder about our role on this planet, let’s ask ourselves the question again:

If putting the future of life at the heart of everything we do is not central to our purpose and destiny, why are we here?

Wishing you a regenerative month!

Anne-Marie
April 16, 2024
424.92 ppm of atmospheric CO2 (safe level 350 ppm)

Earth Day Related Events offered by Friends

If you are still looking for Earth Day/Month events to join, here are a few offered by friends in the coming weeks:

Podcast: “We Are The Great Turning”
Joanna Macy and Jess Serrante in conversation

This podcast ia a 10 part series where Jess Serrante brings you to Joanna Macy’s dining room table for conversations about how to live in these times of climate change and global crisis with our hearts intact. It comes out on Earth Day, is free for all, and will be released as a part of the Sounds True Podcast Network.

Free Online Workshop:
“From Climate Anxiety to Climate Resilience”

If you are an educator, healer, mental health provider, coach, or in another helping profession, climate anxiety has most likely entered your office, classroom or coaching sessions.

In this free workshop, Alexandra Arnold, Climate Resilience Coach and Consultant, will show you tools such as emotional intelligence, reframing, harnessing the power of language, and embracing a prototyping mindset that can help transform climate anxiety into climate resilience for yourself and in your profession. This workshop is done in collaboration with the Vermont Collaborative for Practice Improvement and Innovation, a collaborative supporting mental health practitioners.

The Nature Summit returns this year with another set of luminaries, including my Awake In The Wild colleague, Dr. Rochelle Calvert, our teacher Mark Coleman, Paul Hawken whom I was quoting above, along with many others: Florence Williams, Jane Fonda, Marianne Williamson, Tara Brach, , Louie Schwartzberg, Peter Coyote, “V” (Eve Ensler), Lyla June, Michael Yellow Bird, Lynne Twist, Nina Simons, Valerie Mason-John, Daniel Siegel and more. You can see the complete list of presenters and register for free here.

Poem: Startlement by Ada Limòn