1344 || debunking myths about immigrants

FACT: Immigrants are 60% LESS likely to commit a crime than an American born citizen. It's been studied for decades and immigrants make our communit…

1 year, 5 months ago

1343 || the white rose campaign

We don't often hear stories of non-violent resistance, today we explore the influential "white-rose campaign" used in 1942 to resist Nazi Germany.

To…

1 year, 5 months ago

1342 || 8 steps to manage eco-anxiety

Dealing with eco-anxiety is easier with the UPSTREAM method, as introduced by Karen Magruder.

Understanding + compassion

Participating

Self-talk

Trauma …

1 year, 5 months ago

1341 || changeable optimism against doomerism

Optimism is the only thing that works — but only if we don’t assume that progress is inevitable.

Hannah Richie's article for Vox: https://www.vox.com…

1 year, 5 months ago

1340 || what to know about the impending doom

Understand how doom filled headlines aim to manipulate you.Focus on the science, and on the fact that scientists see a path forward.Take action, beca…

1 year, 5 months ago

1339 || rules for resisting authoritarianism

7 RULES on Approaching Authoritarian Supporters

What if your neighbor, friend or family member supports the authoritarian regime?

Rule 1

Don’t look down…

1 year, 6 months ago

1338 || what to expect from an authoritarian regime

What to expect under an authoritarian regime:

1. Democratic election through fear mongering.

2. They will divide + rule.

3. They will subjugate media ou…

1 year, 6 months ago

1337 || for the doomers

Doomerism is a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you don't think there's hope, you won't take the action towards a more hopeful future. It's in our best i…

1 year, 6 months ago

1336 || a paradise built in hell (part II)

"In an era whose sense of the human psyche is dominated by entertainment and consumerism and by therapy culture—the personal and private are most oft…

1 year, 6 months ago

1335 || paradise built in hell

"If paradise now arises in hell, it's because in the suspension of the usual order and the failure of most systems, we are free to live and act anoth…

1 year, 6 months ago