so to continue the mood as I putter through Sunday tasks I dug into the conversation with @carolinelucas.bsky.social @boldpolitics.bsky.social. She speaks so beautifully. But also told this story: www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2022... #ActiveHope = holding sadness & joy, courage & vulnerability

Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here

If you read one thing today - try this @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social on why we need to stop looking for solo superheroes to save us - and look towards collective communities and the transformative power they hold www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m... #giftarticle #climate #environment #activeHope

“Believe in yourself, learn, and never stop wanting to build a better world.”

— Mary McLeod Bethune

#BlackHistoryMonth #activehope #NewAmericanDream

This is so lovely, and I'm including it in the talk I'm writing about 'hope in dark and difficult times' #ActiveHope

Buddhists to Join Interfaith Protest in Minneapolis Minnesota Zen teacher Ben Connelly on why his Buddhist vow to end suffering impels him to work for nonviolence, safety, and community solidarity in embattled Minneapolis.

The thing that has lifted me up this week, is MARCH - Multifaith Anti-racist Change and Healing - the hundreds of Rabbis, Pastors, Buddhist teachers of all schools, and others going to Minnesota to 'Do Justice. Love Kindness. Stop ICE.' www.lionsroar.com/buddhists-to... #HopeinAction #ActiveHope

“In The Meantime”

Meanwhile, flowers still bloom.
The moon rises, and the sun….

…And, while death claims all things at the end,
There were such precious times between,
In which everything was radiant
And we loved, again, this world.

- Tom Hirons

#activehope #awakening #NewAmericanDream

But wait! For this to happen someone somewhere has to believe it possible and actually try? Otherwise it's the same old, acceptance ideology of MAD. #green #activehope

A messenger of hope David Lorimer pays tribute to Jane Goodall (1934-2025), a woman who inspired millions of people around the world to care for our precious planet Earth

A messenger of #hope

David Lorimer pays tribute to Dr. Jane Goodall, a woman who inspired millions of people around the world to care for our precious planet Earth. "She urges us not to lose hope, but rather to think about the actions we can take every day."

#ActiveHope #JaneGoodall #Earth #Care

image of old yellowed book cover with title 'The Prevention and Correction of Left-handedness in Children' by author J.W. Conway

At work, reading a newsletter about inclusive education, which includes this sign-off to encourage us: "I hope this image of a book, which appears ridiculous today, gives some hope to all of you carrying the weight of the fight for inclusion." #inclusion #inclusion2026 #activehope

"The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope."

- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
#Advent #hope #activehope #community

“The greatest, most profound, tenderest things in the world, we must wait for. It happens not here in a storm but according to the divine laws of sprouting, growing, and becoming.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, writing from a Nazi prison

#Advent #hope #activehope

Hope Is a Verb: My Take Home from AlterCOP 30 Speaking at AlterCOP 30 Australia was a real privilege. Walking my bike into a space filled with people who had chosen to spend three days thinking, feeling and acting for the climate reminded me that...

Honoured to guest speak at #AlterCOP30 Australia.

These people aren’t passive spectators. They’re organisers, volunteers, and community leaders living active hope in the climate crisis.

My reflection.👇🏽
www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/hope-is...

#ClimateAction #ActiveHope #eBike4Australia

Walking back to Hope – Acuity Design

It’s impossible for people (or political parties) to have Hope if they’re walking on a spiral of hate acuity.design/walking-back... #ActiveHope

Walking back to Hope I attended an Active Hope workshop yesterday run by Linda Aspey. It’s a theory I had not encountered before. I was looking for a clearly…

On Medium, acuity-design.medium.com/walking-back... on encountering people and walking back from hate and othering to gratitude and hope

#ActiveHope #Radicalisation

Too bad the Las Vegas Motel in Tweed Heads didn’t have any vacancies.

Anyway Surfers Paradise isn’t really my thing so I’m pushing onto Brisvegas tonight!

#eBike4Australia #AlterCOP #ActiveHope #ClimateAction

Got waylaid yesterday on Bundjalung Country by heavy rain.

But am back on the road and am aiming to hit BrisVegas tonight.

A day earlier than planned.

Can’t wait to speak and engage at #AlterCOP30 Australia on Monday.

#eBike4Australia #ActiveHope #ClimateAction

Rural Climate Leaders: Perspectives from the Nambucca Valley Local heroes caring for Country - Janette Blainey, Luby Simson, Dinah Eadie and Marc PercivalLast night, after cycling 200km from Taree and watching the sun drop over the Nambucca River in Macksville,...

Country, community & culture - three Cs of real climate leadership.

I saw it live with Janette, Luby, Dinah & Marc in Nambucca Valley.

Their stories here.👇🏽

www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/rural-c...

#FirstNations #ClimateJustice #ActiveHope #eBike4Australia

Roots of Resilience: A Workshop with Linda Aspey — Aspey Associates Roots of Resilience explores resilience not as a private trait, but as a living web of connections that sustains us. Drawing on Active Hope and The Work That Reconnects, the workshop invites particip...

“..a brilliant introduction to the Work That Reconnects. At the end of the day, I felt reconnected with my interest in environmentalism, in a way that was both gentle & powerful.” My next 1-day online workshop 14 November www.aspey.com/gatherings/a...
#workthatreconnects #activehope #resilience

From COP to AlterCOP: Join Me for the People-Powered One For years, I was part of the so-called COPs. I represented Australia at the global climate conferences where negotiators spend sleepless nights arguing over commas. While emissiosn kept climbing, I he...

I used to negotiate at the “real” COPs.

Now I’m heading to #AlterCOP30Australia.

Where climate action is people-powered, just, and real.

Join free this November. 🌏👇🏽

#AlterCOP #AlterCOP30 #ClimateJustice #ActiveHope #CaringForCountry #eBike4Australia

www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/from-co...

Steve Simpson at Sidmouth Science Festival

Thanks to #BearingFruit for the invitation to speak at the #SidmouthScienceFestival. Programme also included #MyOctopusTeacher screening and #TomMustill's "How to be a Whale". Heartening discussions on the legacy of #DrJaneGoodall and the importance of sharing #OceanOptimism to inspire #ActiveHope

At Laudato Si' conference, Catholics stress hope, heart to animate church on climate "In the face of this deepening crisis, how do we dare raise hope? Our answer is this: We do it together," said Yeb Sano, board director for the Laudato Si' Movement.

At Laudato Si' conference, Catholics stress hope, heart to animate church on climate www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati... #ACTIVEHOPE

“To Know the Dark”

“To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.”

— Wendell Berry #darkness #light #activehope

“When I started to fume,
God grabbed me in his arms
impossibly strong and tender
and said, dear one,
don’t build our house too small
and I dropped my hammer
and nails and noticed
how fine the breeze
without walls.”

- Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

#mindfulness #activehope #oneness #community

So let us embrace the art of supporting each other,
finding beauty in the imperfect,
for in the heart of this dance,
we discover our truest selves,
shining brightly as we rise,
together.

- Umaima Irfan
#Togetherness #interdependence #community #love #serve #activehope

Is a River Alive? – A Conversation with Robert Macfarlane Podcast Episode · Emergence Magazine Podcast · 2025-05-20 · 1h 4m

recovering from human supremacy, death of precious chalk rivers, agency/beinghood of the non-human #ActiveHope #relationalecology #reciprocity #WorkThatReconnects
#LostWords

Conservationists raise sharks to restore reefs in waters around Thailand A new rewilding program aims to boost the local population of bamboo sharks in the waters of Khao Lak, Thailand.

Good news for #sharks and #coralreefs ! I am so excited to learn about these efforts and see Mongabay on Substack. #goodnews This is active hope--finding hope in the work. What amazing work are you doing? Please share more good news with me! #activehope

I’ve voted 🗳️
Ran 🏃🏻‍♂️ to the polls filled with hope for change.
Wishing for a free Bolivia 🇧🇴 with opportunity for all.

#FreeBolivia #IVoted #RunForChange #ActiveHope #Democracy

Peace in mind: responding to mental ill health associated with the climate crisis through personally meaningful change - K Burns, D Doran, M Pearson, 2025 Aims: To explore the principles of the Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) framework in relation to climate change as a global threat to mental health. To intr...

#ClimateCrisis affects everyone. Ttlaking meaningful steps to inspire #activehope may reduce rising mental ill-health, solastalgia, anxiety, and a range of other experiences associated with #climateemergency. Read more here. Free for 30 days... journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

A farm visit that gives us hope for nature recovery | Herefordshire Wildlife Trust Sarah Keefe describes a visit to Ben Taylor-Davies’s regenerative farm

#ActiveHope www.herefordshirewt.org/blog/sarah-k...

💚 Last week, our Coastal Coordinator, Beth Remmes, led an #ActiveHope workshop in Savannah.

We know this is a challenging time for many in the #EnvironmentalJustice movement, and staying grounded is essential. If we can help—reach out: gipl.org/workshops

#FaithInAction #SelfCare