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10/04/2026

"𝙋𝙪𝙝𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙚, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙, 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙨 '𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙪𝙥 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩.' 𝘼𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙. 𝙄𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙫𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙗𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙮, 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢, 𝙣𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙮. 𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨, 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚, 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙥 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙙."
- 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗞𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿

As trees, flowers and bushes draw up nourishment from the soil, as the sun comes out to bless the myriad life forms, as the days brighten and lengthen, we enter a time of possibility for replenishing our being. While the human madness and darkness is getting increasingly shrill and painful, we can choose to devote our attention to the heart of the matter, to growing those parts of ourselves and our relations which rhyme with the rhythms of life. It is not optional, an indulgent or trivial hobby, to give our time and energy to activities that strengthen and deepen the living world – it might well be the only thing that keeps us sane and healthy as we live through the crises that define our age.

And so we send out this newsletter with best wishes for a happy spring time! We write to you with wishes of strength and vitality and news of the upcoming Conference on the Rights of Nature and the Future of Democracy in the Nordic Region (https://natureanddemocracy.org) and this years Nature's Constitutional Assembly this June. We send out a prayer for a collective moment of puhpowee this spring: that the mycelium that connects us beneath may send us the signals and nutrition we all need to move beyond our grasp and emerge connected, whole and changed.

Read the whole newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/1b11d26e8e80/puhpowee and sign up to future letters here: https://earthways.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=afa4081627155bacbd834e3ce&id=bc359be647.

08/04/2026

The joy of organising the 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 is to connect with some of the amazing people that are working for nature’s rights in the Nordic countries. 𝗣𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗹 is a reservoir of knowledge in this field and a compassionate voice for the living world. We are excited that she has agreed to be key note speaker at the conference. She agreed to record a conversation about the cultural and legal shift that is taking place to include nature in our thinking about and practice of democracy as a sort of primer for the gathering. Listen in and join the conference on the 4th-7th of June: https://natureanddemocracy.org.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIV3A3NY7yE

In this conversation with Pella Thiel we discuss nature's rights and the cultural and legal shift that is taking place to include nature in our thinking abou...

27/03/2026

Kom og vær med til Naturens Grundlovsmøde og til at udforske og opleve, hvordan vi kan skabe et demokratisk grundlag for at naturen får stemme, plads og rettigheder der kan forankres i grundloven.

Vi håber du vil tilmelde dig, så vi har en fornemmelse af, hvor mange vi bliver: https://place2book.com/da/sw2/sales/gpxz1tuk20 og du kan også give os et praj på event-siden: https://fb.me/e/7Q4lu88ko

Læs mere om mødet, programmet og tankerne bag på hjemmesiden https://naturensgrundlov.dk/

25/02/2026

𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟒𝐭𝐡-𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐠𝐚̊𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧.

See the full invitation and register here: https://natureanddemocracy.org

By bringing together actors from across the Nordic region, the conference aims to inspire a new democratic culture in which nature is no longer seen merely as a resource but as co-creator in the development society. We call this gathering in the spirit of co-creation, of kinship and of reciprocity. This gathering is not as much a conference as it is a council of people who want to build alliances that help protect and nurture the animate Earth.

Please share this invitation with anyone you think might be interested or that should be part of the gathering. We would like to reach out to anyone in the Nordic countries who are working for the rights of nature as an activist, academic, artist or concerned citizen.

The conference is supported by Folkesparekassens Fond and Himmelbjerggården - Nordisk Inspirationscenter. We are working to secure additional funding to cover the cost of travel and participation for participants coming from further away.

16/02/2026

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗰 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟱-𝟲𝘁𝗵 ☘️

We are thrilled that Folkesparekassens Fond has chosen to support our effort to establish a gathering of people working for the rights of nature in the Nordic countries. Thank you! The gathering will be held in connection with Nature's Constitutional Assembly on June 7th.

Save the date 🎯 The programme and registration will be published next week but we are happy that 𝗣𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗹, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 and 𝗟𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻 have agreed to be keynotes.

The conference seeks to create a necessary and courageous space for new thinking — a place where 𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗮, 𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲. We need to develop our democratic institutions and protect the rights of nature in order to ensure that coming generations have a foundation to build their lives on.

By bringing together actors from across the Nordic region, the conference aims to inspire a new democratic culture in which nature is no longer seen merely as a resource, but as a partner and co-player in the development of society. 𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗰 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘀𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴.

29/01/2026

Vi har desperat brug for en radikal jordreform: en grundlæggende forskydning i forståelsen af jord fra privat aktiv til fælles livsgrundlag

19/12/2025

“…𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐬; 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭;
𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠,
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞
𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐩
𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝,
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐨𝐧,
𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐰, 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬.”
- from David Whyte's poem Finisterre

We are entering the Winter Solstice and the darkest time of the year, the zero point, where everything exhales and pauses on the threshold before we slowly begin to inhale the next shared breath: the next year that awaits us on the other side. It is a moment when the wave of time has pushed us as far as it can before pulling us back in the other direction. It is a moment when we can leave behind the baggage we no longer need, empty our bags, as David Whyte writes, and find another way to move forward.

It feels important to take a moment to light a candle and consider the way forward. Change is coming ever faster, whether you look at the bushes in the garden blooming mid-December or listen to the drums of war rumbling louder and louder on the horizon. What do we do when the changes move inwards from the horizon – so close that it is no longer just a matter of keeping up with inflation, keeping the news flow at bay and enduring the suffering unfolding in Gaza, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Ukraine, [insert your own place of suffering here]?

While the madness seems to be reaching new heights all the time, it has become clear that there will not be a time in the near future, in a few years or even decades, when we will return to what we thought was normal at the beginning of this century. We will not be living in a consumer society like we did in the 2000s again – unless it is inside a fascist regime. So what will we take with us into the coming change? What do we need? What will we cultivate and strengthen? Can we lean into a shared humanity where we are connected to the Earth and to each other?

At EarthWays, we will continue to work towards this in the new year, and we send all who read these words our warmest greetings and wishes for peace, light and joy this Christmas and New Year. It has been an exciting year for the association, and we enter 2026 with a wish to tread new paths.

Read the whole newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/a843b7c393df/on-the-threshold

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05/09/2025

"𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚."
- 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝗹

Here's comes an unusual newsletter, which is essentially an offer for those who feel overwhelmed or lonely or powerless in the face of the horror we are witnessing in Gaza.

Some weeks ago I felt an unbearable chasm between the life I live in Denmark and the suffering that is the ongoing genocide. I fear that what is at stake at this moment is not just a descent into greater chaos or suffering for the majority of human beings on this planet but our humanity itself. As Simone Weil writes, love is the belief in the existence of other human beings, and if we close our eyes to those human beings, or worse, begin seeing them as other or less than human beings, we lose touch with the humanity at the core of our existence.

Therefore, I have been searching for ways to manifest the humanity of myself and others. I started praying for an end to the suffering in Palestine and to my surprise, my inner world started shifting. I don't think of myself as religious and I have not been brought up in any spiritual tradition but the power of praying seemed to come forward on its own volition. So some of us are going to meet on Sunday for half an hour between 21-21.00 CEST to pray for Gaza. There will be singing and a sharing of poetry and then we will just sit together for a little while. You are welcome to join, should you feel inclined:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/79563687340?pwd=etPkFHV5bINShbfGRqD5G6bfmmEs9m.1
Time: Sep 7, 2025 09:00 PM Copenhagen
Meeting ID: 795 6368 7340
Passcode: 4WNcDz

Sunday 14th of September I will begin a walk from Himmelbjerget down south to the border with Germany as a kind of walking prayer. We will meet at Himmelbjerggården at 10.30 on Sunday September 14th for half an hour to begin the walk. You are welcome to join this as well.

In connection with the walk I am collecting donations for direct aid to Gaza together with my wife. This will go to the Palestinian organisation Taawon Welfare Association and their campaign "Gaza Emergency Relief". You can read more about his and soon you can also donate via this page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61579938913803

Thank you for reading.
Jeppe

https://mailchi.mp/ec0f6074e4d0/a-prayer-for-gaza

28/08/2025

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27/08/2025

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀, 𝘄𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀. 𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆, 𝗶𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗪𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 … 𝘄𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚.
- 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙮 𝙆𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙚𝙘

The late summer is ending on a warm and dry note as the Northen hemisphere slowly slips into autumn. This familiar change feels good against the background of the extreme weather all around the globe this summer. And it is not just the climate that is going crazy, human beings are too. Or, perhaps it is better to say, a particular kind of human beings. Those that reach for control, power and a continuation of the industrialization of the planet. As this year has progressed it has seemed harder and harder to bear the ongoing genocide in Gaza until the point where it has become unbearable. And still we have to bear it because the catastrophe goes on. The suffering deepens. What can we do?

Even if crying or praying or witnessing is all we can do, it matters. We have to retain our humanity in this situation despite the overwhelming forces that are trying to divide us and deprive us from our human connection. We can find solace in the stories of connection, comfort in the knowing that we belong. But we also need to question our stories – “listen to the histories that we were 𝘯𝘰𝘵 told”, as Patty Krawec says – to understand how we got to where we are. A good place to start is the heart-warming – and wrenching – film 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴 which tells both creation stories and histories of colonization with indigenous voices from all over the planet (https://theeternalsong.org/). There is a direct connection from those stories of eradication to what is going on in Gaza today. Knowing those stories is a step towards learning the songs of humanity that are buried beneath the horror.

Read the full newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/177f5ec494e1/learning-the-songs-of-humanity

Looking ahead, the Nordic Summit of Species is coming up and we are offering a series of seminars and workshops this autumn. We are preparing three ecoliteracy masterclasses for the partners involved in Mark Museum’s  project Culture. Climate. Exchange. and we are also offering a full day seminar...

26/06/2025

"𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗮 "𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺", 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗱𝗲, 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝘆, "𝗪𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺." 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 – 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 – 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗼 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁. 𝗜𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲."
- 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙙 𝘽𝙤𝙝𝙢

The greeting "happy summer" seems a little much considering that we are living through a live-streamed genocide, accelerating climate change and the unrestrained exercise of raw power that we are witnessing right now. In Danish we say "god sommer" – good summer – which seems a little more appropriate: here's hoping you may have a good summer despite the current global state of affairs because we must not forget to bring goodness, conviviality and care to ourselves and all our relations no matter what is happening around us.

In fact, perhaps more pressing than ever is the softness, openness, friendliness and peace we can bring to the moment. In a weird sort of rebellious way this can seem like a way of defying the intent of the dark forces that are operating on the basis of viewing everything – humans, nature, creation – as a means to something else (most often personal gain). The more we are able to let go of this view, which after all is a cornerstone of the materialistic culture most of us have grown up in, the freer we may become.

David Bohm worked from this insight for most of the last part of his life. He sought to find ways of conversing and interacting that does not lock us into oppositional positions. His key message is that we cannot think our way out of our problems and we cannot create real change when we treat the world as a set of problems to be solved. Rather, we have to let go of that disposition and enter into a different way of being, one that doesn't seek to win arguments, control outcomes or gratify our egos. This can be a hard practice but it does open up for another way of moving in life – one that isn't caught up in "what must happen" in order for the future to turn out OK.

So this is our wish for you and the coming months, here at the height of the solar year: may you find peace where you are – and friends with which to share your warmth and humanity.

https://mailchi.mp/8964b97c6fc3/good-summer

08/05/2025

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