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The Shape of Climate Grief

December 6, 2019 / Davia Rivka / Spiritual Ecology / 3 Comments

In the midst of my climate despair, my sister was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. When she died three months later something inside me cracked. I was all grief. I couldn’t take another climate step.

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The Weight of Hope

October 3, 2019 / Davia Rivka / Kids and Young People, Spiritual Ecology / 16 Comments

I wanted to wrap that young girl in my arms, hold her tight against so much uncertainty and destruction. But there was nothing I could think to say to soothe her soul, nothing that wasn’t a lie.

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I Almost Blew It*

July 15, 2019 / Davia Rivka / Inspiration in Action, Kids and Young People / 4 Comments
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The little voice in my head returned, snarky and filled with accusation. ‘Step aside. Give someone else a chance. You’ve had your time.’ It was true—how delicious would it be to watch a twenty-something step up to the plate!

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Power of the Word

May 13, 2019 / Davia Rivka / In the News, Inspiration in Action / 7 Comments

The political strategist Frank Luntz, wrote a confidential memo to the Republican Party in 2003 and advised them to replace the phrase “global warming” with the less threatening, more benign expression, “climate change.”

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Take Two. I’m Re-imagining.

April 8, 2019 / Davia Rivka / Inspiration in Action / 15 Comments

I got lonely on my soapbox, like I was some kind of super hero, my cape flapping in the breeze. The moniker, Climate Change Warrior, started to weigh on me. It felt  aggressive and combative.

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Recent Posts

  • The Shape of Climate Grief December 6, 2019
  • The Weight of Hope October 3, 2019
  • I Almost Blew It* July 15, 2019
  • Power of the Word May 13, 2019
  • Take Two. I’m Re-imagining. April 8, 2019
  • I’m Resigning March 17, 2019
  • She’s Alive and (not so) Well January 7, 2019

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