So good seeing you and your incredible photography yesterday @amivitale . Your work, stories, and impact through @vital.impacts is soooooo inspiring. Thanks for the invite!
In her book “What If We Get It Right?”, Dr. @ayanaeliza includes a Climate Action Venn Diagram that helps you find where your skills, your joy, and the work that needs doing in the world all come together into meaningful action for the Earth.
The last time I worked through it, I struggled — and I keep coming back to it.
What I’ve come to see: the personal and the professional don’t have to collapse into one. Professionally, I work as a climate organizer and impact producer. Personally, I’m a gardener — food crops, native plants, dirt under my fingernails on a good morning like this one.
And so, from the heart of my personal Venn diagram — a dispatch from the garden. 🌱
Photos of some of our plant friends who make us, and many other creatures happy on a daily basis in our own little corner of the planet.
Happy Earth Day. 🌍
In case we’re not connected on LinkedIn, I wanted to share a piece of professional news and a reflection I posted there earlier this week. Swipe ➡️ to read it.
As I think about what comes next for me, I’m also very aware of the moment we’re in—and how much it’s asking us to engage closer to home. That instinct was shaped early on by the work and example of @janegoodallinst , and it’s guiding where I’m headed now.
If you’re looking for something timely and concrete to do right now: call your representatives and ask them to abolish DHS. Join the general strike tomorrow if you’re able. Show up where you are, with the hands you have.
Sharing reflections here—keeping my attention, and my energy, on what comes next for the US, for humanity and life as we know it.
📸Stephen Ham circa 2007
Trying to be like @noah_vernick with these #upcycled cuccidati using fig preserves left over from the fig cocktail syrup I made for Thanksgiving. Their syrupy origin made them extra flavorful.
And for the #vegans out there, I was reminded that traditional Italian cookies have no need for egg or butter replacements. The fat in these is olive oil, which is the original recipe.
A fave tradition I was glad to renew this year. My winter solstice wassail.
This year I made a concentrated “mother” batch that used throughout the night. By the end of night this pot was empty and so was our big carafe.
Next level to unlock next year is finding fresh pressed local cider. Send me your recs LA friends!
Perhaps the most reverent night of my life meeting @johnfugelsang for his #separationofchurchandhate book tour.
Grateful to him for his illuminating scholarship, and more than anything his advocacy for the LGBTQIA community and the environment.
His humor is also not to be missed. I’m sure my sarcasm won’t be lost on him.
Thanks @booksoup for organizing and @stephaniemillershow for hosting!
📸 @cougdo
Artists are fighting the shift to authoritarianism. They inspire us to fight complacency and imagine a better future. Host: @ekaterina.sky.art
Guest: @sjsweeney
Podcast: @artful.impact
Director: @camararollin
Videographer: @adariowayne
Filmed at the Ground Floor in Los Angeles
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Art changes culture. Watch the full episode, link is in the bio. Host: @ekaterina.sky.art
Guest: @sjsweeney
Podcast: @artful.impact
Director: @camararollin
Videographer: @adariowayne
Filmed at the Ground Floor in Los Angeles #ArtImpact #CulturalDiscourse #Imagination #FutureVision #SeeTheUnseen #ArtForGood #WhatsReal #artfulimpactpodcast #podcast #groundfloor
