Sacred Activism

Sacred Activism on Climate Change

In the face of overwhelming scientific and empirical evidence that we are already well into perhaps irreversible climate change, I refuse to despair.

If we confine ourselves to the worthy goals of climate change mitigation and adaptation, we will never think expansively enough to actually reverse anthropogenic climate disruption and the Sixth Great Extinction.

Can we do it? Intentionally raising the vibration of global collective consciousness, not only human, but interspecies, and ultimately “Gaiac”—encompassing the planetary consciousness of Gaia herself—lights the way to that possibility.

I affirm hope. First, let’s face the current reality head-on. Let’s look at where the present Timeline is leading us—the dystopian world of extreme weather events, barely survivable heat, and pandemic plagues that the characters in Weather Menders live in by 2050.

Then let’s change the collective dream to one of restored ecological and climatic balance, partnership society as opposed to patriarchy, honoring of the Divine Feminine, and co-creating a resultant equalitarian society.

My Definition of Sacred Activism

Sacred Activism is the desire and willingness to make the world a better place through positive ethical actions based on one’s spiritual beliefs and a sense of all life as precious, sacred, interconnected, and One in Essence.

Here is a resource on pursuing a Sacred Activism path:

Author Andrew Harvey, who wrote The Hope and many other books, has founded the Institute for Sacred Activism

Here are some organizations engaged in what I would call Sacred Activism on climate change issues:

• 350.org is a national organization with many state and local chapters
• climaterealityproject.org educates the public and trains climate leaders worldwide to educate.
• Charles Eisenstein writes and speaks about Sacred Economics and the Gift Economy.
• The critical issue of biodiversity loss, the evil twin to climate breakdown, is addressed by the award-winning conservation website Voices for Biodiversity, for which I serve as Senior Editor.
• Sunrise Movement is a youth-led movement in the United States dedicated to Climate Justice and the Green New Deal.

Time Travel aside, can anthropogenic climate change be reversed? Humans caused it, so let’s work together to heal it.

• An excellent and hopeful resource is the Drawdown Project. The 2017 book, Drawdown, edited by Paul Hawken details 100 ways to reverse climate change. We have the tools we need to draw down legacy carbon out of the atmosphere so that excess heat can escape into space and thus rebalance our ailing climate.
• Green America provides many resources for living, eating, gardening, and investing sustainably.
• Kiss the Ground focuses on Regenerative Agriculture, restoring healthy soil, and transforming our food system to support wellness.
• The Regenerative Agriculture Foundation is a great starting point for understanding and applying the many aspects of Regenerative Agriculture. In Weather Menders, Tara’s granddaughter Dechen and her husband Kennedy become experts in Regenerative Agriculture.
• The Rodale Institute, founded in 1947 by J.I. Rodale “to study the link between healthy soil, healthy food and healthy people,” published a White Paper in 2014 on how Regenerative Agriculture practices can reverse climate change by 2050, the year in which Weather Menders
• Restoration Ecology Journal is available online and as an app.
• Findhorn Foundation in Scotland, an important place in Weather Menders, is an intentional community and eco-village founded over 50 years ago on the principles of Co-Creation with Nature, Inner Listening, and work being Love in Action.
• Climate Change and Consciousness “rooted in heart-centered climate action and addressing climate crisis through the lens of expanding consciousness” held an in-person gathering at Findhorn Foundation in April 2019 and continues its work partnering with grassroots organizations worldwide and empowering individual activists and visionaries.