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Antonia Malchik's avatar

I enjoy so much how you created this post and coming-together-ness in poetry form. And what a cool idea!

Joanna Macy was probably the first person I ever heard talking about these ideas, many years ago. I was introduced to her work by Rebecca Gasior Altman, an environmental sociologist who writes, and writes beautifully, about plastics. This is just one of her essays: https://aeon.co/essays/how-20th-century-synthetics-altered-the-very-fabric-of-us-all

I think I've mentioned Rune Rasmussen and his Nordic Animism work to you before? Maybe? It's YOuTube but I think categorized as podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BltVV25kPLM

Also, this is a BRILLIANT idea and, synchronicity, I've had this itch the last couple weeks to watch Contact with my kids! (Edited to add this line and also links to the above, which I forgot.)

Rena Kessem's avatar

Almost anything by Stephen Buhner. I might start with Earth Grief. Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm is also magnificent.

And sorry, I don't have time to go check out a new platform and look upload copies of the cover. But if what you want is references, those are mine.

Chad O's avatar

You wanna add ‘em to the Arena or should I? 😄

Rena Kessem's avatar

Please do!