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Enjoy this replay of our May 2025 Monthly Zoom with the Team Ripples Patreon Community (https://www.patreon.com/RipplesGuy for more info)


The notes and links from the session are pasted below.

You can also watch the video replay here.


Intriguing article on Hope vs. Optimism


Slow Hope

Slow Hope post on Instagram:

Slow Hope: Rethinking Ecologies of Crisis and Fear, by Christof Mauch

This 2019 article lays out why and how the author began using the term “slow hope.”


Resilient Hope

You can access 13-minute video and audio summaries of the four pillars of our WE GOT THIS resilience sticker, because it’s still true that WE GOT THIS if we come together with Curious Minds, Open Hearts, and Calm Spirits while we Nurture Health.

WE GOT THIS Sticker: If you'd like a sticker, this Google Doc will give you options for how to get one (for free, if you want!):


Active Hope

Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in with Unexpected Resilience & Creative Power, by Joanna Macy & Chris Johnstone


Three Questions for The Great Turning:

Where and how are you turning up?

What are you turning away from?

What are you turning towards?


Hopeful Stories we didn't get to:

Nearly 40 Years After Chernobyl’s Nuclear Explosion, the Area Is One of Europe’s Biggest Nature Reserves

Violin of Hope

Peace Tree turns 400 years old





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