For the best future possible, we need to cultivate mutually beneficial relationships with all beings on Earth.

Friends, our trans sisters, brothers, and siblings enrich our lives. We need to love them, cherish them, and protect them!

A time of upheaval is a time for creating anew. Connect with local folks who are already doing the work of mutual aid and sustainable farming--they are the leaders showing the way towards a workable future.

Now we can create new systems--ones rooted in the values of the people of this land. Systems rooted in community, in local communal care. Systems that honor strength in diversity, in equity, in inclusion. That repair the harms of the past, repair our relationships with each other and to the Earth.

First principle of a real (returning to Earth-aligned lifestyles) life: excess wealth must be shared with the community as a whole.

We need to be real--restoring Earth-aligned lifestyles.

While individual horrible acts should be addressed, we mostly need to focus on replacing destructive systems. For everyone to thrive long-term, we need post-capitalist, post-authoritarian, post-patriarchal systems--ones rooted in communal good, egalitarian principles, and non-hierarchical inclusion.

Seven quiet breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2024 you might have missed, from BBC

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Human beings belong to the Earth, and the Earth sustains us; for our long-term survival, every political, cultural, and social entity must be rooted in this foundational principle.

When autocratic policies threaten our communities, we have an opportunity to act. Here are 29 concrete actions you can start taking right away. Read and share our How You Can Protect Democracy resource: protectdemocracy.org/how-to-prote...

Reach out to your community.
Be with your community.
Sustain your community.

What we can do in these times: Make things as much better as possible in the time we have left. Be with our communities. Show kindness to ourselves and others. Promote living systems.

Wherever possible, we have to talk across party lines about a shared vision for the future.

And this by Kelly Hayes! organizingmythoughts.org/collective-s...