Jacqui Tooke
@jacquitooke.bsky.social
“Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street into a sacred bond.”~Robin Wall Kimmerer
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Climate and gender activist Ndivile Mokoena is strengthening her community’s response to climate change, using terms they can relate to.
PROFILE: ‘We don’t want to hear about polar bears’ — Meet the woman bringing climate justice home to Alex
www.dailymaverick.co.za
June 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Climate and gender activist Ndivile Mokoena is strengthening her community’s response to climate change, using terms they can relate to.
PROFILE: ‘We don’t want to hear about polar bears’ — Meet the woman bringing climate justice home to Alex
www.dailymaverick.co.za
June 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Climate and gender activist Ndivile Mokoena is strengthening her community’s response to climate change, using terms they can relate to.
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Expanding my #climate network. Algorithm coded to highlight Global North scholars, activists, journos, who I value. BUT NB to connect with #GlobalSouth. Comrades, help us find each other. En Masse & GO! Flag your favourites ✌️#climatecrisis #climateafrica #journalism @coveringclimatenow.org
June 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Expanding my #climate network. Algorithm coded to highlight Global North scholars, activists, journos, who I value. BUT NB to connect with #GlobalSouth. Comrades, help us find each other. En Masse & GO! Flag your favourites ✌️#climatecrisis #climateafrica #journalism @coveringclimatenow.org
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You can’t claim to love God and ignore the suffering of His children. Justice is love with its boots on.
April 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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You can’t claim to love God and ignore the suffering of His children. Justice is love with its boots on.
April 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
You can’t claim to love God and ignore the suffering of His children. Justice is love with its boots on.
Can we all pause what we are doing and watch this again. So very relevant for today's challenges:
The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Adichie
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg
The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Adichie
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story | TED
YouTube video by TED
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March 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Can we all pause what we are doing and watch this again. So very relevant for today's challenges:
The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Adichie
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg
The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Adichie
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg
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Israel just committed *the largest child massacre in its history*, according to Haaretz. Two hundred Palestinian children murdered in a single day, with direct support from the US and UK, and zero outrage from Western media. What stage of barbarism is this...
March 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Israel just committed *the largest child massacre in its history*, according to Haaretz. Two hundred Palestinian children murdered in a single day, with direct support from the US and UK, and zero outrage from Western media. What stage of barbarism is this...
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We are living through genocides, an unprecedented ecological crisis and away from democracies towards fascism in so many societies. In this context we must hear the words of Oscar Romero:
March 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
We are living through genocides, an unprecedented ecological crisis and away from democracies towards fascism in so many societies. In this context we must hear the words of Oscar Romero:
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Free Palestine
March 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Free Palestine
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This must end. Free Palestine.
March 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This must end. Free Palestine.
Palestine must be free!
I try to be *very* careful (because I recognize that many people who cannot criticize the State of Israel without stumbling into full on antisemitism), but the State of Israel is doing exactly to Gaza what the United States did to the Indian Territories.
Palestine must be free.
Palestine must be free.
March 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Palestine must be free!
I needed this today. Just after I had been reflecting on how stuck and despairing I was feeling, these words arrived on my phone. Maybe someone else needs them to:
A St. Patrick’s Day Blessing
May the strength of the hills steady your steps,
May the whispers of the wind speak peace to your soul.
A St. Patrick’s Day Blessing
May the strength of the hills steady your steps,
May the whispers of the wind speak peace to your soul.
March 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I needed this today. Just after I had been reflecting on how stuck and despairing I was feeling, these words arrived on my phone. Maybe someone else needs them to:
A St. Patrick’s Day Blessing
May the strength of the hills steady your steps,
May the whispers of the wind speak peace to your soul.
A St. Patrick’s Day Blessing
May the strength of the hills steady your steps,
May the whispers of the wind speak peace to your soul.
In a world convinced that money is king, here’s an important reminder:
“You see the greatest lie is ultimately this: that wealth equals worth." 🧵1/5
“You see the greatest lie is ultimately this: that wealth equals worth." 🧵1/5
February 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
In a world convinced that money is king, here’s an important reminder:
“You see the greatest lie is ultimately this: that wealth equals worth." 🧵1/5
“You see the greatest lie is ultimately this: that wealth equals worth." 🧵1/5
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“The wars being fought today involve several regions of the world, but the weapons with which they are fought are produced in entirely different regions - in those same regions that then refuse and turn away the refugees who have been generated by those weapons.”
- Pope Francis
- Pope Francis
February 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“The wars being fought today involve several regions of the world, but the weapons with which they are fought are produced in entirely different regions - in those same regions that then refuse and turn away the refugees who have been generated by those weapons.”
- Pope Francis
- Pope Francis
A picture of tenacity and perseverance: a little gecko holding onto our windscreen as we drive down a motorway. Thankfully she maintained her grip until we could stop and move her to a tree. Am humbled and inspired. #LearningFromNature
February 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A picture of tenacity and perseverance: a little gecko holding onto our windscreen as we drive down a motorway. Thankfully she maintained her grip until we could stop and move her to a tree. Am humbled and inspired. #LearningFromNature
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Over the weekend, a group of friends and I came together, driven by the conviction that the recent allegations by the President of the USA require a strong and clear response from white Christians in South Africa.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Statement from White South African Christian Leaders on Recent Actions by the United States Government
Statement from White South African Christian Leaders on Recent Actions by the United States Government On 7 February, the President of the United States of America issued an executive order withdrawin...
docs.google.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Over the weekend, a group of friends and I came together, driven by the conviction that the recent allegations by the President of the USA require a strong and clear response from white Christians in South Africa.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Declaring that the president of the USA is “wrong” feels as foolish as this little flower daring to bring beauty in lifeless tarmac. But we do it anyway.
So I signed this: Statement from White South African Christian Leaders on Recent Actions by the US Government
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
So I signed this: Statement from White South African Christian Leaders on Recent Actions by the US Government
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
February 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Declaring that the president of the USA is “wrong” feels as foolish as this little flower daring to bring beauty in lifeless tarmac. But we do it anyway.
So I signed this: Statement from White South African Christian Leaders on Recent Actions by the US Government
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
So I signed this: Statement from White South African Christian Leaders on Recent Actions by the US Government
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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"Every time the church evades suffering, it places itself above its Lord. It loses its essence and its mission. It is salt that has lost its flavor."
- René Padilla
- René Padilla
February 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"Every time the church evades suffering, it places itself above its Lord. It loses its essence and its mission. It is salt that has lost its flavor."
- René Padilla
- René Padilla
This offers a way forward. I need to pay attention.
Important article - do read.
Climate action globally is under threat. It’s hugely urgent to seize initiative from rightwing populists. We need to change tactics: start by building climate resilience in local communities where people can feel tangible benefits – we’re calling it climate popularism. @rupertread.bsky.social & me🧵
February 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
This offers a way forward. I need to pay attention.
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Trump has stopped aid to South Africa, endangering thousands of lives
But we must not allow peddlers of hate to undermine our fragile constitutional democracy
Read groundup.org.za/article/dona... by Nathan Geffen
But we must not allow peddlers of hate to undermine our fragile constitutional democracy
Read groundup.org.za/article/dona... by Nathan Geffen
Trump has stopped aid to South Africa, endangering thousands of lives
But we must not allow peddlers of hate to undermine our fragile constitutional democracy
groundup.org.za
February 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Trump has stopped aid to South Africa, endangering thousands of lives
But we must not allow peddlers of hate to undermine our fragile constitutional democracy
Read groundup.org.za/article/dona... by Nathan Geffen
But we must not allow peddlers of hate to undermine our fragile constitutional democracy
Read groundup.org.za/article/dona... by Nathan Geffen
We stand for “peace & justice, equality & solidarity, non-racialism & democracy, tolerance & compassion, equal rights for women, persons with disability & the LGBTQI+ community…for our shared humanity not for the survival of the fittest.”
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
‘We will not be bullied’ — resolute Ramaphosa stands up to US
Anyone wondering if President Cyril Ramaphosa would attempt to placate the Trump administration got their answer at Thursday night’s State of the Nation Address — where Ramaphosa staked out a very dif...
www.dailymaverick.co.za
February 7, 2025 at 6:01 AM
We stand for “peace & justice, equality & solidarity, non-racialism & democracy, tolerance & compassion, equal rights for women, persons with disability & the LGBTQI+ community…for our shared humanity not for the survival of the fittest.”
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
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This Cape Town crèche is being built from used tyres, bottles, eco bricks and other recycled waste
Read the article here groundup.org.za/article/new-...
🎥 Ashraf Hendricks
🎶 Aleksey Chistilin via Pixabay
Read the article here groundup.org.za/article/new-...
🎥 Ashraf Hendricks
🎶 Aleksey Chistilin via Pixabay
February 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This Cape Town crèche is being built from used tyres, bottles, eco bricks and other recycled waste
Read the article here groundup.org.za/article/new-...
🎥 Ashraf Hendricks
🎶 Aleksey Chistilin via Pixabay
Read the article here groundup.org.za/article/new-...
🎥 Ashraf Hendricks
🎶 Aleksey Chistilin via Pixabay
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This is week two.
I told you. It can get worse. Much worse.
It’s here.
Trump is now talking about the U.S. “owning” Gaza long term and creating “the Riviera of the Middle East.” Gazans should leave permanently.
I told you. It can get worse. Much worse.
It’s here.
Trump is now talking about the U.S. “owning” Gaza long term and creating “the Riviera of the Middle East.” Gazans should leave permanently.
February 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This is week two.
I told you. It can get worse. Much worse.
It’s here.
Trump is now talking about the U.S. “owning” Gaza long term and creating “the Riviera of the Middle East.” Gazans should leave permanently.
I told you. It can get worse. Much worse.
It’s here.
Trump is now talking about the U.S. “owning” Gaza long term and creating “the Riviera of the Middle East.” Gazans should leave permanently.