Carolina QuotesThe stories I think we need to tell are ones of what it is like to be in a relationship with the Earth. What is it like to live on an abundant Earth? What are communities that are thriving by being in relationship to the Earth? What does enough feel like?
adrienne maree brown Carolinian
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- Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility (2023)
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- 2023
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