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Over the last three summers, I've spent 17 days on the Water Walk—an Anishinabe ceremony to heal the water and ourselves—and I've been working with my belief that everything is sacred. Although supporting a dying person evokes a deep sense of reverence in me, seeing garbage and soil erosion in read more...
Copyright © 2023 by Bonita Eloise Ford
I'm not trying to scare or depress you. We can still take action to help the climate and the Earth—and I would strongly urge all of us to do so.
I wrote this last week when the smoke was strongest here. I want to remember the smell and the feelings, because it read more...
Copyright © 2023 by Bonita Eloise Ford
The good news: An increasing number of people are concerned about the climate1,2—and plenty of climate solutions already exist3.
Our conundrum: Climate breakdown impacts all of us (albeit in different ways) and shifting our current trajectory requires read more...
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Published in Permaculture Design Magazine, Spring 2022, No. 123.
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As crises arise all over the world, I am noticing a growing sense of instability and alarm in people. Whether we like it or not, global challenges are now impacting read more...
I am so excited to release my new video for Embers of Hope! Watch and "Like" it on YouTube. Share it with a friend. :)
A huge thank you to Berries & Bushcraft for creating this amazing video.
My services and offerings are changing. To better support the community and to better focus my work, I have decided to only teach, do speaking engagements, and do coaching related to the themes in my book. Embers of Hope: Embracing Life in an Age of Ecological Destruction and Climate Chaos is about read more...
It was so special presenting Embers of Hope at the Women+ Art Festival: Immigrant, Refuge, and Racialized. You can watch the recording here.
Thank you to everyone: the MAC-CAM organizers and volunteers, all the technicians and the Shenkman Arts Centre staff, the live and online audience, and the read more...
A heartwarming and inspiring video about firefly gardens (12 min) by my talented friends at Berries and Bushcraft. Our garden and I got to be special guests. :)
Did you know that fireflies indicate the health of the environment and that Embers of Hope partly gets her name from fireflies?
It was such a joy chatting with Good Grief Network cofounders, Aimee Lewis Reau and LaUra Schmidt. We took a heartfelt deep-dive exploring life and death, grieving and healing, and what it means to live in these challenging times. Watch/listen here.
Embers of Hope is on this list!
I am so grateful to have Embers of Hope share the stage with books by other respected permaculture women. There are so many women leaders serving as agents of change; I am proud to be one voice in this greater movement taking care of Mother Earth and our communities read more...
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