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The R-Word is a venue for writings about non-violent, eco-cultural revolution.
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Independent scholar in human ecology, ecological design and eco-philosophy. Editor of The R-Word. Resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, Upper Rio Grande Bioregion
Author of At Work in the Ruins: Finding Our Place in the Time of Science, Climate Change, Pandemics & All the Other Emergencies (2023) and co-author of the Dark Mountain Manifesto (2009). Co-founder of Dark Mountain and a school called HOME.
Author and essayist
Translator, Interpreter and former Language Lecturer. I am interested in studying and community engagement to bring about a shift in values, and to help build the groundwork towards an ecological society. I live in London, UK.
Coach, facilitator, and writer. Exploring the depths of relationality and aliveness. Supporting people to bring forth fuller version of themselves—as humans and as leaders. www.alexcarabi.com
Alice Loyd is an 80-something gardener, writer, parent and grandparent, climate educator, musician, companion of plants. Organizations she has worked with include North Carolina Interfaith Power and Light, NC WARN, and Center for Ecozoic Studies.
Writing to right the world.
I am a retired mental health worker and union member. My writing has been published in Current Affairs, Counterpunch, Resilience, Mother Pelican, Common Dreams, The Hampshire Gazette, The Common Ground Review, The Future Fire and other publications.
cascadiabioregion.org
I am a history professor by trade, a musician at heart. I am not a blogger but you will find some essays and a "localist manifesto" at occupythehearth.org.
Progressive activist and journalist since 1981. Lived in Seattle since 1998, and the Pacific Northwest, aka Cascadia, since 1977.
Small-scale farmer, writer
Farmer-baker-writer.
lives in WV, homesteader, writer, environmental activist. Mother of two, grandmother of two, wife of one.
Journalist and a co-host of the Collective Trauma Summit 2023. My book Aftershock: Fighting war, Surviving trauma and Finding peace documents the struggles of military veterans to heal from the invisible wounds of war.
Alex is a legal theorist living in London, UK. More can be found about his work at www.interconnectedlaw.com or on twitter @InterconLaw
Max Wilbert is a writer, community organizer, and wilderness guide. He is the author of two books, most recently "Bright Green Lies."
Rob Lewis is a poet, essayist and activist doing his best to bring words to the defense of the wordless.
Writing about the transition to a sustainable and democratic society (freedomsurvival.org)
I am a Social Ecologist, Biodiversity Conservation Activist and Indigenous Ally. I have a M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences. I currently work for Indigenous Services Canada and am a founding member of the the Deep Transformation Network.