Make Connections, Make Food

By John Foran, originally published by Resilience.org

December 15, 2016

Society
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Be humble.
Stay open.
Cultivate patience.
Nourish Creativity.
Bring excitement.
Find others.
Read widely.
Listen carefully.
Care for self.
Care for others.
Care for the planet.

 

Imagine…
Love…
Hope…
Believe…
Act!
This space is for you.
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John Foran

John Foran is Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he teaches courses on climate change and climate justice, activism and movements for radical social change, and issues of development and globalization beyond capitalism.  He is the author of Fragile Resistance:  Social Transformation in Iran from 1500 to the Revolution (1993) and Taking Power:  On the Origins of Revolutions in the Third World (2005).  His research and activism are now centered within the global climate justice movement, and much of it can be found at the Climate Justice Project and the International Institute of Climate Action and Theory.

Tags: building personal resilience, climate justice movement, social movements

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