Alice Loyd

Alice Loyd is a lifelong gardener who has been a climate educator since 2001. Organizations she has worked with include North Carolina Interfaith Power and Light, NC WARN, and Center for Ecozoic Studies.

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The Enemy’s Ring and Our Ethical Quandary

But I like a scenario in which the heroic masses reach the end of their tolerance before that happens. They—we—rebel, withdraw, dismantle, and replace the evil practices with more ethical ones while the planet is still livable.

January 16, 2023

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Wrong Problem, Wrong Message, Wrong Tree

Sustainability means living as nature lives. It means no depletion of the elements of the ecosystem humans have been treating as economic resources, and no waste. What we pursue is up that tree.

November 17, 2022

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On the practice of growing food

It might appear that I made logical decisions as I chose my primary life practice. Instead I only followed my heart, and as the wise ones know, that is often the safest path.

September 15, 2021

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This ship is sinking

If I accept the seriousness of our predicament the question becomes, to use a familiar phrase, “How then shall we live?” What can people who care about life on Earth do to help at this point?

August 2, 2021