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Taking Action

From: Intrinsic Hope

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If we can accept that the global eco-social crisis is human caused, we have the possibility of taking effective action. Taking action is one of the best ways to nurture intrinsic hope. Transforming an insubstantial thought into something tangible, it breaks us out of apathy and denial. It liberates us from the vicious cycle of not wanting to do anything because we feel hopeless and then feeling hopeless because we are not doing anything. Even if we think there is nothing we can do, there is always something.

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Kate Davies

Kate Davies MA, DPhil, has worked on environmental and social issues for her entire career. She set up and managed the City of Toronto's Environmental Protection Office and established and directed a successful environmental policy consulting company. Davies is currently clinical associate professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Washington, emeritus faculty at Antioch University, and senior fellow at the Whidbey Institute. Her written work has been published in newspapers, magazines, and journals and she is the author of The Rise of the U.S. Environmental Health Movement. Davies lives in Langley, WA.