Earth

[close] Join author Sharman Apt Russell, recent winner of the 2016 John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Nature Writing, for a conversation about our relationship to the Earth. Recently I had to give a short speech and found myself talking about this exchange with a friend: “Once,” my friend said, “I believed the Earth was my mother.” Yes, I thought, I remember that. We are shaped in our mother’s womb. We drink from her. We eat from her. Every day she nurtures us with so many gifts. She loves us. She loves me. Then, later in his life, my friend replaced the image of the mother with that of the lover—what he called “matedness.” Yes, I nodded. We have covered the Earth. It would be too easy now to joke about infidelity, estrangement, divorce. Instead I give the metaphor its due: we are the bride of the world, and we are the groom. Our human consciousness, interpenetrated, mated with the Earth. Next my friend said, “And now I think of the future as our child.” And this caught at my heart. This made me feel something new. The future is our child. * * * This event invites your thoughts on the image of “the future as our child.” Pop in and post. I’m interested in your ideas.

[close] The year is 2053, the world has gone to hell with the undead, you and your comrades of the only soldiers alive. You belong to the sector 7G which is the last standing army squad alive in this world. You and your friends are the only hope for this world to get better, and Zombie free.

[close] The title basically explains it. If you love Avatar and you love 1x1 roleplay, this is the place to be.

[close] Read for the Earth with Wild Type Press! This reading group was started as an Artists for the Earth project (https://www.earthday.org/campaign/artists-for-the-earth/) and is moderated by artist and master naturalist Peggy West.