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THE STORY IS IN OUR BONES: HOW WORLDVIEWS AND CLIMATE JUSTICE CAN REMAKE A WORLD IN CRISIS
By Osprey Orielle Lake
It’s time to rewild ourselves and our dominant worldviews to build earth-centered communities for all.
The dominant cultural worldview is based upon extraction and exploitation practices that have brought us to the precipice of social, environmental, and climate collapse. Braiding poetic storytelling, climate justice and deep cultural analyses, and the collective knowledge of Earth-centered cultures, The Story is in Our Bones opens a portal to restoration and justice beyond the end of a world in crisis.
Author, activist, and changemaker Osprey Orielle Lake weaves together ecological, mythical, political, and cultural understandings and shares her experiences working with global leaders, systems-thinkers, climate justice activists, and Indigenous Peoples. She seeks to summon a new way of being and thinking in the Anthropocene, which includes transforming the interlocking crises of colonialism, racism, patriarchy, capitalism, and ecocide, to build thriving Earth communities for all.
Lake calls forth historical memory of who we are in the Earth’s lineage to bring into being the world we keenly long for, at the delicate threshold of great peril or great promise.
For anyone grieving our collective loss and wanting to take action, The Story is in Our Bones is a vital guide to remaking our world. This hopeful, engaging, and creatively lyrical work reminds readers that another world is possible, and provides a desperately needed antidote to the pervasive despair of our time.
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UPRISINGS FOR THE EARTH
By Osprey Orielle Lake
Uprisings for the Earth delves into a new kinship with nature while acknowledging the treasures of urban life and the unique stake each person has in resolving critical and timely challenges. While avoiding doomsday scenarios, Lake offers a frank inquiry into a variety of causes leading to our current global peril while also providing a deep well of hope and profound insight. She weaves together history, ecology, culture, governance, women’s leadership and the arts to map out an integrated approach to working in partnership with nature while creating a more just and sustainable future.
Her wisdom, lyrical style, and thorough research frame chapters such as “Around the Fire: From Global Warming to a Renewed Hearth”, “Anthem to Water”, “Democracy Ancient and Modern” and “Honor the Women.” Lake takes us along wild rivers as she explores water conservation and the mysteries of water science; sits us around a fire along with great minds of past and present to contemplate the climate crisis; and takes us to several continents where we navigate deeper into history of culture and land.
Consider this book required reading for its inspiration, innovation and hope for the Earth and future generations.
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About the Author
Osprey Orielle Lake is founder and executive director of the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), and sits on the executive committee of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature. She writes for The Guardian, The Ecologist, Earth Island Journal, Ms. Magazine and others. She is author of the award winning book, Uprisings for the Earth, and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area on Coast Miwok lands.