Many of us have found that taking action has caused us to reflect and review different aspects of our lives - this section features writing from people who want to share those reflections, in the hope you might find them useful on your own journey to discover the joy of taking collective action.
Nature
Growing up, my nickname was ‘20 Questions’ because I was always curious, always asking “why?” I felt a deep sensitivity to the systems and ‘norms’ around me. There was a quiet, persistent unease, a sense that something wasn’t quite right. I didn’t realise that what I was experiencing
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PLUG-AND-PLAY AESTHETICS AND THE LONELINESS EPIDEMIC Hey guys look at this photo of me and tell me what I could change to improve my face? What surgery would make me look prettier? I’m not fishing for compliments, I really want people on the internet to tell me how to
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ACTionism - The Story ACTionism, the film, follows Ellie Meredith’s journey. A journey of discovery, told through the Re-Action Collective. The collective is a group of organisations and Citizens that are re-imaging our relationship with clothing, equipment and the outdoors. Together they’re co-creating, sharing, building and demonstrating a
Nature
My Dad broke his neck and entered a coma on the 14th October, my Birthday. Endings and beginnings. At the time I was on the other side of the world, about to make the longest journey of my life. Days later, we would take the decision to switch off his
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Yesterday (May 19) was Earth Overshoot Day in the UK. In short, if everyone on Earth lived like we do in Britain, we'd have already exhausted all the natural resources our planet can regenerate in an entire year - and we're only in May. But hold
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AN interview with Gav by Miriam Habte Sellasie, Communications Manager, London national Park city CAN YOU REMEMBER THE MOMENT THAT THE CONCEPT OF CITIZEN FRIDAY FIRST CAME INTO YOUR MIND? Ha, yep. In October last year Rebecca from Tentshare sent a message to our community Discord channel at the Re-Action
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Fire is the beating heart of life. When we gaze into its depths, we are not merely mesmerised by the hypnotic embers and sparks; we are gazing inward, reflecting on ourselves.
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Society is like an out of control house party, and the house is about to collapse. Many of us feel trapped inside, blaring music making it impossible for us to think, while we watch the rich dudes doing lines and pouring gasoline over everything. The ceiling crumbles, smoke fills the
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To the humans that walked past the old Maple, it was hardly noticeable. Their lives are too busy with the mounting minutiae of life to notice the pain she masked with her golden display of autumn.
Stories of Action
In an attempt to find a running club that was focused on making running a greener sport, I came across the Green Runners, who's motto of 'a community making changes for a fitter planet' seemed cool! So, having looked into their mission a bit more, I decided to become a member.
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Maintaining the status quo, doing what everyone else is doing, because it’s always been done that way, is a choice. Doing things differently is therefore also a choice.
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WE act towards something. Sometimes with purpose, at other times accepting uncertainty. Like stones skipping on a pond, we break the tension with creativity and joy. Questioning, re-imagining and getting lost in the possibilities, until the stories we’ve told ourselves no longer hold our weight. We sink. Drifting through