Category: Reads - fairdare

weekend reads + such

6/24/2022

A conversation regarding yesterday's US Supreme Court decision led to talk of core values. I firmly believe that the simpler we can make our core values...the easier it is for them to inform our beliefs + actions. My most core value is love. Simple.

There will always be abortions. Banning safe abortion is not love. Creating suspicion, criminality + lack of access to treatment around miscarriage + nonviable pregnancy are not love.

Possible.
Together.
Oh, yes they (and we) can.
How will it be used it?
Yes, please.

A theme of "possible" runs through the links this week. It's up to all of us to choose the sort of world we want to live in + to act in that direction. We are all influencers.

Have a thoughtful weekend, friends.
Much love,
Jane

weekend reads + such

4/30/2022

knitting for radical self-care by Brandi Cheyenne Harper :: much anticipated, worth the wait, gorgeous in every way, would read just for the meaningful words

Sante Fe Modern by Helen Thompson :: taking me on a trip (to a place I love) in my mind

Regeneration : Ending the climate crisis in one generation by Paul Hawken:: hopeful, motivating

(All worth a trip to the library.)

We know the best thing we can do is make less new.

Creation can be pretty simple + genuine..taking something old + reimagining it.

These shifts would account for a quarter of the required emissions reduction needed to keep global heating down to 1.5C + increase pressure on government + the private sector to make necessary far-reaching systemic change.

Hope your weekend is off to a nourishing start.
Much love,
Jane

buzzing

4/29/2022

I don't think many of us realize how closely linked
creative deficiency is to our unhappiness.
Creativity is an ever-present buzzing of possibility,
+ it flows through everything
feeding our purpose.
Creativity gives us access to what we are + have always been.
~Brandi Cheyenne Harper

weekend reads + such

4/2/2022

Fair-trade + organic + regenerative cotton!
Creating a cultural movement toward reusables.
Freeing.
Microplastics found in human blood.
Working toward removing all spandex this year.
We just need to readjust our thinking.

Hope you have a weekend filled with sunshine + laughter!
Loads of love,
Jane

everyday climate action :: 65 - 73

3/17/2022

Plants, books, coffee + banana bread are some of my favorite things...and they can be climate action too! yay!

65 :: buying rocks in bulk. there was an option to scoop these rocks into a paper bag rather than choosing those in a plastic container. plastic-free!
66 :: repotting our plants in order to give them a little more room to grow. plant care!
67 :: replacing a part rather than the whole thing. I was able to find just the part needed to keep our french press (which we've used every day for more than 20 years!) in service.
68 :: choosing clay pots rather than plastic ones.
69 :: using pieces of broken clay pot for drainage at the bottom of pots. zero-waste!
70 :: repotting plants is plant care + plants convert carbon dioxide to oxygen
71 :: freezing past ripe bananas + making them into (snow day) banana bread. no food waste!
72 :: sharing books via the library...our great big bookshelf!
73 :: reading Paul Hawken's new book...hopeful + inspiring.

weekend reads + such

2/12/2022

Lately, I've enjoyed reading Diet for a Small Planet (the 50th Anniversary Edition) by Francis Moore Lappé. The updated introduction alone has moved us to double down on our commitments toward eating in a way that takes compassion for our planet + one another seriously.
These photos are from Still : The Slow Home by Natalie Walton which I revisited recently. It's always lovely to be inspired by simple homes. Natalie brings simplicity principles into the conversation with these home owners + into the mind of the reader.

We can't just not talk about it. (This episode is so meaningful. I'd love for everyone who wears clothes to listen to this.)
Decision fatigue + self-control.
Resolutions for a life worth living.

Hope you are having a good weekend, friends!
Lots of love,
Jane

dear bell

12/17/2021

dear bell,
I opened your book because I am thirsty to understand love...to give love...to experience love...to become love. I drank in the words...wrote copious notes...spent time letting them sink in deep.

Love is an act of will- a choice- a verb- a practice.

Months later I wondered where my mind had been during those months + what a comfort to see that I was steeped in the quest for love.

The choice to love is a choice to connect- to find ourselves in the other.

Today I know that I have lived this year the way I have because of deep training in...and a deep knowing of...love.

When we take to heart "there is no fear in love", we understand the necessity of choosing courageous thought and action.

Love is a muscle that can be exercised with intention. The practice strengthens this muscle + it can be found to be quite sturdy + surprisingly resilient.

Love is able to vanquish fear!
Love can burn away impurities + leave the soul free!
The practice of loving is the healing force that brings sustained peace.
It transforms.
~all about love :: bell hooks

Your words were a part of my training ground, bell. Thank you for all your work toward defining, understanding + sharing love. The world is better for having you in it. This I know for certain.

Love.
Jane

weekend reads + such

11/21/2021

The planet is out of its comfort zone; we had best be even further out of ours.
A beautiful series.
These innovations can only come by squeezing people to work harder...and by making it invisible. (oh, my heart. this.)
Binge worthy.

Hope you have some time to relax + to wander + to look around and take in the beauty that is to be found right where you are this weekend.

Tons of love,
Jane

weekend reads + such

9/25/2021

The new dye + 5000 mile (+ counting) jeans.
Inspiring + innovative solutions.
Because we're all connected, we're all implicated.
Organic cotton farming accounts for less than 1% of US cotton production.
When competitors collaborate...and for now...made to be remade.
There is potential for conscious investing in all our economic transactions.

We call on everyone, whatever their belief or worldview, to endeavour to listen to the cry of the earth + of people who are poor, examining their behaviour + pledging meaningful sacrifices.

Looking forward to spending as much time as possible outdoors drinking in the sunshine + autumn air! Hope your weekend is lovely, friends!
Much love,
Jane

weekend reads + such

7/24/2021

Can't wait to dig in to these two books from the library. I'm always so grateful for access to our great big, shared bookshelf! Thank you so much to all the librarians who facilitate + advocate for it all!

People forget that their true satisfaction is a function of what they have divided by what they want.
Choosing fully into time off.
We are more prone to add.
Regenerative practices + knowledge come from Indigenous + Black farmers.
Circular packaging.

Hope you are enjoying sunshine, cool breezes + some delicious, seasonal fruits + vegetables this weekend, friends!
Much love,
Jane