Hope Archives - Poetic Earth Month

The Breath of the Woods

2022-04-14 By Hellen Keller Filed Under: A Legacy to Be Proud Of, Abundance, Agriculture, Awe, Beauty, Birds, Childhood Memories, Education, Flowers, Gardens, Gratitude, Home, Homeschooling, Hope, Hospitality, Impact, In Our Lives, Kindness, Love for Others, Meditative, Nature Stories, Peace, Personal Change, Plants, Polar Bears, Seasons, Secret Places, Self Care, Simple Ideas, Sun, Transcendence, Trees, Water, Wisdom, Wonder, Woods, Young Voices

excerpted from chapter seven of The Story of My Life, by Helen Keller. The book was first written in 1902 in magazine form, while she was in college, at the age of 22 For a long time I had no regular lessons. Even when I studied most earnestly it seemed […]

Environmental Writing

2021-02-01 By Sara Barkat Filed Under: A Legacy to Be Proud Of, Articles, Climate, Education, Home, Hope, Impact, In Our Lives

What is environmental writing? It can be anything—scientific, personal, political. And it’s been around for a lot longer than you might think.

Green Publishers List

2021-01-25 By Sara Barkat Filed Under: Articles, Books, Climate, Earth Care, Ecopoetics, Education, Hope, Impact, In Our Lives, Nature Stories, Technology, What Can We Do

Here is a green publishers list, of publishers that focus on books on environment and/or take part in sustainable practice in their company.

How to Talk About Climate Breakdown

2021-01-13 By Sara Barkat Filed Under: Articles, Climate, Earth Care, Education, Getting Started, Home, Hope, Impact, In Our Lives, Personal Change, Simple Ideas, What Can We Do, Wisdom

Everyone knows how discussions about climate can frequently degenerate. Here are tips on how to successfully talk about climate breakdown.

What Is Climate Breakdown?

2021-01-12 By Sara Barkat Filed Under: Agriculture, Articles, Climate, Earth Care, Education, Getting Started, Home, Hope, Impact, In Our Lives, Personal Change, What Can We Do

Climate breakdown is the most recent term for global warming (the temperature of the earth rising) and climate change (climate’s unprecedented change).

Noticing

2021-01-11 By Sara Barkat Filed Under: Abandoned, Articles, Awe, Beauty, Birds, Childhood Memories, Cities, Climate, Earth as Metaphor, Ecological Grief, Ecopoetics, Fairy Tales, Gratitude, Home, Hope, In Our Lives, Nature Stories, Philosophy, Sea, Short Stories, Transcendence

In “Noticing” a short story by Sara Barkat, two travelers and sewists at the end of the world remember extinct birds and fairy tales.

Morning

2020-11-09 By L.L. Barkat Filed Under: Beauty, Being a Poet, Climate, Ecopoetics, Hope, Ocean, Poems, Sea, Sun, Trees, Water

Read “Morning” ecopoem by L.L. Barkat: I have tabbed the page / of H.D.’s ‘Oread,’ / with its plea—”whirl up” / —to the sea. (…)

Autumn Leaves—A Meditative Nature Video

2020-11-09 By Sara Barkat Filed Under: Abundance, Articles, Beauty, Brain Tricks, Cities, Gratitude, Health, Hope, In Our Lives, Meditative, Peace, Personal Change, Photos by Sara Barkat, Plants, Seasons, Secret Places, Self Care, Transcendence, Videos

Attention Restoration Theory (ART) is that being in nature, and viewing green spaces, allows the brain to unwind, to notice without noticing. Enjoy this meditative nature video, a small experience of nature that can brighten your spirits, even in town.