Reveal Collective Wisdom to Change the World
“A must-read for changemakers committed to equity and environmental justice!” — Julia Riseman
“A must-read for changemakers committed to equity and environmental justice!” — Julia Riseman
Discover the transformative power of Radical Listening™—a practice that unveils collective wisdom by fostering a deep sense of interconnectedness and community.
Based on Dr. Kinari Webb’s pathbreaking work with Health In Harmony, an organization dedicated to environmental conservation and community health, this book explores a way of listening that honors a community's inherent wisdom and expertise, and supports entire ecosystems in thriving.
Through accessible practices and vivid, real-world stories of Indigenous and local communities leading the way in climate solutions, you’ll learn how listening transforms lives, communities, and the world itself.
Patricia Plude, D.Min. is a teacher, musician, community organizer, and pastor. She holds a Doctor of Ministry in creation spirituality (the perspective that divinity permeates all things) from the Fox Institute for Creation Spirituality, and she brings her life-long experience teaching students of all ages to her work as an educational consultant for Radical Listening with Health In Harmony. Pat lives in San Francisco where she has served for over two decades as the Minister of Music, Arts & Formation for First Mennonite Church of San Francisco, a vibrant, progressive congregation working in the intersection of spirituality and social and environmental justice.
Kinari Webb, M.D. is the founder of Health In Harmony, an international nonprofit that fosters a bold, climate justice approach to protecting Earth’s tropical rainforests for human health and planetary health. She is also a cofounder of Alam Sehat Lestari (ASRI) and she has been honored as an Ashoka Social Entrepreneur and Rainier Arnhold Fellow. Dr. Webb is a two-time TEDx presenter, and in 2021, Flatiron Books published her award-winning memoir, Guardians of the Trees: A Journey of Hope Through Healing the Planet. Kinari lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her partner and two young sons.
You are guardians of this precious rainforest that is valuable to the whole world. What would you need as a thank you from the world community so that you could protect it and thrive yourselves?
“Because you listened to us,
we are no longer afraid of the hunger season.”
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Include a story about the chainsaw buyback program or another from ASRI.
Include another story of Radical Listening in action.
