Erik Assadourian

Gaian, sustainability researcher, writer, and father. @GaianWay @worldwatch @ecowarriorjr @yardfarmers @catanoilsprings

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Join us on #EarthOvershootDay (8/2) at 9am ET for a Gaian meditation and conversation. Details at: https://t.co/Ov3R2YumPl @EndOvershoot #ClimateEmergency #polycrisis

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If you haven't heard about the @GaianWay, it's a new religious philosophy founded in 2019 by @ErikAssadourian, a sustainability researcher and writer 🌱

Read more about it and listen to the audio recording here: https://t.co/z6DuxFbJOj

[The Plant Initiative @Plant_Init]

Posting from @ErikAssadourian on @GaianWay Exploring How to Give Voice to the Other Than Human "Can we invite non-human voices to guide environmental organizations’ (and all organizations’) decision-making process?" https://t.co/N4aGR4wQTv

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Yes, we agree. And when you ask "Are we proposing a whole new religion?," just a gentle reminder that @GaianWay is working to do just that: cultivating a philosophy and practicing religious community that puts our relationship with Earth front and center.

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And this recent essay (with a not-so-serious frame) shows how we're working to help "form community and mark life’s important benchmarks" with daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, & lifetime practices that strengthen our understanding that we are part of Gaia. https://t.co/I8vDnUuCER

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Read more about this religious philosophy in the latest issue of @HarvardDivinity Bulletin: https://t.co/AyFDwUiDZW @carlsafina

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Coming up tomorrow (Wed) at 2pm ET. Register here: https://t.co/FkAUu30JDh

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And sometimes a sentence is worth a thousand words.

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Eeesh, the last thing Americans need to do is eat right before bed. We suffer from an obesity epidemic, & studies show eating before bed worsens obesity. Instead, follow @michaelpollan's advice: "Eat [real] food, not too much, mostly plants." @postcereals https://t.co/2SIdcoyzJo

[Dr. Iyad Abumoghli @iyadabumoghli]

Mindfulness for Earth: Is it mindfulness for mental health? Or mindfulness for reconnecting people to the living planet https://t.co/ZYPGYBQWiz
#Faith4Earth @UNEP @UConnGlobal
By @ErikAssadourian
#Mindfulness4Earth

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Thank you Yvon Chouinard for choosing to put purpose over profit. I hope @patagonia will now do even more to fight #climatechange as well as #consumerism--which is at the heart of the climate crisis.
https://t.co/ufk46winnZ

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The top films assigned in college. Unfortunately not a single one with environmental themes. Unless you count Apocalypse Now, which certainly captures the ecological 'horror' of war. https://t.co/N0RfL9gM7f

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Over 9 million trees were lost to fire in 2021 according to new data. Please take a moment to mourn their loss. And then reflect on ways you can use your life energy to bring humans back in balance with Gaia.
https://t.co/uAzPQzBAU8

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This will be the coolest summer of the rest of your life....
So be present for it.
https://t.co/MPo5trDdMg

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Dear @ASteiner and @UNDP, you must know the old adage: "if development isn't sustainable, it isn't development." Please cease all work with fossil fuel companies, and especially stop receiving donations from corporations. Better a small UNDP than a corrupt one.

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WTF?!
"The United Nations development agency has also worked with the government and the oil industry to compile dossiers on drilling opponents."
https://t.co/4flpdexe9o
@UNDP @ASteiner

[Erik Assadourian @ErikAssadourian]

Dear Mayor Ben,
Is it possible to start making changes now in Middletown rather than waiting for fuel shortages or #climatechange to force them? From dimming street lights to accelerating home insulating efforts, now's the time to act
@bdflorsheim @nytimes
https://t.co/4xaT2mvud4

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The massive European heatwaves coming quickly after the effort by the @EuropeanCommiss to greenwash natural gas and nuclear energy is something right out of a political TV drama. Specifically #Borgen. https://t.co/TnHzVJL0nk
@earthisland @earthislandjrnl @netflix @vonderleyen

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Big big news at @GaianWay:
we are three years old and now are an official religious organization. Send us your wishes and, sure, your tax-deductible donations too!
https://t.co/DQofvBGBmM

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"Norway is building the world’s largest wind farm – to power oil and gas fields." Reminds me of the old adage: If an oil field is powered by renewables does it still ravage the climate?
https://t.co/gUhUds0bUY
#ifatreefalls #sayings @350 @PriceofOil @fff_europe @sunrisemvmt