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Riverside Elegy: a Laotian Retrospective

But change, as we know, occurs even when there is no hope left.

Posted byRobert NorrisOctober 6, 2018April 6, 2020Posted inforests, hope, laos, permaculture, travelTags:backpackers, drugs, prostitution, regeneration, sustainability, vang viengLeave a comment on Riverside Elegy: a Laotian Retrospective

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Six Conditions of Hope: a talk by David Gee (9 Apr 2020)
Riverside Elegy: a Laotian Retrospective

Records of Hope

Our first Record of Hope, Calais At The Crossroads (2018), is the culmination of months of discussion and writing on the experiences of one volunteer-activist in the Jungle refugee camp in Calais, Northern France. It combines the raw account itself with an introductory essay on activism, useful links for further action and inquiry, poetry and artwork. Its purpose is to motivate those who feel the need to take action, but are unsure about the first step and how to take it.

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Six Conditions of Hope: a talk by David Gee (9 Apr 2020)

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David Gee’s inquiry into hope started from a conversation with an activist friend who was experiencing burnout, and led to an inquiry into what it is about hope that makes work possible, and what about its absence, hopelessness, makes work impossible. David’s investigation has taken him around the UK interviewing frontline workers, and the results of his research are to be published as a book. The following is a write-up of notes taken during the talk, complemented with additional input from me with links for further reading.

Thinking About Hope, and the question of transmission (2020)

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A critical response to the teachings around hope in the Buddhist canon. References to Pema Chödron, Christopher Titmuss, Thanissaro Bikku, Dante, Dickinson, kotodama, personal experience and gang violence in Los Angeles and London.

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