What is your Eco-Passion?

healthy neighborhoods?

local food systems?

coastal ecosystems?

urban green spaces?

just transition?

forests, mountains, lakes!

clean air and water?

birds, birds, birds!

clean and renewable energy?

climate resilience?

adaptive migration?

regenerative life-ways?

What gets in the way of you working collectively to make your eco-passion a reality?

You are Invited!

On a relational expedition

to

expand what is possible

Know the winning combination before you play...

Choose presence

Bring attention to the here and now ---

Grow awareness of feelings, needs, and values ---

Cultivate curiosity ---

Choose belonging

Connect with people, the living planet, and future generations with kindness and compassion ---

Listen to learn and share stories of what you know through lived experience ---

Choose collective agency

Inspire and enable self-authored decision-making ---

Co-create shared purposes ---

Lead and follow with courage ---

YOU • ARE • READY • TO PLAY!

Think of the 3-5 people who know you best...

Over the next week - share the winning combination with them and ask:

"If I could change one thing about the way I

SHOW UP

DEEPEN RELATIONSHIP

ACT COLLECTIVELY

what would it be?"

What some people have heard... This is not about judgment - it's about understanding your impact...

Sometimes you can be quick to judge * Respond to emotions as important information * Recognize the value of what you know, don't be afraid to share it * Take the risk to care * Sometimes you follow through but many times you don't * Sometimes you can shut other people's ideas down * Sometimes it's hard to know how you really feel * When someone hurts you, you can often hold a grudge * You want to do a lot of things but I don't notice you taking the steps to learn what you need to know * When you feel overwhelmed, take a break * When you drink too much, you are tired and cranky the next day * When you yell, it's overwhelming - I can't focus on what you're saying and it makes me angry * Spend more time and attention on things that matter to you * When you are cynical it feels like there's no way forward

Which ones inspire you personally?

Which ones do you feel in your body?

Which ones make you feel resistance?

Over the last week -
what changes did you hear from your familiars?

You are Invited!

Commit to a change that means the most to you

Looking for examples?

suspend judgment when I'm listening * pay attention to my emotions and share them * take the risk to care and get involved * be more open to exploring others' ideas * show up to give testimony on a bill * share what I know from my experience * share my thoughts and feelings more * show up to a meeting where I don't know anyone yet * forgive * take steps to heal * take steps to learn what I need to know to do what I want * when things don't work out, learn and keep going * when I feel overwhelmed, take a break * drink less * ask questions instead of reacting * spend more time and attention on things that matter to me

What some people have shared...

•WAYS PEOPLE ARE WORKING COLLECTIVELY•

Healthy Neighborhoods?

Still in her teens, Nalleli Cobo co-founded People not Pozos, which aims to secure safe and healthy neighborhoods, and the South Central Youth Leadership Coalition, which focuses on environmental racism in the community.

With a coalition, they organized for the closure of the AllenCo drilling site across the street from Nalleli’s childhood home. In March 2020, the group’s work resulted in the closure of the site, criminal charges for environmental health and safety violations, and, in 2021, a unanimous vote to ban new oil wells in unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County.

Local food systems?

Last year, Soul Fire Farm offered over 15,000 lbs of no-cost weekly shares of fresh produce to people segregated from access to healthy food, helped 110 gardeners to establish home gardens, Led immersion sessions on Farming In Relationship with Earth (FIRE) for BIPOC stewards in addition to many farm-based learning opportunities for growers, youth, and advocates looking to uproot racism in the food system.

Forests, Mountains, Lakes!

For millennia, Indigenous people have used fire to steward the land, strengthen ecosystems, and uphold cultural responsibilities. But for over a century, these practices were criminalized, undermining the health of forest ecosystems and tribal self-determination. In 2023, California passed Senate Bill 310, a landmark law that recognizes the rights of tribes and cultural fire practitioners to use fire for cultural purposes. In early 2025, the Karuk Tribe signed the first cultural burning agreement under SB 310, marking a historic step toward restoring Indigenous stewardship.

Clean air and water?

Local organizers with the NDN Collective launched the Protect the Ȟesápa campaign in 2021, organizing tribes, local officials, and the US Forest service to protect the center of Lakota life ways and culture - including clean drinking In 2024 US Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo), signed and approved the Pactola Mineral Withdrawal protecting the Ȟesápa from mining for 20 years.

Birds, birds, birds!

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) has prevented the extinction of 99% of the species listed. It is responsible for major recoveries for the Bald Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, and Brown Pelican by protecting habitats and banning harmful pesticides. Over 70% of listed bird species are now increasing, stable, or have recovered.
The environmental movements of the 60’s and 70’s fueled intense public concern about environmental harms and species near extinction. After a year-long legislative effort, the ESA passed with bi-partisan support.

Clean and renewable energy?

In Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, local residents founded Casa Pueblo and partnered with the Honnold Foundation to establish Puerto Rico’s first cooperatively managed, community powered solar microgrid. The community-established non-profit ACESA will own and manage the 1,000 solar panels powering 17 small businesses in the center of the town. They will pay for their electricity at a fraction of the former cost, and, after funds are set aside for the microgrid’s operation and maintenance, the remainder will be allocated towards future community solar projects.

Climate resilience?

We Act for Environmental Justice with The Extreme Heat Coalition in New York City helped pass Local Law 23 of 2026 to protect lives from extreme heat. Similar to the current City law requiring landlords to maintain a minimum indoor air temperature during the winter, this law requires landlords to maintain an indoor temperature no higher than 78°F – with 50-percent relative humidity – in occupied apartments when the outdoor temperature is 82°F or higher between June 15th and September 15th.

Adaptive migration?

The Climigration Network convened a team of community and Indigenous leaders to design a new program that would directly invest in the wisdom, leadership, and efforts of communities facing displacement from the climate crisis. In 2022 they developed the Next Step Cohort (NSC), an award-winning peer learning and participatory grant-making initiative to resource and grow community-led approaches to climate displacement.

Learn more!

This piece is influenced by...

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

Kristin Barendregt-Ludwig is a New Haven, U.S. based, award winning social practice artist. Her work invites collaborators into structures for inquiry and reflection to re-imagine social environments. Learn more here.

What is your Eco-Passion?

What gets in the way of you working collectively to make your eco-passion a reality?

You are Invited!

On a relational expedition

to

expand what is possible

Know the winning combination before you play...

Choose presence Bring attention to the here and now --- Grow awareness of feelings, needs, and values --- Cultivate curiosity ---

Choose belonging Connect with people, the living planet, and future generations with kindness and compassion --- Listen to learn and share stories of what you know through lived experience ---

Choose collective agency Inspire and enable self-authored decision-making --- Co-create shared purposes --- Lead and follow with courage ---

Think of the 3-5 people who know you best...

Over the next week - share the winning combination with them and ask:

"If I could change one thing about the way I

what would it be?"

What some people have heard... This is not about judgment - it's about understanding your impact...

Which ones inspire you personally?

Which ones do you feel in your body?

Which ones make you feel resistance?

Over the last week - what changes did you hear from your familiars?

You are Invited!

Commit to a change that means the most to you

Share your commitment with me

Looking for examples?

What some people have shared...

Learn more!

This piece is influenced by...

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

​Kristin Barendregt-Ludwig is a New Haven, U.S. based, award winning social practice artist. ​Her work invites collaborators into structures for inquiry and reflection to re-imagine social environments. Learn more here.

Choose presence

Bring attention to the here and now ---

Grow awareness of feelings, needs, and values ---

Cultivate curiosity ---

Choose belonging

Connect with people, the living planet, and future generations with kindness and compassion ---

Listen to learn and share stories of what you know through lived experience ---

Choose collective agency

Inspire and enable self-authored decision-making ---

Co-create shared purposes ---

Lead and follow with courage ---

Over the last week -
what changes did you hear from your familiars?

Kristin Barendregt-Ludwig is a New Haven, U.S. based, award winning social practice artist. Her work invites collaborators into structures for inquiry and reflection to re-imagine social environments. Learn more here.