A quiet revolution is starting in our backyards.

News headlines are certainly frightening at the moment, and watching billion-dollar corporations harm people and the planet in the name of profit is infuriating. But don’t let yourself slide into hopelessness. Whether you have a small urban balcony or sprawling rural acreage, you can reclaim your power as an activist through the small-scale choices you make every day.

On today’s show, author and homesteader Devon Ballard-Hudson walks us through her hopeful, accessible framework for reshaping the systems harming the planet, starting in our own homes and backyards.

Here’s a preview:

[6:30] On the importance of re-learning those “lost skills”

[10:00] Moving beyond headline-grabbing protests toward grounded, daily habits

[13:00] Applying the seventh generation principle and long-term ecological stewardship to household decisions

[18:00] Step one? Rewild!

[29:00] Life is noisy. So go on and reset your baseline

Resources mentioned:

• Backyard Climate Activist: Healing the Planet from Home (releases Nov. 8)
• The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté
• Next Book Club! Nov. 4 7:30pm EST Book: TRASH! A Garbageman’s Story
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