Hi everyone! It’s Brendan Kelly here, writing in from Brazil. I had the chance to see Brazilian thinker, writer, and activist Ailton Krenak speak this week in São Paulo. Much of Krenak’s work is rooted in care and reciprocity, in the idea that forests, rivers, soil, and non-human beings all have their own agency and value and rights.
He had more to say than could possibly fit here, but a provocation he put to all of us stood out and I wanted to share it with all of you.
Can we hope within ourselves to hear what the earth is saying? Can we hope to have the courage to provoke new things to come out from these urban ruins? Can we hope to summon the forest as an internal transformation as much as an external one?
Posted: September 21, 2025