A dominant, human-centered worldview has brought us to
the brink of social, ecological, and climate collapse. Braiding poetic
storytelling, deep cultural and climate justice analyses, and knowledge
of Earth-centered cultures, The Story is in Our Bones opens a portal to restoration and justice beyond the end of a world.
It's time to rewild ourselves and our dominant worldviews to build Earth-centered communities for all
These pages summon from our bones our commitment to defend this living Earth.
—Joanna Macy, author, Coming Back to Life and Active Hope
The dominant cultural worldview is
based upon extraction and exploitation practices that have brought us
to the precipice of social, environmental, and climate collapse.
Braiding poetic storytelling, climate justice analyses, and collective
knowledge of Earth-centered cultures, The Story is in Our Bones opens a portal to restoration and justice beyond the end of a world in crisis.
Author,
activist, and changemaker Osprey Orielle Lake weaves together
ecological, mythical, political, and cultural understandings and shares
her experiences working with global leaders, climate justice activists,
Indigenous Peoples, and systems-thinkers. She seeks to summon a new way
of being and thinking in the Anthropocene, which includes transforming
the interlocking crises of colonialism, racism, patriarchy, capitalism,
and ecocide, to build thriving Earth communities for all.
For anyone grieving our collective loss and wanting to take action, The Story is in Our Bones is
a vital guide to remaking our world. This hopeful, engaging, and
creatively lyrical work reminds readers that another world is possible,
and provides a desperately needed antidote to the pervasive despair of
our time.
"As a young Indigenous woman, it is important to me that we consider all
the complex intersections of colonialism, racism, patriarchy,
capitalism, and ecocide while building a better world. This incredibly
important and timely book includes the memory and knowledge of how we
can live in balance with nature, which still lives on in Indigenous
communities and is crucial to solving the multiple crises we are
facing!"
—Helena Gualinga (Kichwa from Sarayaku), Indigenous youth climate leader, Ecuadorian Amazon
