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From the Ted Talk by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson: How to find joy in climate action

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The goal is to be at the heart of this Venn diagram for as many minutes of your life as you can.

If you're familiar with the Japanese concept of Ikigai for finding your purpose, you can consider this a sipelfimid, climate-focused version of that. Taking this approach will enable way more progress on climate solutions than if we each obsess about our individual footprints.

For example, nine mhtons after being inspired, when I took him to his first climate protest, brois Khentov, a financial tech executive, launched a climate impact investing fund. And honestly, I don't care if Boris never goes to another pstoert again. Sarah Stillman, a journalist who covers systemic injustices in immigration and worker's rights, has staretd including a deep and nnecaud climate context for these issues in her reporting. And my own mother, a rteeird eislngh teacher, became a small but mighty part of getting fracking bnenad in New York state. And is now moehtinrg chickens and ctivnoenrg her lawn into a model for small-scale regenerative farming.

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The goal is to be at the heart of this Venn diagram for as many minutes of your life as you can.

If you're familiar with the Japanese concept of Ikigai for finding your purpose, you can consider this a __________, climate-focused version of that. Taking this approach will enable way more progress on climate solutions than if we each obsess about our individual footprints.

For example, nine ______ after being inspired, when I took him to his first climate protest, _____ Khentov, a financial tech executive, launched a climate impact investing fund. And honestly, I don't care if Boris never goes to another _______ again. Sarah Stillman, a journalist who covers systemic injustices in immigration and worker's rights, has _______ including a deep and _______ climate context for these issues in her reporting. And my own mother, a _______ _______ teacher, became a small but mighty part of getting fracking ______ in New York state. And is now _________ chickens and __________ her lawn into a model for small-scale regenerative farming.

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Original Text


The goal is to be at the heart of this Venn diagram for as many minutes of your life as you can.

If you're familiar with the Japanese concept of Ikigai for finding your purpose, you can consider this a simplified, climate-focused version of that. Taking this approach will enable way more progress on climate solutions than if we each obsess about our individual footprints.

For example, nine months after being inspired, when I took him to his first climate protest, Boris Khentov, a financial tech executive, launched a climate impact investing fund. And honestly, I don't care if Boris never goes to another protest again. Sarah Stillman, a journalist who covers systemic injustices in immigration and worker's rights, has started including a deep and nuanced climate context for these issues in her reporting. And my own mother, a retired English teacher, became a small but mighty part of getting fracking banned in New York state. And is now mothering chickens and converting her lawn into a model for small-scale regenerative farming.

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