Edgewalkers

“the impossible happens daily.”

Please listen to this 🙏🏼 for a

The articulate and brilliant activist and author, Rebecca Solnit shares insights from her new book The Beginning Comes After the End, that make us think about the differences between the early environmental movement and its 2026 counterpart.

Willow Defebaugh interviews her in her podcast for Atmos Magazine.

Culture and nature were thought of as distinct spheres in the time of Carson and the Sierra Club.

In 2026 more of us understand the interconnectedness of these and how there’s no separating the reality of our reliance and dependence on nature for everything, for our survival.

She says our despair and cynicism isn’t helping.
Societies in general are better today - just look to the past and see the progress that has been made.

She says so much more - a great listen.
Take away sentence: “the impossible happens daily.”

I’m a big fan of Solnit, who also wrote Wanderlust, a History of Walking.

Rebecca Solnit: Why Cynicism Feels Smart—and Isn't Hope isn’t found in looking to the future; it’s in the past. This w...