Gentle Protest: Step-by-Step
The New Year finds me at my desk, with a clear intention: ‘Finish what you’ve started.’ For three years, a book has been gestating and...
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Lucy D-C
- Jan 25, 2021
- 5 min
Transforming the World from Within - audio course
During the height of the pandemic, I wondered how best to be of service. Staying home didn't feel enough, yet we were being asked to do...
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Lucy D-C
- Aug 27, 2020
- 7 min
A Thousand Year Vision
With the pandemic putting all plans on hold, it may feel like we’ve been locked up in a prison of the present moment. Our planning brain...
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Lucy D-C
- Jan 8, 2020
- 5 min
Hiking for Climate Justice: how to keep going forward
Simien Highlands, Ethiopia – the roof of Africa I must admit that I didn’t greet the new decade with my usual enthusiasm. I’m normally...
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Lucy D-C
- Nov 16, 2018
- 2 min
Beyond Sustainable
I’m just back from Peru. What an adventure! I keep asking myself, what did I learn? What struck me most? I could be prosaic about the...
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Lucy D-C
- Apr 2, 2018
- 6 min
No Need to be an Activist, just be Joyful
When I use the word ‘activist’, I worry that the image coming to mind is of placard-waving, angry protesters, who may alienate people...
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Lucy D-C
- Jul 2, 2017
- 6 min
It’s Time to Act!
I recently presented a workshop on Mindful Activism to the South African Guild of Actors (SAGA). The tagline of their organisation is...
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Lucy D-C
- Apr 7, 2017
- 3 min
Ideas for Contemplative Activists
It’s protest day today – Friday 7th April. People are marching along the roads with banners. So far things are peaceful, but I was...
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Lucy D-C
- Nov 17, 2016
- 5 min
Small – Broad – Vast Mind
small mind – B r o a d M i n d – V A S T M I N D “The mind is not inside the body, the body, the mountain,...
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Lucy D-C
- Jun 30, 2016
- 6 min
Activist or ‘Passivist’?
A friend of mine recently asked, “Why should we regulate our emotions with mindfulness? Looking at what is happening in South Africa,...
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Lucy D-C
- May 6, 2016
- 5 min
The Warm Embrace of Compassion
In 2005, I helped set up a relief agency after the tsunami hit Thailand. One evening, I was in my little flat, preparing for a visa run...
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