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October 2025: nature-based solutions

Each month, we break down our topic into four weekly modules. Catch up on previous editions here.

This week's module: ACT

• ✅ CONNECT | Conversation prompts on nature-based solutions
• ✅ LEARN | What do nature-based solutions look like in practice?
• 🎯ACT | How you can advocate for a climate-resilient world with biomimicry
• REFLECT | Art, poetry, and commitments

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes

Here's what we'll learn today Reader

Oh my gosh. HARVEST OF THE FUTURE, our first-ever gala, was a dream. Or whatever word is beyond a dream.

It's nuts to think that some of you have been here when our Changeletters first started in fall 2019, exactly 6 years ago, and now... here we are, throwing the best parties and creating the world's most joyful community spaces for climate action.

You are the reason I don't give up. And not giving up is HARD, man. Every time there's a fork in the road, Soapbox on one side and literally anything else on the other, I'm tempted to choose the else.

But because of you, the fork comes out of the street and chases me down the Soapbox lane, and I've never regretted it. (Although it would help if we met our fundraising goal ;))

Thank you THANK YOU thank you for indulging the ramblings of a madwoman-turned-climate activist-turned-still a madwoman, and thank you for being here, caring for the home we share.

Now let's get to some climate action, shall we? ✨

Photo courtesy of Chris Harper, one of our three stellar photographers. More to come!

P.S. you are the first to see these pics, not even our staff / volunteers have gotten a sneak peek

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Your bite-sized action plan Reader

✅ ACT by choosing a biomimicry project that fits your time, energy, money, and vibes.

As you know, we use the NCCJC's 4 R's of Social Transformation framework to guide our ACT modules. Here's more info about that if you're curious.

Today, we've got some fun + creative stuff in store, so I hope you pick at least a couple and get started.

1. RE-IMAGINE and then RE-CREATE a project in your own life that you can redesign with nature-based principles.
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   ​You could abolish your lawn, for instance, and plant native plants. Or you could run around town with a native plant shaker and sprinkle it around whenever you can. Or you can replace chemicals in your house with natural ingredients, like making wheatpaste instead of buying glue and then use it to stick up resistance posters. Or natural cleaning products.
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   ​Here are 50 examples of nature-inspired design (aka biomimicry) that you can peruse for more inspiration, especially if your dreams exceed the humble household!
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2. RESIST the disappearance of nature in our media. Grist recently reported that the words we're using to talk about nature are disappearing. According to a UK study, "the use of nature-related words declined more than 60 percent between 1800 and 2019." Sixty percent!! Make a list of words you'll bring back. Our language shapes our reality. Next week, for fun, I'll be sharing my favorite nature-related words, alphabetized, so reply to this email with your favorite A-Zs for inclusion! Here's what I have so far:
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   A: aspen
   B: bloom
   C: chaff
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   I'm sure we can do better than that. Send in your nature alphabet!
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3. REIMAGINE by meeting fellow biomimicry practitioners. You can join the Biomimicry Institute's community! They have classes, convenings, and more.
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4. REFORM your household with products designed through the lens of biomimicry. For example, every time you wash your clothing, you're inadvertently dumping (micro)plastic into the ocean. Because many of our clothes are made from polyester, which is plastic, which sheds its teeny tiny filaments. Washing a single fleece jacket (aka...plastic) can release almost ONE MILLION plastic microfibers. Yuck!! The good news is, you can find a Cora Ball for your washing machine that catches about a third of these microfibers. They designed it by looking at how coral reefs filter particles from flowing water!​
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And finally, be a nature-based solution by modeling the change you want to see.

We're currently at 40% of our 2025 grassroots fundraising goal, and you can help us get the other half if you value the existence of Soapbox. Community spaces are actively being targeted by extractive capitalism and its uggo wielders, and you have the power to do something about it. (Don't forget to match those corporate dollars!)

Thank you for following along and for caring about the planet.

Love,

Nivi

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