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Bending The Arc
publishing stories, poems and features that bend the arc of the possible towards a thriving future on Earth.
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Final Saturday Summary
Farewell. . . . for now!
We'll Meet You There - Thrutopoetry Launched!
Bending The Arc co-editors Alice, Hilary and Ilse bring you the world's first thrutopoetry pamphlet
Remember Where the Raspberries Grow
Short Story by Ruth Rosenhek
A Visionary Road Map
Book review from Karen Elias of 'Eco-Spirituality in the 21st Century: Revisioning Nature, Community, and Connection for a Better Tomorrow' by Dana O’Driscoll and Nate Summers
The Future Starts with a Seed
Fiction from Édi Longwave and Michelle Silvestri, plus an Everyday Action from co-editor Ilse Pedler
A Time Traveller and a Poet Do a Ridiculous Thing. Of Course They Do!
Interview with Rob Hopkins
Saturday Summary for Week 2
Catch up on last week's delights
A National Park on Your Doorstep
Feature by Benjamin Geeson-Brown
Creating ‘The Climate-Conscious Writers Handbook’
Feature by Wren James
A Climate Majority Scenario by Prof. Rupert Read
Feature from #1 Thrutopian, Professor Rupert Read, who coined the phrase and inspired the movement
Because We Believe We Can
Poems by Katrina Naomi and Sarah Mnatzaganian
Unstoppable… a Beginner’s Guide to Making an (im)Possibly Glorious Future
Interview with theatre-maker, Hannah Mulder
Saturday Summary
A handy guide to Edition 3 so far!
Salmon Totem
Memoir extract by Helen Moore
The Rising
Story by Carrie Starbuck with artwork by Maisa Mreiwed
Speak! In Emerald Conversation
3 poems from Claire Collison and Kara Barlow