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Dear Earth Carer, please don’t be mad, but I no longer identify as a Lonely Conservationist.
Dear Earth Carer, It seems I have some explaining to do. But first, you should be reassured that the beloved site Lonely Conservationists and its associated social media are not going anywhere. In…
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Dear Conservationist (Earth Carer), you deserve to be cared for.
Dear conservationist, Since I last wrote to you, I have been gleefully working in the climate space (said nobody ever) and embracing working on local community-based projects. There was a long time in…
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Dear conservationist, you may not be able to do enough, but you can be enough.
Dear conservationist, I am going to start this letter off by saying something controversial and borderline illegal, and that is, recently, dear conservationist, I feel like I’ve made it. Usually, when you picture…
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Dear conservationist, there is more to our lives than powerlessness.
Dear Conservationist, I have been trying to write to you for months now, but the words just never seem to come out right. I have been on a bit of a journey, navigating…
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Dear conservationist, don’t lose your passion because society tells you to.
Dear conservationist, I apologise that it has been a while since I last wrote to you. Running workshops outside of my work hours and planning the recent LC connection day have absorbed much…
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Dear Conservationist, I take it back- we do need to prioritise our own resilience.
Dear conservationist, As an ever-evolving human, I will happily admit that I have absolutely poo-pooed resilience as a priority for conservationists. However, recently, my tides are changing. If I am being honest with…
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Dear conservationist, a brood parasite restored my faith in humanity.
Dear conservationist, I started this year by reading “Human Kind, a Hopeful History” as I wanted this year to be different. I think, like many conservationists, I have often grappled with the notion…
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Dear conservationist, you don’t need to be angry to care.
Dear conservationist, For as long as I can remember, I have been furious about the state of the world. I have talked numerous times about how when I was 5-years-old I was mad…
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Dear Conservationist, being self-sacrificing doesn’t make the world a better place.
Dear conservationist, Our industry is full of self-sacrificing people and for a good reason. The industry basically trains us to be the monks of sustainability, sacrificing ourselves for our lord and saviour, Mother…
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Dear Conservationist, I’m no longer striving to make the world a better place.
Dear conservationist, My name is Jessie and I am a striving addict, a striveoholic if you will. I have been striving since I was 5 when I first learnt about deforestation. I strived…
