Marjory Stoneman Douglas on Eco-Anxiety and Managing Change

✨Marjory Stoneman Douglas left a profound legacy as an environmentalist, author, journalist, and civil rights activist. Many Americans know her name from the tragedy that took place at the Florida high school named after her, but don't know her tremendous contributions to our world. Read her full bio here.

💚Marjory was staunch defender of the Everglades, who joined the Miami Herald in 1915. Her 1947 book The Everglades: River of Grass has been compared to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in its impact on conservation and environmentalism. Marjory lived to be 108 years old. She was a suffragist, a charter member of the first chapter of the ACLU in the South, fought for civil rights, and worked to protect and advocate for migrant farm workers. (One can only imagine her fury if she knew that a so-called "Alligator Alcatraz" was being constructed to deny due process, basic human rights, and de-humanize immigrants -- and that it was being built in her beloved Everglades.)

 💫 @OneGreenThing board member Larry Schweiger, and former NWF president, reminded us of this quote today. He had the privilege of having dinner with Marjory when she was 101 years old after an awards event recognizing her remarkable achievements to conservation.

Marjorie Stoneman Douglas, Image from the National Park Service (Florida Memory Project)

 🌎 For all of us who feel eco-anxiety and the pain and suffering of the intense rollbacks related to climate justice, civil rights, due process of law, science, and the people we care about - we have to stand up, speak out, and of course -- remember to feel all the feels.

🕊️But we will never give up. We're all in this together. A healthier, greener, more equitable world is possible. Our loved ones are counting on us.

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