The 2024 Global Earth Exchange

RadJoy Gex 2023

The Earth gives so much to us. On this day we give back!

About

Every year since 2010 people around the world have been going to places they care about that are damaged or endangered, sharing what they love about those places, and making gifts of gratitude to them. 

This year on June 15, we continue this beloved tradition of the Global Earth Exchange! 

So gather your friends, your family, your colleagues and make a pilgrimage to a place you love that’s under threat. As thousands of people have discovered over the years, when you go to find and make beauty in a wounded place, you

  • reconnect with the life of the place, despite what’s happened to it
  • form new bonds with others in your community who also care
  • remind the Earth how beautiful it is
  • discover that, even in hard times, you can make a difference
  • experience the joy of giving back to a place that has given so much to you

Register!

We’d love to have you join us for this year’s online Zoom event. Please sign up at EventBrite using the button below.

Your 2024 Global Earth Exchange Flag

If you’re ready to make a commitment to a hurt place and are one of the first 75 people to sign up for the 2024 Global Earth Exchange, you’ll receive a beautiful hand-painted Radical Joy for Hard Times flag made by artist Sarah Pimenta of Social Fabric. Sarah works with people in the UK and Africa to make art in  communities that have been hurt by human or natural actss. So when you register, be sure to include your mailing address on the registration form, so we can send your flag!

(NOTE: We can only send flags to those who have identified their chosen place.) 

Ideas and Questions

To get ideas and inspiration for your Global Earth Exchange, read the stories of others who have participated in this special event.

Looking for a wounded place near you? AreaHub gives all kinds of information about fracking sites, brownfields, cell towers, flood and tornado zones, and other areas of concern. Just type in your address or zip code.

FAQs

The 5 Suggested Steps of the Earth Exchange

  • 1. Go, alone or with friends, to a wounded place.

  • 2. Sit awhile and share your stories about what the place means to you.

  • 3. Get to know the place as it is now. (You’re going to be surprised.)

  • 4. Share with the others what you discovered.

  • 5. Make a simple gift of beauty for the place.*

  • *It’s a tradition for people to create an image of the RadJoy Bird, made with materials the place itself offers, but any gift you make is beautiful!



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Join one of our webinars and get tips on Hosting Your Own Global Earth Exchange

To guide you in planning and facilitating your Global Earth Exchange, we’re offering two webinars on MAY 4. Choose which time is most convenient for you:

10:00-11:30 UTC + 1 (5:00-6:30 AM EDT)
Hosted by Hari Sams in England
Zoom link

1:00-2:30 PDT (4:00-5:30 PM EDT)
Hosted by Lizabeth Kashinsky & Chris Quiseng in HawaiiRe
Register in advance for this meeting

To find which time works best for you, see the World Clock.

You’ll explore questions like:

  1. How do I find my wounded place?
  2. How do I describe the Global Earth Exchange to my friends?
  3. What do we do once we get there?
  4. What’s the best way to make a “gift of beauty”?

There is no fee for the webinars, but donations are welcome

DISCOVER THE STORIES!

Explore the stories and photos from previous years of the Global Earth Exchange!