As we continue our year-long exploration of antidotes to toxicity, we’re reminded that no remedy—ecological, social, or imaginative—emerges in isolation. The systems that poison our air, bodies, and institutions also work to erode the collective capacity required to transform them. Building people power, then, becomes a potent antidote as a way of repairing the social fabric, restoring agency, and designing new conditions for livable worlds. In moments when toxicity feels diffuse and immeasurable, it is the solidarities we forge across disciplines, neighborhoods, and ecosystems that offer the most potent counterforce.

Our community calendar is full of opportunities to engage, support, create, and challenge each other's thinking. Look out for new events, and we hope you'll share some of your own. We look forward to building with you!

We are excited to convene TONIGHT from 5pm to 8pm at Red Emma's Classroom for Dinner and Dialogue! This will be an opportunity for us to share updates and prepare for the upcoming legislative session, including:

• Updates on the CHERISH our communities act from Shashwanda Campbell of South Baltimore Community Land Trust
• Upcoming campaigns related to BGE and Public Power
• Follow up on BJTN's letter to MDE 

A complimentary plant-based dinner will be served, along with ample time for networking and conversation.

Have you ever heard of 'passive' design?

A passive house is air-tight and highly insulated—so thermally efficient that, ideally, you don’t need to install any mechanical heating at all. But does this strategy return dwellers to their environment or separate them from it? What design traditions does it emerge from?

Next Tuesday, EDC Curator Michael Degani will guide us through a critical cultural history of the passive house and lead an open discussion on where such design sensibilities might fit within just energy transitions. Be part of the conversation! 

You can join this event virtually on the EDC platform: 

Tuesday, November 25th

10:00 - 11:00 AM EST

How can we share resources and knowledge to foster a culture of material repair that also repairs our community ties?

In the face of capitalism's toxicity, we can find some antidotes and “cures” in local initiatives, such as tool libraries, repair groups, and communities.

This event will be a conversation between the Station North Tool Library in Baltimore (USA) and the Restarters BCN collective in Barcelona (Spain) to share learnings, achievements, difficulties, challenges, and to imagine together how to continue to be an antidote to the toxicity of fast and individualized consumerism.

Last chance to submit your work to Litter -- An Eco-Journal

Our current call for submissions seeks creative works of all stripes that respond to the central theme: Antidotes to Toxicity.

We're seeking essays, poetry, photography, design, and speculative imaginings across media that will provide innovative ways for readers to consider the many ways we find, create, and use antidotes to environmental, political, relational toxicities we grapple with each day. 

Authors and artists whose work is accepted will receive a $100 honorarium. Read the full call and submit your work here.

Deadline to submit is 11/28.

Find new ways to connect through events and opportunities on the EDC platform:

• Workshop Series: The Restorative Power of Comfrey: 3 free workshops exploring therapeutic applications of comfrey, led by herbalist, Alyssa Dennis. Jan. 21, Jan. 22, Feb. 12
• Climate Wayfinding Facilitator Training: Learn how to bring Climate Wayfinding to your campus, learning community, or cultural institution. Deadline to Apply: Dec. 11
• PhD Student Position: Apply for a PhD position at Loughborough University through a funded project that explores "co-creating flood-resilient green spaces, and  understanding health, access and equity in Leicestershire communities." Deadline to Apply: Jan. 8
• Call for Proposals:The Environmental Research & Education Foundation invites pre-proposal submissions that address EREF's strategic priorities including climate change impacts, emerging contaminant, and advancing materials circularity. Deadline: Dec. 1
• Call for Submissions: Finding Joy and Solidarity in the Anthropocene: Flooded Pine Press is seeking pieces that will speak to specific perspectives, trends, or histories that help to envision regional transformation from ecological crisis to possible futures. Rolling submissions.

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