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Some significant influences:

Joanna Macy and The Work That Reconnects: Helping to move communities through Gratitude, Pain, Vision, and Action
Appreciative Inquiry: Helping communities and organizations build on what they already do best
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and his teaching about the importance of Awe and Wonder
Co-intelligence and Tom Atlee: Strategies to move groups from mob-think to wise co-intelligence
Charles Eisenstein and The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible
Robin Kimmerer and Braiding Sweetgrass: INDIGENOUS WISDOM, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND THE TEACHINGS OF PLANTS
Rebecca Solnit and Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
Radical Joy for Hard Times: Creating beauty where there was pain
Rabbi Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center
Rabbi David Seidenberg and Kabbalah & Ecology: God's Image in the More-Than-Human World
Free Listening Movement: How much of the world's sorrow might be ameliorated with simple acts of listening?

Books about long term hiking/biking trips with a purpose:

Walking to Listen by Andrew Forsthoefel
- Andrew's Year-Long Journey across the U.S. and continuing work with "listening as a catalyst for connective presence, personal transformation, and peacemaking" is how I came to name my project "Walking to Listen," with his permission. His book is a joy to read in addition to being extraordinarily useful. His work and personal advice, is a great support and inspiration.