Two very different Earth Day moments.

In the morning, I was at Queen’s University with ‘Joining the Dots Together’, people from across faiths and communities who care deeply about the planet. I was there with Drumlin Wind Energy Co‑op, talking about how community energy offers a different, more democratic answer to our energy challenges. Dr Lorna Gold spoke about an “economy of enough”: human, relational, accountable. She reminded us how easily “enough” is heard as loss, and how deeply consumption shapes our habits and expectations.

By evening, at our The Future Is Already Here dinner in East Belfast, I was with people who aren’t waiting for awareness to catch up, growers, seed savers, co‑operators, heritage workers, housing innovators. People already building alternatives while navigating systems that don’t quite fit collective work. Around the table we talked about reciprocity, resilience, and the quiet courage it takes to keep going.

The morning was about imagining change; the evening was about living it. And both matter. Awareness without action can stall; action without reflection can drift.

If an economy of enough is going to take root, it will grow through participation. Join a co‑op. Lend a hand to a grower. Support the people already building the future we keep talking about, one co-operative, one community, one shared table at a time.