Utterly Compelled
Fernland Studios’ inaugural participant anthology gathers two years of study and place across their annual programming. Co-edited by Fernland Studios’ co-stewards, Zoë Gamell Brown and MaKshya Tolbert, Utterly Compelled is itself an ecology of rampant life.
Tonics for Transformation
As part of our Artist/Activist-in-Residency at Boulder Public Library, Loam built edible gardens and designed immersive monographs on herbal allies for wildfire season.
Flood Drafts
Flood Drafts: A Field Guide to Sensuous Repair is a collection of scores, essays, artifacts, and prophecies for reconstituting an embodied commitment to this Earth, constellated by members of the Hungry Mothers in artistic partnership with Loam.
Perceptions, Pleasures, and Powers
Written by Mandy Olivam, Perceptions, Pleasures, and Powers is a compilation of seventeen original reflections and illustrations with invitations to practice and presence. In these times of system collapse, we must know how to fortify ourselves and our communities.
Nourishing the Nervous System
Created by somatic practitioner and scholar tayla shanaye, Nourishing the Nervous System is our beloved field guide to earth-body intimacy.
UnStuck
UnStuck: Method + Magic for Stepping Into your Worth will guide you on a creative journey toward personal and professional transformation. Informed by trailblazing hair stylist Roxie Jane Hunt's experiences, UnStuck braids together personal essays, practical expertise, and inspiring interviews to help you claim your self-worth.
Required Reading
Curated, edited and produced by NDN Collective's Climate Justice campaign, Required Reading: Climate Justice, Adaptation and Investing in Indigenous illuminates the link between centering Indigenous leadership in political processes and repairing our fractured world.
Waters Rising
Curated by Walking Water, Waters Rising is an anthology of stories and reflections from water bearers, organizers, and artists. As part of nourishing the gift economy, Walking Water shared this book for free.
Micro Movements
Written by Loam Co-Editor Kate Weiner and permaculture practitioner Aeran Squires, Micro Movements brims with small practices that can help us exercise our muscles for bigger and bolder action. From a guide to civic engagement to a recipe for DIY compost tea, this workbook is a compendium of accessible interventions we can turn to when we are struggling to affirm power and find purpose.
Plottin’
Created in conversation with environmental justice educator Dominique Drakeford, Plottin’ is a dynamic exploration of community gardening and collective care. As part of this project, we also worked with illustrator Paula Champagne to design a special series of postcards to inspire readers to share Plottin’ with friends.