Judy Wicks

I’m a retired entrepreneur, activist and author working for peace, human rights, and the well-being of all species.

My life-long work has focused on building just and restorative regional economies as an alternative to extractive, profit-driven corporate globalization. Local economies lower the carbons of long distance shipping, create greater equality through decentralized ownership, lower dependance on vulnerable global supply chains, and prepare future generations to survive climate chaos by producing basic needs as close to home as possible.

Now retired from business and organizational work, I am focused on building a sustainable, solar-run 2-acre homestead in Philadelphia, where my daughter and I have turned a lawn into a meadow, orchard and vegetable garden.

I continue to support under-resourced, local entrepreneurs who are helping to build our regional economy.

Currently, my activism is aimed at a ceasefire in Gaza and self-determination for Palestinians.

For more, visit www.judywicks.com.

Judy Wicks in Kosmos

Water and the Rising Feminine

Pat McCabe | As women, I see us as the relational glue, the relational builders, so I need to get it really straight in my own mind and heart from what ethic will I address these pressures and potential conflicts around water.

Published in Volume 18 Issue 2

Gaza on My Mind

l am an American who, like the poet Hughes, has sworn that someday America will be the country where our ideals of liberty and justice for all people will be achieved. It is vital to me that US foreign policy confirms and reflects these ideals. As I once opposed the bombing of the Vietnamese and then the Iraqis, I now oppose the US financed bombing of Gaza and uphold the right of Palestinians to self-determination.

Published in Volume 24 Issue 1

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The Village Way

Practices for Belonging in a Fragmented World

For thousands of years, we lived according to the principles of village life. Then, around the 14th Century, our lives were reorganized by rulers around growth and accumulation – often at the cost of community, equity, and the living Earth. What would it mean to return to simplicity, and mutual care?

Join us for a 9-month inquiry into this question, exploring how we participate together in a time that calls us back to community, resilience, and shared life,