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EcoGatherers tend to resist the subjugation, exploitation, and destruction of the dominant culture. We recognize and don’t appreciate that we’ve been made complicit in unjust, extractive, oppressive systems from birth, without any opportunity to consent or opt out. To embody our morals, defend what we value, or just maintain our sanity, we are inclined to resist. But what acts amount to resistance? How do we actually do it? At what or whom do we aim our resistance?

If resistance is the umbrella held against the winds of the disagreeable (or the downright atrocious), opposition is perhaps the active push back against, or the steps taken back into the storm. Perhaps opposition is how we try to physically change the conditions around us. Perhaps opposition is always tied to action. But it may not always be about the negative because we can absolutely ground our opposition in our relationship with the positive…. In this gathering we’ll turn our attention to one facet of resistance — opposition — explore it’s many forms, and take up the many questions that resistance and opposition raise.

Recommended Resources
- Ursula K. LeGuin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
- Isabel J. Kim: Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole?
- Harry Flood: Vibe Shift
- Indigenous Resistance as an Antidote to Climate Crisis with Nick Estes