I am writing this to you with a deep appreciation for the fragility—and the resilience—of the human body.
My new essay is officially live in the latest edition of How to Save the World: The Compassiviste Anthology (Volume 10: Beyond Borders). While seeing my work published alongside such a compassionate collective of global voices is an honor, the real reason this specific project is so close to my heart lies in the cause it is actively funding.
One hundred percent of the proceeds from the sale of this anthology go directly to the Zaatari Desert Garden project, an initiative helping Syrian refugees develop hydroponic food production right inside the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan.
When we think about global crises or “saving the world,” we often get lost in abstract political debates. We forget that the most fundamental baseline of human dignity and survival is remarkably simple: access to clean, living, fresh nourishment.
Fresh, homegrown food is not a luxury. It is a fundamental necessity for a healthy body, and it should be protected as a basic human right.
I know this from the raw reality of my own life. Eating fresh, life-giving, real food wasn’t just a lifestyle choice during my long road home in Soul-Happy—it was an absolute pillar of my recovery. When my body was at its most broken down and misaligned, it was the living energy of clean nourishment that helped me remember how to heal from the inside out.
To live in a state of exile, stripped of your home, and then further stripped of the ability to feed your family, living food is a profound misalignment of human rights. The Zaatari Desert Garden project uses hydroponics to bring fresh green life out of barren sand. It gives people living in a refugee camp the autonomy to cultivate their own health, their own food, and their own future.
Because of the publisher’s deep ethical and environmental commitments, this anthology is uniquely published digitally only—meaning every single dollar goes exactly where it is needed most, without the heavy footprint of physical shipping.
If you choose to pick up a copy of Beyond Borders today, you aren’t just buying an ebook or reading my words. You are directly funding a garden in the desert. You are helping someone reclaim their right to heal.
With deep love and gratitude,
Anette
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