Galadriel’s Light: Working on the Mythical Level to Protect Our Environment

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Rick Reibstein

Abstract

It is possible to restore democracy in America even though the current administration has decimated many democratic institutions. However, the battlefield is composed of myths that have had the power to divide our body politic. A body politic cannot be healthy if its parts are fighting each other, so people of goodwill should consider not just what ideas are motivating voters to vote against democratic principles of equality, voter representation, science, and the purposes of government, but what real stories can serve as antidotes to the dark effects of misinformation about this democratic republic meant to belong to the People.

Keywords:

body politic, democracy, environmentalism, hope in dark times, myths, pollution prevention, psychohistory

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About the author

Rick Reibstein

Rick Reibstein, JD, after 27 years of helping to develop the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Program, expanded his environmental teaching. He was recently awarded the inaugural Champion of Sustainability award of the Institute for Global Sustainability at Boston University. He writes poetry, walks, takes pictures, gardens, cooks, helps people suffering from contamination or noise, enjoys listening to psychological professionals talk, loves his family and friends, and sometimes gets letters to the editor or articles printed. He recently wrote many of his ideas down in a book called Reconstructing Environmental Governance (2022), published by Rowman & Littlefield. He can be contacted at .

How to cite this article

Reibstein, R. (2026). Galadriel’s light: Working on the mythical level to protect our environment. Clio’s Psyche, 33(2), 214-218.

https://doi.org/10.70763/915e3742d51cb477268ba29275c3ce09