What gave me an extremely valuable opening in thinking about climate was Project Drawdown.
That assembly of scientists and NGOs working on global warming has identified in priority order and very explicitly what we can do as individuals or as organizations and measures what the impact would be of progress in those areas.
I developed my personal efforts from that baseline. Some are things I can do in how I live. Some are ideas I can share as an advocate. Some things point to organizations I can support financially who can do things we as scattered individuals cannot do, like holding governments and large corporate entities into account on the international stage.
My best angle is working to stop and reverse deforestation, but there are a variety of areas on which a person might usefully focus.
As I work at the zoo talking with people about non-human primates, most people with whom I speak care about endangered species. This gives me a hook for getting into what people can do to support reversing deforestation, rewilding in particular to create forest corridors, and taking other actions to reduce climate change. Reversing deforestation is a pretty obvious need when you are talking about primates.
One weekend camping, I was walking down a quiet dirt road, deep in thought, when a giant truck suddenly roared past me, breaking my reverie and choking me in a plume of exhaust. I suddenly had a vision of myself as a very old lady, telling my grandkids a story about how "cars could blow poisonous fumes right in your face and did it every day!" And the kids are astonished that we once lived like this. I've worked in the environmental/climate field for a couple decades, so I've been marinating in the topic for a awhile, but that random vision was galvanizing because it gave me a personal point in deep time to work toward. I often tell myself, "I want to live long enough to see this!" I am otherwise someone who struggles to see my life even 5 years in the future.
The other day, I was visiting my nephew, who was showing me around his first home, where he lives with his girlfriend. The backyard was a wide expanse of dead grass and weeds. I said, "Wow look at that clean slate. You could do so much back there!" He said, "Yeah, but it's just a rental. I'm not going to do anything if we don't own it and we're just gonna move out one day." I said, "DUDE. I dug and planted and landscaped and created beauty at every shithole rental I lived in my entire adult life." I'm a habitual place-maker. I LOVE transforming dead spaces into little Edens. My climate motivations derive from that same source; I'm working toward a verdant vision of beauty that is on the other side of the climate crisis.
For the last few years, the focus of my work has been building electrification - how to use the sun on my roof to power all my appliances, and how to load shift to do things when energy is cleanest and cheapest. I'm now dipping into water cycles, too, installing greywater and a Flume monitor. All this to say that I am geeking out on getting very intimate with my family's energy and water needs and patterns, and scheming ways to meet them with sun, rain, waste water. It's like a game. I'm a curious monkey, who grew up watching Gilligan's Island. I want to be the professor, making systems with bamboo and coconuts!
Lastly, I want to mention one more strong motivation: I consider fossil fuels the Death Star. They are destabilizing the climate, making us and all our fellow creatures sick, and polluting at every step. BUT ALSO, fossil fuel money bankrolls every political movement I abhor and fight against: the villains working nonstop to shred civil rights, the social safety net, and democracy are propped up with fossil fuel money. And I don't want to give them a single fucking dollar. From this fierceness I feel, I am trying to figure out ways to live that starve those movements of their dirty Death Star profits.
Amy K.! You are a revelation. This made me so happy: "DUDE. I dug and planted and landscaped and created beauty at every shithole rental I lived in my entire adult life." I'm a habitual place-maker. I LOVE transforming dead spaces into little Edens. My climate motivations derive from that same source; I'm working toward a verdant vision of beauty that is on the other side of the climate crisis.
Your sharing made me wonder if their is a flow chart somewhere of ways in to this consciousness/action based on your natural inclinations, like you are scientist/survivalist and I'm artist/philosopher or whatever. Where does that lead us to naturally plug in to the big tent movement?
There must be some kind of climate movement Enneagram! I'm more of an artist/survivalist who works with engineers and policymakers to communicate their wonky work. My placemaking is all about creating beauty. And my work is drawing people to a vision of what's possible. The persuader! The honeypot!
Ah, this is so relatable and I'm so grateful for your honesty here — similar boat, where I feel guilty and like I am personally responsible due to lifestyle choices I've made that aren't unilaterally in service to the climate (like taking multiple long flights every year, or eating meat). But I'm also aware that institutions and organizations are far more to blame than me, an average consumer trying to do her best by eliminating single use plastics and driving an electronic vehicle. My big question is: What can I do to support the people who are influencing broader and longer term strategies, who will have impact far beyond my day to day decisions? Any advice for which orgs and organizers to support would be useful. I've gotten a lot of my optimism back through following publications like Atmos magazine, which highlights both the crisis happening as well as the beauty that still exists throughout our planet.
Love this question, thank you Hannah: "What can I do to support the people who are influencing broader and longer term strategies, who will have impact far beyond my day to day decisions?" My friend Twilight said a smart thing on a hike yesterday - that the individual decisions aren't, in and of themselves hugely impactful, but they keep us connected to the larger cultural and system changes that need to happen. I really liked that frame.
ohhh yes, I like that too. we can't be discouraged by how small our changes feel in the scheme of things, but ALSO need to feel like we have an awareness of the bigger picture.
one thing that I forgot to mention that I've been doing is supporting indigenous groups who are working on land back initiatives. getting land conservation under indigenous ownership feels very aligned for me.
Thanks for opening this conversation Courtney. It's wonderful to see all the resources listed below.
Here's what I've found helpful on this journey of living in perilous times:
1- Put effort into meaningful actions, and don't sweat the small stuff. The A Matter of Degrees podcast (https://www.degreespod.com/) did a great series on "What Can I Do" personally (https://www.degreespod.com/episodes/season-3-episode-1), professionally and politically. The big one for me was switching banks - something I had wanted to do for YEARS and finally go around to this year. Marilyn Waite maintains a great list of sustainable banking options: https://marilynwaite.com/sustainable-banking-and-investing/. Next item on my list is switching to an electric stove - which hopefully doesn't stay on my todo list for quite as long...
2- Don't be a martyr. If we're trying to build a big, strong movement that can shift behaviors for the long-haul - I prefer to find joy in the work, and inspire rather than shame others. I LOVE my garden for example - and it brings me great joy to grow plants for insects and birds in the neighborhood. Learning about native plants, and closely observing my environment have been super rewarding. My husband has been making small pieces of art from plastic trash we collect on the beach. I think most folks can find practices that have some impact, but most importantly are joyful.
3- Make space for the grief. This one continues to be tricky in particular because my 13 year-old is angry, scared and frustrated by the climate crisis. Making space to hold the grief while also highlighting times when humans have figured things out (e.g. spotting the hole in the ozone layer) has helped. Taking meaningful action helps with the grief as well.
4- Focus on board transformational solutions. Because the climate crisis is urgent, it's easy to focus on quick fix (often tech) solutions that do reduce CO2 emissions, but don't do anything to solve the issues of systemic racism, economic inequality or even biodiversity loss. I get really concerned when I hear venture capital investors say the next Jeff Bezos will be a climate entrepreneur... I find the work of adrienne maree brown really inspiring when it comes to thinking expansively about true transformation.
I look forward to hearing what you learn on this journey!
I just bought the book and began reading A Future We Can Love, inspired by the conversation between the Dalai Lama and Greta Thunberg. It was birthed by Susan Bauer-Wu, who is president of the Mind & Life Institute, begun by his holiness. The book’s cover has this note: “How we can reverse the climate crisis with the power of our hearts and minds.” There are 8 billion people on the planet at the moment, which is likely both the problem AND the solution!
I think we all need to commit to ongoing study of this complex topic as a basis for an evolving understanding of how we can best take actions to protect the future for our children. I recommend the WakeUpWorld.earth curriculum as an initial foundation. The curriculum features video clips and articles from climate experts. Look at the Overview to get a sense of how the curriculum is structured. Then consider independent study of the full Curriculum for Community Groups, followed perhaps by facilitating the curriculum for a group. Commit to ongoing advanced study, see FAQ on Dr. Katharine Hayhoe's website and follow Project Drawdown and Regeneration.org. Join 1 or 2 local organizations that are engaged in climate actions, e.g. 350 or Citizens Climate Lobby locally.
"Climate is complicated: it’s several kinds of science, it’s politics, economics, history, even psychology, and there are countless solutions that matter, from soil conservation and forest protection to transit policy to Indigenous sovereignty and economic justice. Getting educated about some part of it or many parts of it can help you find your place in the climate movement and armor you against misinformation." writers Rebecca Solnit & Thelma Young Lutunatabua
Great topic Courtney. I feel your pain here and have been on a similar journey for a while, the guilt is normal anywhere you are on that path. I am in Australia so not up to date with US resources, although would recommend 2 books “All that we can save” and “we are the weather.” The second is very good at addressing your predicament and makes a case for practicality (eg adopting a 2/3 vegan diet rather than going all in, which has the same footprint as a vegetation). Whilst many would disagree with that it’s still a step on the right direction.
What I mainly came to say though is this, as a parent with similar aged kids, with their help make one change a month. Over a year or two it really adds up. Soft plastics you’re doing, next month do bamboo toothbrushes, after that start getting local veg boxes, get the kids to help decide what to do each month. Some months pick something that’s free to do. (You may be doing things like this already but you get the idea). Slow habit building. We started this 3 years ago and it makes a huge difference - our household of 4 produce a tiny amount of garbage. You can’t do everything and that’s been ok.
Starting also becomes expansive, I’ve recently gone on to study sustainability for marketing/media which has been a huge eye opener - all from the one change a month thing we started in the pandemic.
I’m so struck by this brilliant photo of Maya and Stella in the forest! It’s hard to believe that Maya has grown this tall since I saw her last in Portland. This made me wonder what world will they will inhabit as adults? That’s the focus: the future of our children!
Maggie Nelson’s excellent statement complements Gandhi’s:” The earth has enough to provide for everyone’s needs but not to satisfy their greed.” We are all greedy to some degree so the aim is to achieve restraint or moderation, not to let our wants get out of control.
MLK showed us that a movement matters, to organize ourselves around the common cause of environmental issues, just as he led the Civil Rights movement. That’s our model.
Let’s stay connected as Courtney does by fostering community and inspiring readers of this terrific writing! DD
Through the modelling of friends, and the information I gained asking questions (no one proselytizing) I am inching toward a plant based diet. (Squarely in the pescatarian category at the moment :) I was once disdainful of vegans - now I'm dating one. The universe does have a sense of humour.
So - yes. Educating ourselves about what we can do, individually and corporately, is essential.
My journey too Terry. I now eat less meat in a month than I used to in a meal. Buy nothing super processed, avoid supermarkets like the plague (Which they are), and yes the Universe can be witty. Peace, Maurice
To your point about where your money goes, Stop the Money Pipeline has a helpful guide about divesting from fossil fuel funders. I learned about it via Emily Atkin’s newsletter, Heated, which generally hits a good balance of informative realism and hopeful action.
Girl, ya got me! I am in a very similar place - trying (and failing) to commit to not flying, getting rain barrels, eating less meat.
To slow my apocalyptic doom-spiral, I focus on resilience. And people are never resilient alone. We are resilient in communities.
As for organizing... before the pandemic, I was doing some organizing with Sunrise. I felt old, but they also do good nationwide work, like Biden just created the Climate Corp. I don't know if their Bay Area hub is still active, but I find their occasional emails so uplifting.
Through them I learned about Youth vs. Apocalypse, a local Bay Area youth-led group. These kids go and protest at the Chevron in Richmond and other places. (In the past, they have needed chaperones for some of their middle school groups, which can be a great way for grownups to support.)
I’d highly recommend Ecochallenge https://ecochallenge.org/. It’s a great organization that offers free monthlong action campaigns plus discussion group resources. Found they have something for everyone, big and small ways you can get involved and make a positive impact.
Hi Courtney, I like the way you reach out, admitting to uncertainties, seeking practicalities, common ground. Without conversation, ideas, suggestions there is no retaliation to the Fat Controllers....... I recently came across Kim Van Bruggen, who asked readers of her stack Life (Un)learned) Four intelligent and pertinent questions. You may well find the responses of interest. Peace, Maurice
I am also reading How to Live in a Chaotic Climate by LaUra Schmidt and Aimee Lewis Reau. Their work is adjacent to that of Joanna Macy, while providing the same level of spiritual centering but with maybe a more practical approach toward self-care for those of us juggling too much in our lives. https://www.goodgriefnetwork.org/
What gave me an extremely valuable opening in thinking about climate was Project Drawdown.
That assembly of scientists and NGOs working on global warming has identified in priority order and very explicitly what we can do as individuals or as organizations and measures what the impact would be of progress in those areas.
I developed my personal efforts from that baseline. Some are things I can do in how I live. Some are ideas I can share as an advocate. Some things point to organizations I can support financially who can do things we as scattered individuals cannot do, like holding governments and large corporate entities into account on the international stage.
My best angle is working to stop and reverse deforestation, but there are a variety of areas on which a person might usefully focus.
Thanks for the tip, will have a look, see how I compare with my own stuff on the subject. Peace Maurice
Thanks for this resource.
FR thank you for this. How did you land on deforestation as your best angle?
As I work at the zoo talking with people about non-human primates, most people with whom I speak care about endangered species. This gives me a hook for getting into what people can do to support reversing deforestation, rewilding in particular to create forest corridors, and taking other actions to reduce climate change. Reversing deforestation is a pretty obvious need when you are talking about primates.
Often people care but don't know what to do.
So my audience gives me my best direction.
Do you know about the bonobos? I am just learning about their non-sexually coercive culture and it's blowing my mind.
One weekend camping, I was walking down a quiet dirt road, deep in thought, when a giant truck suddenly roared past me, breaking my reverie and choking me in a plume of exhaust. I suddenly had a vision of myself as a very old lady, telling my grandkids a story about how "cars could blow poisonous fumes right in your face and did it every day!" And the kids are astonished that we once lived like this. I've worked in the environmental/climate field for a couple decades, so I've been marinating in the topic for a awhile, but that random vision was galvanizing because it gave me a personal point in deep time to work toward. I often tell myself, "I want to live long enough to see this!" I am otherwise someone who struggles to see my life even 5 years in the future.
The other day, I was visiting my nephew, who was showing me around his first home, where he lives with his girlfriend. The backyard was a wide expanse of dead grass and weeds. I said, "Wow look at that clean slate. You could do so much back there!" He said, "Yeah, but it's just a rental. I'm not going to do anything if we don't own it and we're just gonna move out one day." I said, "DUDE. I dug and planted and landscaped and created beauty at every shithole rental I lived in my entire adult life." I'm a habitual place-maker. I LOVE transforming dead spaces into little Edens. My climate motivations derive from that same source; I'm working toward a verdant vision of beauty that is on the other side of the climate crisis.
For the last few years, the focus of my work has been building electrification - how to use the sun on my roof to power all my appliances, and how to load shift to do things when energy is cleanest and cheapest. I'm now dipping into water cycles, too, installing greywater and a Flume monitor. All this to say that I am geeking out on getting very intimate with my family's energy and water needs and patterns, and scheming ways to meet them with sun, rain, waste water. It's like a game. I'm a curious monkey, who grew up watching Gilligan's Island. I want to be the professor, making systems with bamboo and coconuts!
Lastly, I want to mention one more strong motivation: I consider fossil fuels the Death Star. They are destabilizing the climate, making us and all our fellow creatures sick, and polluting at every step. BUT ALSO, fossil fuel money bankrolls every political movement I abhor and fight against: the villains working nonstop to shred civil rights, the social safety net, and democracy are propped up with fossil fuel money. And I don't want to give them a single fucking dollar. From this fierceness I feel, I am trying to figure out ways to live that starve those movements of their dirty Death Star profits.
Amy K.! You are a revelation. This made me so happy: "DUDE. I dug and planted and landscaped and created beauty at every shithole rental I lived in my entire adult life." I'm a habitual place-maker. I LOVE transforming dead spaces into little Edens. My climate motivations derive from that same source; I'm working toward a verdant vision of beauty that is on the other side of the climate crisis.
Your sharing made me wonder if their is a flow chart somewhere of ways in to this consciousness/action based on your natural inclinations, like you are scientist/survivalist and I'm artist/philosopher or whatever. Where does that lead us to naturally plug in to the big tent movement?
There must be some kind of climate movement Enneagram! I'm more of an artist/survivalist who works with engineers and policymakers to communicate their wonky work. My placemaking is all about creating beauty. And my work is drawing people to a vision of what's possible. The persuader! The honeypot!
Aha! https://ecoanxious.ca/resources/eco-anxious-enneagram/
Ah, this is so relatable and I'm so grateful for your honesty here — similar boat, where I feel guilty and like I am personally responsible due to lifestyle choices I've made that aren't unilaterally in service to the climate (like taking multiple long flights every year, or eating meat). But I'm also aware that institutions and organizations are far more to blame than me, an average consumer trying to do her best by eliminating single use plastics and driving an electronic vehicle. My big question is: What can I do to support the people who are influencing broader and longer term strategies, who will have impact far beyond my day to day decisions? Any advice for which orgs and organizers to support would be useful. I've gotten a lot of my optimism back through following publications like Atmos magazine, which highlights both the crisis happening as well as the beauty that still exists throughout our planet.
Love this question, thank you Hannah: "What can I do to support the people who are influencing broader and longer term strategies, who will have impact far beyond my day to day decisions?" My friend Twilight said a smart thing on a hike yesterday - that the individual decisions aren't, in and of themselves hugely impactful, but they keep us connected to the larger cultural and system changes that need to happen. I really liked that frame.
ohhh yes, I like that too. we can't be discouraged by how small our changes feel in the scheme of things, but ALSO need to feel like we have an awareness of the bigger picture.
one thing that I forgot to mention that I've been doing is supporting indigenous groups who are working on land back initiatives. getting land conservation under indigenous ownership feels very aligned for me.
Thanks for opening this conversation Courtney. It's wonderful to see all the resources listed below.
Here's what I've found helpful on this journey of living in perilous times:
1- Put effort into meaningful actions, and don't sweat the small stuff. The A Matter of Degrees podcast (https://www.degreespod.com/) did a great series on "What Can I Do" personally (https://www.degreespod.com/episodes/season-3-episode-1), professionally and politically. The big one for me was switching banks - something I had wanted to do for YEARS and finally go around to this year. Marilyn Waite maintains a great list of sustainable banking options: https://marilynwaite.com/sustainable-banking-and-investing/. Next item on my list is switching to an electric stove - which hopefully doesn't stay on my todo list for quite as long...
2- Don't be a martyr. If we're trying to build a big, strong movement that can shift behaviors for the long-haul - I prefer to find joy in the work, and inspire rather than shame others. I LOVE my garden for example - and it brings me great joy to grow plants for insects and birds in the neighborhood. Learning about native plants, and closely observing my environment have been super rewarding. My husband has been making small pieces of art from plastic trash we collect on the beach. I think most folks can find practices that have some impact, but most importantly are joyful.
3- Make space for the grief. This one continues to be tricky in particular because my 13 year-old is angry, scared and frustrated by the climate crisis. Making space to hold the grief while also highlighting times when humans have figured things out (e.g. spotting the hole in the ozone layer) has helped. Taking meaningful action helps with the grief as well.
4- Focus on board transformational solutions. Because the climate crisis is urgent, it's easy to focus on quick fix (often tech) solutions that do reduce CO2 emissions, but don't do anything to solve the issues of systemic racism, economic inequality or even biodiversity loss. I get really concerned when I hear venture capital investors say the next Jeff Bezos will be a climate entrepreneur... I find the work of adrienne maree brown really inspiring when it comes to thinking expansively about true transformation.
I look forward to hearing what you learn on this journey!
I just bought the book and began reading A Future We Can Love, inspired by the conversation between the Dalai Lama and Greta Thunberg. It was birthed by Susan Bauer-Wu, who is president of the Mind & Life Institute, begun by his holiness. The book’s cover has this note: “How we can reverse the climate crisis with the power of our hearts and minds.” There are 8 billion people on the planet at the moment, which is likely both the problem AND the solution!
I think we all need to commit to ongoing study of this complex topic as a basis for an evolving understanding of how we can best take actions to protect the future for our children. I recommend the WakeUpWorld.earth curriculum as an initial foundation. The curriculum features video clips and articles from climate experts. Look at the Overview to get a sense of how the curriculum is structured. Then consider independent study of the full Curriculum for Community Groups, followed perhaps by facilitating the curriculum for a group. Commit to ongoing advanced study, see FAQ on Dr. Katharine Hayhoe's website and follow Project Drawdown and Regeneration.org. Join 1 or 2 local organizations that are engaged in climate actions, e.g. 350 or Citizens Climate Lobby locally.
"Climate is complicated: it’s several kinds of science, it’s politics, economics, history, even psychology, and there are countless solutions that matter, from soil conservation and forest protection to transit policy to Indigenous sovereignty and economic justice. Getting educated about some part of it or many parts of it can help you find your place in the climate movement and armor you against misinformation." writers Rebecca Solnit & Thelma Young Lutunatabua
Great topic Courtney. I feel your pain here and have been on a similar journey for a while, the guilt is normal anywhere you are on that path. I am in Australia so not up to date with US resources, although would recommend 2 books “All that we can save” and “we are the weather.” The second is very good at addressing your predicament and makes a case for practicality (eg adopting a 2/3 vegan diet rather than going all in, which has the same footprint as a vegetation). Whilst many would disagree with that it’s still a step on the right direction.
What I mainly came to say though is this, as a parent with similar aged kids, with their help make one change a month. Over a year or two it really adds up. Soft plastics you’re doing, next month do bamboo toothbrushes, after that start getting local veg boxes, get the kids to help decide what to do each month. Some months pick something that’s free to do. (You may be doing things like this already but you get the idea). Slow habit building. We started this 3 years ago and it makes a huge difference - our household of 4 produce a tiny amount of garbage. You can’t do everything and that’s been ok.
Starting also becomes expansive, I’ve recently gone on to study sustainability for marketing/media which has been a huge eye opener - all from the one change a month thing we started in the pandemic.
Love this suggestion about a habit a month with the kids, Anna. Thank you!
Thanks for this suggestion-I just borrowed and read We Are the Weather because of this thread. Gave me a lot to think about.
I’m so struck by this brilliant photo of Maya and Stella in the forest! It’s hard to believe that Maya has grown this tall since I saw her last in Portland. This made me wonder what world will they will inhabit as adults? That’s the focus: the future of our children!
Maggie Nelson’s excellent statement complements Gandhi’s:” The earth has enough to provide for everyone’s needs but not to satisfy their greed.” We are all greedy to some degree so the aim is to achieve restraint or moderation, not to let our wants get out of control.
MLK showed us that a movement matters, to organize ourselves around the common cause of environmental issues, just as he led the Civil Rights movement. That’s our model.
Let’s stay connected as Courtney does by fostering community and inspiring readers of this terrific writing! DD
Grateful you are opening up this topic, Courtney.
Through the modelling of friends, and the information I gained asking questions (no one proselytizing) I am inching toward a plant based diet. (Squarely in the pescatarian category at the moment :) I was once disdainful of vegans - now I'm dating one. The universe does have a sense of humour.
So - yes. Educating ourselves about what we can do, individually and corporately, is essential.
My journey too Terry. I now eat less meat in a month than I used to in a meal. Buy nothing super processed, avoid supermarkets like the plague (Which they are), and yes the Universe can be witty. Peace, Maurice
It's not just a climate crisis; we have a polycrisis. Here are 4 powerful videos from Stockholm Impact Week 2023: https://public.3.basecamp.com/p/txmbXE7NNeGYxd4MdSM9UdS4
To your point about where your money goes, Stop the Money Pipeline has a helpful guide about divesting from fossil fuel funders. I learned about it via Emily Atkin’s newsletter, Heated, which generally hits a good balance of informative realism and hopeful action.
Thanks Caroline!
Girl, ya got me! I am in a very similar place - trying (and failing) to commit to not flying, getting rain barrels, eating less meat.
To slow my apocalyptic doom-spiral, I focus on resilience. And people are never resilient alone. We are resilient in communities.
As for organizing... before the pandemic, I was doing some organizing with Sunrise. I felt old, but they also do good nationwide work, like Biden just created the Climate Corp. I don't know if their Bay Area hub is still active, but I find their occasional emails so uplifting.
Through them I learned about Youth vs. Apocalypse, a local Bay Area youth-led group. These kids go and protest at the Chevron in Richmond and other places. (In the past, they have needed chaperones for some of their middle school groups, which can be a great way for grownups to support.)
For us older folks 350.org also does great work.
These are great resources, thanks Rebekah.
I’d highly recommend Ecochallenge https://ecochallenge.org/. It’s a great organization that offers free monthlong action campaigns plus discussion group resources. Found they have something for everyone, big and small ways you can get involved and make a positive impact.
Thank you Karen! Sounds awesome.
Hi Courtney, I like the way you reach out, admitting to uncertainties, seeking practicalities, common ground. Without conversation, ideas, suggestions there is no retaliation to the Fat Controllers....... I recently came across Kim Van Bruggen, who asked readers of her stack Life (Un)learned) Four intelligent and pertinent questions. You may well find the responses of interest. Peace, Maurice
I am currently using the Planetary Health Alliance tools to process the constant and multiple impacts of climate change. https://www.planetaryhealthalliance.org/home-page
I am also reading How to Live in a Chaotic Climate by LaUra Schmidt and Aimee Lewis Reau. Their work is adjacent to that of Joanna Macy, while providing the same level of spiritual centering but with maybe a more practical approach toward self-care for those of us juggling too much in our lives. https://www.goodgriefnetwork.org/
Outstanding video from Planetary Health Alliance
https://www.planetaryhealthalliance.org/home-page
https://youtu.be/9cZ0zBSJz_g?si=XzivgAUMYwwu3BoA
Do you follow the Heated Substack? They really help me work through things.
https://open.substack.com/pub/heated/p/do-we-need-to-change-our-behavior?r=djld7&utm_medium=ios