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New Ways to Tell the Story of Climate
Solutions to Climate’s Communication Crisis The climate crisis is the defining story of our time. And yet, it only seems to be treated as such in ‘climate spaces’ – explicitly climate events, work environments, activist groups. It seems as though the… Continue reading
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The Plague of Climate Hopelessness
When you think about the changing climate, do you feel the joy of potential societal transformation, or do you feel despair and hopelessness? Chances are it’s the latter, especially if you’re Gen Z. Climate hopelessness is an epidemic. Pessimism is… Continue reading
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How Much Progress Are We Actually Making on Climate?
It’s Climate Week in San Francisco, and I’m reflecting on what I find the hardest thing to explain to ‘non-climate people’ (aka, people who don’t frequently think about their work and life through the lens of climate). How bad is it really… Continue reading
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What Are The Alternatives?
Part 4 of how to resist the threats of democratic destruction The way things are is not necessarily the most natural or right way. A few years ago, I asked my geographically-inclined brother to gift me a world map for… Continue reading
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Speak Up
Part 3 of how to resist the threats of democratic destruction This is part 3 of how to resist the current threats of democratic destruction. After acknowledging the reality of what’s happening, and finding your own ways to take resistive action, the… Continue reading
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How to Fight Fascism: Activate
Part 2 of how to resist the threats of democratic destruction Resistance to resistance What does resistance even mean? I’ve been pondering two very different definitions of the word. Resistance as defined by Steven Pressfield in his book The War… Continue reading
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What is the Moment We’re In?
Part 1 of how to resist Trump’s threats of democratic destruction What’s happening in the US right now? We’re 2 months into Trump’s second presidency, and so much *crazy shit* has happened, it’s actually not possible to fully keep up.… Continue reading
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Climate, as a Racial Justice Solution
An opportunity to entrench or redress racial harms This Black History Month, Black American adults are 30% more likely to have asthma than White Americans, three times as likely to die from exposure to pollution once age 65, 75% more likely to live in… Continue reading
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Emotional Resilience in Sh*tty Global Times
How? THE PROBLEM The issue at hand: how to continually engage with global catastrophes that are so big and depressing it feels like there’s nothing we can do about them? Prime example: Palestine. I’m ashamed to admit my idleness and… Continue reading
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LA Fires: How did we get here, & what can we do about it?
This apocalyptic moment we’re watching play out in LA is a microcosm for the climate crisis and the intersecting challenges we face. This ongoing catastrophic event is not an act of God out of humanity’s control – it emerged as… Continue reading
Clarity in Catastrophe 