Climate Grief Support

Resources, wisdom, and community—that include contributions from Climate Cafe gathering—to support us as we experience climate grief and to foster a more connected, reciprocal relationship with each other and nature.

Conversations


Witnessing the Wounded Places

with trebbe Johnson,
author of Radical Joy for Hard Times: Finding Meaning and Making Beauty for Earth’s Broken Places

How our relationship to the loss and wounding of our beloved places can help foster healing.


Returning the Self to Nature

with JEANINE CANTY, PHD,
author of Returning the Self to Nature: Undoing Our Collective Narcissism and Healing Our Planet

Wisdom and tools from ecopsychology to expand our hearts and consciousness and bring about collective repair.


How to Live in a Chaotic Climate

with LAURA SCHMIDT,
CO-author of How to Live in a Chaotic Climate: 10 steps to reconnect with ourselves, our communities, & our planet

Invitations drawn from climate psychology, Buddhism, yoga, and psychosocial research to deepen our relationship with the planet.

Books

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

by Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass

How Beautiful We Were

by Imbolo Mbue

Support Impacted Communities

Nestled in Southern Appalachia, the Asheville area holds a vibrant and expansive community of herbalists and apothecaries, many of which were impacted in Hurricane Helene. Here, we’re sharing links to a few close to our community, as well as other ways to donate to affected areas.

Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine founded by Juliet Blankespoor and based in Cherokee Nation territory, known as Asheville, North Carolina

One Willow Apothecaries founded by Asia Sular and based in Blannahassett Island in Marshall, NC

Best Ways to Donate in the Wake of Hurricane Helene from the North Carolina Department of Public Safety

Plus, our community member shared additional ways to contribute to community and earth in other areas.

Tree People: Born from the efforts of a teenager over 50 years ago, TreePeople inspires and supports the people of Southern California to come together to plant and care for trees, harvest the rain, and renew depleted landscapes.

Virtual Community Circle

Climate Cafe hosted by Tracee Stanley

Join the interest list to be the first to know when the next Climate Cafe will take place. In these live virtual sessions, we gather to honor our connection with nature as climate change continues to impact many of our beloved lands and communities. This is a welcoming space to share your climate grief, hope, devastation, and not–knowing about our future. It is a free space to be in community, to connect, to listen, or to create action plans.

Sign up for the interest list here to find out when the next Cafe will take place.

Music

The exploration of nature and its cycles is a gateway to personal and collective healing.
— Tracee Stanley