Flipping the Ratio
Doom and gloom is a prevalent trope within climate change engagement work. However, when we focus on the negative impacts we miss an opportunity to help other move towards a future vision full of possibility and opportunity.
Splooting Squirrels and the Practice of Paradox
Maybe this is one of those small but important life skills we don't talk about enough - how to hold lightness and gravity at the same time. Grief and hope. Anger and curiosity. How to let ourselves find delight in a word like 'sploot' while also acknowledging that those splooting squirrels are adapting to a world that's heating up faster than it should.
Care About Climate? Unleash Your Inner Creative.
How many times have you heard someone say “I’m not a creative person.” Perhaps you tell yourself that? Well, it’s nonsense. All humans have the capacity to be creative. Don’t believe me? Think about the creativity that kids, especially under the age of 10 or so, not only embrace but seemingly use to taunt us adults with their effortless ability to ideate and imagine on a daily basis.
If only I could get that feeling of unrestrained creativity back. The thing is, I can. We can. It just might look a little bit different than when we were kids.