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Climate Café
February 1 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
What is a Climate Café?
A climate café listening circle is a welcoming space where fears and uncertainties about our climate and ecological crises can be safely expressed. Together we create a container that is strong enough to allow exploration of complex feelings and thoughts that are often taboo and hard to talk about. Research shows that while most people feel alone with their feelings, the majority are concerned about climate change. You are not alone. Talking about these feelings in groups can help make them bearable. We can engage with difficult truths while staying connected and grounded.
Space will be held by two experienced facilitators (trained through the Climate Psychology Alliance) for up to 10 people. In this friendly and supportive setting, we will:
-focus on feelings rather than action
-temporarily set aside issues of climate policy, science or action
-refrain from advice-giving
To register: Space is limited. To secure your space ahead of time, please email [email protected].
Facilitators:
Kennedy Williams is a 2022 graduate of the Environmental Sciences program at WMU. She leads the Air Quality Monitoring project for the Institute of Public Scholarship.
Donna McClurkan is a former RN and owner of Well Held End-of-Life Doula Services, LLC. Her passions include local food, pollinator habitat gardening, and visiting schools, libraries, and hospices with her certified therapy dog, Stormy.
