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You are here: Home / ITs not just IT / Online Discussions / How do I live well when it feels like the world is falling apart?

How do I live well when it feels like the world is falling apart?

How do I live well when it feels like the world is falling apart - imageMon 27 Nov from 7.30 to 9.30 – an online evening

Time to explore where we each are at this time of global challenges.

Time to slow down, to reflect, to share and explore, and to be with the discomfort – amongst others.

Anxious or hopeful? Despairing or determined? Confused or curious? Local, National or Global? Legal or illegal? External or internal change? Inspired or burnt out? Action or rest?

Nowhere to get to and no need to make choices or action plans. Just a chance to speak, listen, consider. To be with others and feel connected with a wider community.

All welcome.

Our experience has been that talking about these things in a safe group can make a huge difference. Exploring, sharing, being heard and knowing that we’re in good company and not alone with these feelings.

And remembering and sharing what sustains and supports us – and getting inspiration from what others are doing.

It came from our involvement in the climate and environment and the deep emotions that come up at times. However, we realised that it’s equally relevant for people for other challenging world events. It is not initiated by any organisation or group, just from a small number of people in Devon who have been involved in community activity and climate activism for several years.

How to join the event

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER and you’ll receive an email from Zoom with your own link.

Any questions email discussions@itsorted.org.uk

Who we are

A small group in Devon involved in local sustainability projects, climate and environmental issues.

Want to hear about future discussion evenings?

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Further information

Some reading and viewing suggestions below. None are necessary for the evening event.

These are just resources we have come across and will inevitably reflect our own searches and biases.

We will also post outcomes, suggestions, ideas and links generated from the event.

 

Climate Cafes

Climate cafes

These are loosely based on ‘Death Cafes’. Read this 2021 Guardian article on Climate Cafes

https://www.climatepsychologyalliance.org/ – Exploring psychological responses to the climate crisis to strengthen relationships and resilience for a just future. And a link to their climate cafes page

https://www.climate.cafe/ – a strong presence in Scotland but also other countries. Most up to date news is on their Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/climatecafenetwork/

Anxiety

Anxiety

How to cope with climate anxiety – from Young Minds website – 2022 article – Focus on what you CAN control / Look how far you’ve come / Limit your news intake / Be selective about where you read your news

Eco-anxiety: how to cope at a time of climate crisis – from Natural History Museum website

What is ‘climate anxiety’? How to calm your worries about the planet – from the Priory website – the leading independent provider of mental healthcare and adult social care in the UK. Stay informed but set boundaries / Take action / Reframe the issue / Connect with others / Practice self-care / Seek professional help /  Taking a news break / Children and climate anxiety

We don’t have to be overwhelmed by climate anxiety. Feel the pain, then act – Guardian 2023 article

Why aren’t we more scared of the climate crisis? – Guardian 2023 article

A couple of scientific articles I found (warning – not light reading 🙂

The psychology of climate anxiety

Climate anxiety, wellbeing and pro-environmental action: correlates of negative emotional responses to climate change in 32 countries

Deaper Reading

Some deeper reading

Warning: The following are mostly from the perspective that we have gone beyond certain tipping points and are inevitably heading for societal collapse – but still engaging in, “so what now?”

Prof Jem Bendell’s website – including ‘Deep Adaptation’ and ‘Breaking Together’

Read a short article written by Jem Bendell published by Resilience – 2023 – a useful way into the world of the inevitability of societal collapse and where to go from there.

In 2016, Jem Bendell delivered a lecture on the need to discuss what if it is too late to avert catastrophic damage to our societies from the direct and indirect impacts of climate and ecological damage. He asked whether we don’t talk about it because of our fears. Because we can fear we will descend into despair and inaction. Or we will be attacked by our peers and dismissed by our friends.

Michael Dowd – Post Doom website – Regenerative conversations, connections, and resources for moving beyond doom

For those who have lost hope that climate change, ecological overshoot, biodiversity loss and other causes of civilizational collapse already underway can be halted. Post-doom is the word Michael Dowd coined for the process of moving through the stages of grief, then beyond mere acceptance and more fully into “calm, clarity, and courageous love-in-action.”

A foreboding sense of climate chaos, societal breakdown, and economic and ecological “doom” is now widespread. Acknowledging our predicament and working through the stages of grief takes one only to the midpoint: acceptance. What lies beyond? 85 guests share their personal journeys along this trajectory and especially the gifts they have found on the other side of the post-doom doorway.

Video of Jem Bendell in conversation with Michael Dowd – 57 mins

Freeing Ourselves from the Addiction of Hope – by Margaret Wheatley – 2021. Read the article here or listen to it read by Michael Dowd

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