by jlouden | Sep 13, 2023 | Create and Climate
I was at a party recently when the conversation turned to the recent extreme weather around the world and several friends crowded close to me and asked how worried they should be about climate change and how bad was it going to get and what should they do? I took a...
by jlouden | Aug 16, 2023 | Create and Climate
We are all aching over the destruction and loss of life in Maui and join the indigenous community in mourning “the loss of a place dense with Native Hawaiian history and culture.” Before I get into ways to help, it’s also important to say if you are feeling numb,...
by jlouden | Jul 26, 2023 | Create and Climate
Like most people who pay attention to the climate, including perhaps you, I’ve been twisted with despair these last months as I read doom-filled report after report about the climate disaster. I facilitate between wanting to simply attend to my own desires — to...
by jlouden | May 17, 2023 | Create and Climate
I started this newsletter because climate activism is something I bother about and have since high school. I also started it because artists and writers have the skills we need to wake people up. Because we know fear and facts don’t get people to change, stories and...
by jlouden | Mar 22, 2023 | Create and Climate
If you’ve been following the climate news, you’ve heard the IPCC Synthesis Report for the 6th Assessment was recently released. To quote climate scientist Katherine Hayhoe, the report “summarizes the risks of inaction and rewards of action in seven key figures....
by jlouden | Feb 8, 2023 | Create and Climate
Because I’m having one of those weeks, really months, where I can’t face the news or the petro 💩heads misinformation campaigns or even take much pleasure in the good climate news. And that’s both okay and scary. Okay because I need to take breaks from the crisis. We...