Create & 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...

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....

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...

I don’t know about you but I always end up feeling very conflicted during the holiday shopping season. Part of me doesn’t want to buy any gifts--and maybe you don’t. Which is way cool. Or you make all yours. Or buy everything from local craftspeople making adorable...

I said to my husband Bob this morning, “I’m hopeful we’ll win the Senate and keep the House.” (Yes, I’m a Democrat. Yes, by the time you get this I still believe I will be proven right.) He shrugged, “I’m realistic. We’ll see.” We laughed. That’s our dynamic--I hold...

Did you know the oil and gas industry has been spending very big bucks for decades to convince people like you and me there is no chance to avert the climate crisis? I discovered this reading Dr. Britt Wray newsletter…  “The US congressional investigation into...

It’s been a while since I wrote a Create + Climate missive.  I took a lot of the summer to reflect on how I want to use my creative energy going forward, the changes I’m going to be making to my business to free me up to focus more time on climate activism, and...

Hi Creator Who is Helping Create a New Story that Saving our Species (and lots of others species too) is Entirely Possible, Who changes culture? Artists. Writers. Healers. Thinkers. Rebels. Creators. Entrepreneurs. If you create, if you support others who create, if...

If you are new here, I write about how to be a climate activist from time to time. It's been a passion of mine since the late 70's and it's never been more vital. As in 2 years vital. That's what the most recent IPCC report (part 3 of the trilogy) told us, point...

It’s been a minute - first I experienced a touch of end-of-the-year exhaustion and then a lovely rest with my girl Lilly visiting (yay for snow in Seattle she got to stay four more days!), and then Bob and I took a trip to run and hike in Big Bend National Park....

These last weeks have been all about COP26 and about how it fell short of what we need to save humanity. At first, as I read the many articles about the various failures of COP26 and Greta Thunberg saying it was mostly “blah, blah,” I found myself saying, ”Careful!...

My lovely friend Lu asked me to help her learn to talk to her clients about climate change. She’s a hairstylist - yes, she got me to let my stripe go gray! - and passionate about the planet, but often feels unsure what to say. We talked about climate silence and how...

You would be totally in the majority if you thought the recent IPCC report declared, “Humans are screwed, let’s just give up.” That’s how much of the media reported it. Don’t get me wrong, I’m so happy they are reporting on the climate emergency so much more than even...

Independent climate journalist Emily Atkins recently wrote about how the news media is not adequately reporting on the climate emergency. This has been a frustration of mine for so many years! For example, during a recent heatwave in my state of Colorado less than 4%...

It’s vital that organizations and small businesses have crafted diversity, inclusion, and equity policies in recent years to address racism and transgender rights. Yes, these policy statements can end up being empty promises or performative activism, but they can also...