⊹₊ craft n’ care: vegan dinner, discussion, & crafts with Climate Cafe NYC & bodhisattvism ☽ ‧₊˚
join us as we gather in like-hearted community to enjoy a vegan dinner, contemplate our eco-political crises, work on sustainable crafts, and build meaningful connections!
ticket funds will go to west los respuesta rápida / west la rapid response
after a nourishing meal and accessible grounding that can be done by all, we’ll get in groups to unpack some of our emotions and experiences . . .
then, for workshops we have 4 lovely facilitators who’ll guide you to either:
create a plant lamp (highly encouraged to bring your own plant material)
OR ~
make DIY jewelry that will keep us safe out of secondhand materials
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schedule
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6:30pm ~ doors + people grabbing dinner (meal TBA)
7:00 ~ mindfulness practice for digestion & earthing
7:20 ~ climate cafés begins
8:30 ~ plant lamps, DIY jewelry to keep us safe
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what are climate cafés?
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the interlocking climate and political crises can be overwhelming to confront. climate cafés provide a warm, easeful space to express our thoughts and feelings around it, without needing to overextend ourselves through immediate action. here, we can allow ourselves to be witnessed and held in community without judgement or bypassing.
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meet your facilitators
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Gianna Lum is the co-founder of Climate Cafe NYC — a climate action community that hosts workshops on eco-anxiety, connects people to impactful local activism, and keeps everyone motivated through camaraderie, creativity, and fun. She earned a master’s in Climate and Society from Columbia University and has a background in climate science, communications, and policy. She has served in the nonprofit sector as a lead climate education facilitator and worked on climate models at NASA GISS. In her free time, Gianna enjoys figure skating, rollerblading, and experimenting with new sustainable baked goods recipes.
gayatri sehgal founded bodhisattvism after performing their M.A. in Yoga Studies graduate research on supporting intersectional environmental activists become more resilient and less burnt out. as an eco-centric, trauma-informed yoga mindfulness facilitator, they have a passion for guiding socially progressive individuals to a deeper sense of psychospiritual health and personal power. they have been featured in Atmos magazine and Green4EMA's blog, lead a dozen climate cafés for the community, and have worked with the Sierra Club, CA Center for Climate Change Education, Seeding Sovereignty, Environment California, and more. gayatri continues to learn from their sanghas, Mā Kālī, Kṛṣṇa bhakti, the Moon, tarot, Zen, Tibetan Buddhism, socially engaged Buddhism, non-human animals, and Nature. gayatri also co-founded Haus of Liberation in 2022, an intentional co-living community for artists and activists to gather and collaborate, safe for QT/BIPOC, neurodivergents and vegans. Check out their podcast on all major platforms.
Rose Mae Turner “Rosie” is a textile artist, sustainable swimwear designer, vintage archivist, and climate activist with a range of industry experience. She's been involved with: Slow Fashion Movement, NoNBKPIPELINE, and was REMAKE’s NYC co-community organizer. She’s also one of Climate Cafe NYC's founding members. As an artist, Rosie works primarily with dead-stock, vintage, and regenerated nylon fabrics. In practice, she strives to be as zero waste as possible and enjoys experimental design techniques and also knitting, weaving, and patchwork. Lately she’s also been using bio-materials in her art and fashion creations. Named in The Chicago Sun Times’ Splash Magazine as “Who to Watch” in 2016, the Dominican University grad also received the distinguished alumnus award in 2017 for her work in the fashion industry. Since relocating to NYC nearly a decade ago, she has been published internationally. Her work has appeared in Nylon, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, BuzzFeed, Fizzy, Sportswear International, and more.
Michelle Cutler is a community composter in Los Angeles who loves collecting items that could be reused and transformed just like food scraps. Aka @stray.machine, they have made sculptures of small and large sizes out of recycling, trash, food scraps, and many pieces of clothing found while cleaning the LA river!
William Kennedy is a musician, trash artist, electrical engineer who loves lamps and all things freaky. AKA @freakylampss, he has made over 100 lamps out of found objects and loves to show people how to make their own! As a contributor to the LA Eco Village, he has helped build and foster projects like his solar-powered tiny home, with a composting toilet, and leads the Eco Village Repair Cafe.