​A peer support ritual, share or just observe.

​Hosted by Ive Velikova, science communicator.

​Ive's mission (pronounced Ee-vy) is to build science literacy and climate optimism through stories, helping you to untangle complex science topics. Ive's no B.S. approach to climate optimism means you won't get any 'toxic positivity"— just processing emotions.

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​A personal resilience practice.

​​Why should we uncover our feelings? We will talk about it.

​​This is NOT group therapy. It is an opportunity to dig in, ask questions and feel community connection with other concerned folx. Saying the quiet part out loud is empowering.

​Climate Circles are a system of clima-unity.

​​Coming together in a Circle like this, gives each participant a chance to simply listen to perspectives of others. How does the changing climate, and everything before it, during, and the aftermath of its wrath— how do each of us take this into our continuum of understanding the natural and built world.

​For immediate help with eco-anxiety

• ​​​Text or call the 988 Lifeline. Literally, use 9-8-8 on your phone to reach someone that will provide "judgement-free care".

• ​​​Directory of "Climate-Aware" therapists in North America from Climate Psychology Alliance, NA.

​​An excerpt from Joanna Macy & Chris Johnstone, 2022

​"So this is where we begin, by acknowledging that our times confront us with realities that are painful to face, difficult to take in, and confusing to live with. Don't be surprised if you find yourself feeling anxious, defeated, or in despair.

​...When we're at our most exasperated we can sometimes surprise ourselves we might discover strengths that we never knew we had or experienced degrees of aliveness we never even suspected were available to us this is the time to reach out and find new allies as well as to discard forms of thinking and behavior that have led us astray. Our very act of facing the mess we're in can help us discover a more enlivening sense of what our lives are about what we're here to do and what we're truly capable of."

​Active Hope How to Face the Mess We're in with Unexpected Resilience & Creative Power
Joanna Macy & Chris Johnstone, 2022