March Climate Café

​March’s café is at a new-to-us location: Cafe OTONO on S. Division in Grand Rapids. OTONO is a cafe, but also a sustainable fashion / vintage clothing retail and community space. We will meet in the cozy space toward the back of the store.

​This is our first Friday night café. We will start with introductions at 5.30pm, so please arrive early to settle in, especially if you plan to purchase a drink. (Of course, please join us whenever you can make it there.) 

​In case you're wondering, what is a climate café?, it is "a simple, hospitable, empathetic space where [feelings] and uncertainties about our climate & ecological crisis can be safely expressed."

​A climate café is a nonjudgmental space open to every person ready to explore eco-emotions in a group setting and within a justice orientation. It is an advice-, debate-, and fixing-free zone, but rather a lightly peer-facilitated space to focus on feelings about current climate and other political realities, and to create community around those feelings. There is no charge to participate. Masking is welcome but not required.

​Climate Café starts with a short orientation to the format, followed by introductions and a lightly facilitated roundtable conversation. 

​At Climate Café GR, we value everyone’s participation who sincerely wishes love and liberation for each of their co-participants. We expect all participants to engage in respectful peer sharing and support. We understand participants may hold different viewpoints, but since the focus is on relating our experiences, we ask all would-be participants to refrain from argument during the session.

​Climate Café Grand Rapids meets monthly. Contact: [email protected] or @climatecafegr on Instagram. (Do not worry if you do not see many signups on Luma; we do not require RSVPs. There will be others there!)