PostedDec 19, 2024 | Arts & Culture, climate change, community, Education, lifestyle, sustainability
The following newsletter has been reprinted here with the permission of the BC Hub, Seniors for Climate group. Dear Climate Friends, October 1st was Seniors Day in Canada and internationally. Seniors for Climate ran a national campaign to motivate seniors across the...
PostedMar 2, 2024 | climate change, community, Education, lifestyle, opinion, sustainability, Youth
REPORTING ON CLIMATE ANXIETY Prepared by Ross Thrasher A recent issue of the e-newsletter Bloomberg Greener Living looks at how climate change is impacting mental health, and how to cope with eco-anxiety. Reporters Olivia Rudgard and Jack Wittels heard from hundreds...
PostedFeb 1, 2024 | Arts & Culture, climate change, community, lifestyle, Youth
Art in Climate Stories Solastalgia recently hosted a successful poetry-writing event in January to explore feelings and experiences with the climate crisis. Their next series of events is Solastalgia Story Circle: Art in Climate Stories, starting Sunday February 4 at...
PostedJan 11, 2024 | Arts & Culture, climate change, community, lifestyle, Youth
Moving Beyond Despair about the Climate Crisis: Engaging Emotions Through Poetry Solastalgia is a Vancouver youth-led community initiative that focuses on eco-anxiety and climate justice through arts-based events. Their next event, Moving Beyond Despair about the...
PostedSep 25, 2023 | climate change, community, lifestyle, news, opinion, sustainability
This Op-Ed by Linda Thyer and Arden Henley, was originally published in the Vancouver Sun, August 29, 2023. Opinion: The smoke in the air that impairs our health and compromises our capacity to breathe is a form of subsidizing the fossil fuel industry Here we are on...
PostedMay 29, 2023 | climate change, community, lifestyle, opinion, sustainability, Youth
Ingrid Kastens, Board Chair of Dogwood, recently wrote an interesting article called “What is Eco-Anxiety? 10 Simple Ideas to Manage Climate Change & Your Stress” for 365give. What is the climate crisis? What is eco-anxiety? Why does it matter? What...
