👋 Hi, everybody! Today, we are thrilled to share the first column in our new special series: Ask a Climate Therapist. Over the past month, you and your fellow readers have submitted some really thoughtful — and challenging — questions about the emotional side of living through climate change. Leading climate-aware therapist Leslie Davenport is here to answer them. Today, she digs into the question of what to do when your climate convictions aren’t shared by the people closest to you.
But first, I’d like to make a request. Can you think of a friend or two who does share your climate values, who might appreciate this column (as well as the rest of the hopeful and practical climate stories we cover here in Looking Forward)? Please take one sec to share this column with them, and encourage them to subscribe to the newsletter to get more like it.
We’d love your help to spread the word, so more climate-concerned readers can benefit from Leslie’s advice.
This week, we’ve also got our typical solutions news roundup for y’all — including stories about plant-based protein, climate legislation, and resilience programs — and a poem from a reader. And now, without furthe... Read more
