The Committed Optimist
Climate anxiety in kids
I received an email requesting information about how various practitioners help kids deal with climate anxiety. Here is how I responded. What I am about to say is not what you’re looking for, but it is relevant to the climate change and anxiety conversation....
read moreWebinar: Catalysing Mass Commitment to Transformational Change
The magnitude of our ecological and social crisis calls us to respond in innovative ways. Please join an exploration of how we can ‘mass produce’ the conversations and thinking that will lead to transformative change. Tuesday, May 12 7 PM Sydney time Register here....
read moreThe glass ceiling of aspiration
At the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin commented, We must all hang together, or surely we shall hang separately. In my view, if we are to really be effective, the environment-progressive movement must align together to inspire mainstream...
read moreRaising loved children rather than walking time bombs
This quote is from the last chapter of Lloyd de Mause’s The Origin of War in Child Abuse. I recommend the book, along with Robin Grille’s Parenting for a Peaceful World, and my own The Witness: Gateway to Self-Development. "The crucial task of future generations will...
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Hope for tomorrow’s children
What will it take to provide real hope for young people? I think there is only one thing. Young people will have hope when they see that society as a whole is passionately committed to transitioning to a life-affirming global culture, rather...
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