Climate Cafe

What is a Climate Café?

​A Climate Cafe is a community-organised space for people to have open conversations about the climate crisis (and how it makes us feel). Brought together by Pim Sullivan-Tailyour, a Force of Nature facilitator and Climate Cares @ Imperial College London.

​We need spaces to navigate difficult climate emotions in solidarity with the global community already experiencing the impacts of the climate crisis. In this space we can explore, learn and connect.

​What does eco-anxiety mean?

​Eco-anxiety relates to the feeling of stress, anxiety and fear that is a response to the climate crisis. However it falls under the umbrella of eco-psychology, which encompasses far more than just eco-anxiety.

​Expected outcomes:

​Through this series, you will:

• ​develop tools to navigate climate emotions in healthy, productive ways
• ​build community connections and support networks
• ​transform individual anxiety into collective action
• ​explore culturally specific approaches to climate resilience
• ​practice mutual aid and alternative care structures.

Schedule of weekly themes:

3rd November – Climate Café 101: Intro to Ecoanxiety, join us for a guided discussion on eco-anxiety, how it impacts us and grounding techniques

1st December – Grief + Loss, a funeral for our present systems: Creating space to acknowledge and process climate grief

15th December – Burning out in a burning world: A space to explore climate anger as a legitimate and powerful emotion. This session validates rage while channelling it towards constructive action and collective power.

12th January – Alternative structures of Care: Mapping out other forms of care and mutual aid. Exploring how we sustain and strengthen this within the movement.