A colleague wrote to me today quoting a speaker at a recent conference he’d attended, who said that it was unhelpful to overburden people with […]

Concerned about the climate crisis? Live in Oxford? Join our new free ‘Living with the climate crisis’ group and find your contribution to climate action! […]

Concerned about the climate crisis? Live in Oxford? Join our new free ‘Living with the Climate Crisis’ groups and find your contribution to climate action! […]

The forward-thinking London Climate Action Week has recognised the value of climate cafés. They are running every day this week. Book here (search for ‘climate […]

The University of Bergen is running an initiative they call the Art and Science Research Group, an innovative programme in which artists are paired with […]

I was on the Cimpatico Studios Climate Adaptation channel recently, talking about climate feelings at work with host Doug Parsons. It was the day our latest heatwave broke here in Oxford. You can watch some of my responses to Doug’s questions here.

Have you recently begun to worry about what is happening to our climate and what this might mean for you, and for your family and friends? Are you an activist or professional in the climate world, feeling the pain of climate grief or anxiety? A climate café is a simple, hospitable, empathetic space where anyone’s fears and uncertainties about our climate crisis can be safely expressed.

What is it like working in organisations that engage the public on climate change? What are the dynamics that leaders experience? This is the focus of my doctoral research at the Tavistock Centre/University of Essex.