Resilience and wisdom to stay happy in the years ahead
You may call it climate anxiety, distress, overwhelm, or whatever. It keeps getting worse, and faster than expected: it gets me alarmed and unsettled, maybe you too. I’m writing this blog for myself as much as anyone, as part of my long-running search for ways to live with this. There are plenty of good processes … Read more
This film and project deserve our support The National Emergency Briefing was an event in Westminster in November 2025, and is now an excellent film of the event, available for free showings: many have already been organised, see map here. The Briefing features 10 experts, authorities in their sector, setting out the implications for health, … Read more
Learning from Boiled Frog syndrome Climate psychologists tell us that humans aren’t good at dealing with complex, diffuse threats whose timing is uncertain. It seems we’d be great at handling a woolly mammoth attack, and our evolution is way behind reality. If you compare the latest five years to the previous five, what do you … Read more
Taking extra good care of ourselves Why it really matters now I’m guessing that this theme will resonate with many of you as it does with me. We are having to cope with a climate that has become much more abrasive: and I’m referring not only to the weather, but to politics and plenty more. … Read more
How individuals and communities can grow through tough times This is one of the few books I’ve read on climate change responses that I’d call encouraging and inspiring. Doppelt is an unusual character, who works as both a counselling psychologist and an environmental scientist, combined with socially engaged Buddhism. His book is a good bridge … Read more
Insights from Paul Kingsnorth Paul Kingsnorth is one of the deeper thinkers in what could be called the broad environmental scene. I’ve been reading his book Confessions of a recovering environmentalist: you can see from the title that he has grave doubts about the green movement and where it’s heading. Before this book, I had … Read more
What more can we do to adapt to the climate crisis? “We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator… we are in the fight of our lives – and we are losing.” This was Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General, at COP27. For all the efforts to reduce carbon emissions, … Read more
Politically, it’s a different planet!Mae Cymru yn wleidyddol yn blaned arall Probably many of you reading this who live in the UK share my gloom about Whitehall politics, and the prospect of sensible, positive action on carbon emissions, food security, affordable housing, and more. Since early 2022, I’ve moved from vague impressions that things were … Read more
Why down to earth beats fishtank modernity This is a very helpful, illuminating book, though not in the ways I hoped. The idea of ‘solutions’ to the climate crisis is long gone for me, but I am thirsty for guidance on practical adaptation in local communities. Dougald’s book only hints at this, but it has … Read more
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