I wrote a book, LESSONS FROM THE CLIMATE ANXIETY COUNSELING BOOTH: HOW TO LIVE WITH CARE AND PURPOSE IN AN ENDANGERED WORLD. Let me know if you think you could use it for something.
Mia Birdsong's How We Show Up & @caseyplett.com 's On Community are great resources for the Part 2-infinity of this, getting into the weeds of intention, responsibility, loyalty (not always benevolent!), mess, trust & intimacy. Not that you need a reading list to have friends, but I love these books
Naomi AldermanI'm feeling like maybe I should write something on: how to start a community. You start with you and one friend trying to live near enough to each other that you can walk to each other's houses. You host a regular meal for other friends who live nearby, at home or somewhere local and cheap.
Support for Haitians in RI, TX, OH & CA: www.nb4hs.org (RI) www.houstonhaitiansunited.org (TX) haitiansupportcenter.org (OH) haitianbridgealliance.org (CA)
New Bridges for Haitian Success | Haitian immigrants | 685 N Main St, Providence, RI, USANB4HS is a dynamic organization dedicated to empowering Haitian immigrants in Rhode Island through a range of comprehensive services and programs. From immigration assistance to educational support an...www.nb4hs.orgAaron Reichlin-MelnickUpwards of 200,00 people may have lost their jobs today; or will in the upcoming days. There is a palpable sense of fear among the Haitian community right now. They need your support.
Good essay
Saeed JonesIn 2023 while in NOLA, a Lyft Driver and I had a conversation about leaving home. It led to him telling me about his terminal diagnosis. “An editor told me once that if you want to understand a war, interview the grave diggers. I’d add that if you want to understand a city, interview the drivers.”
Read the whole thread to reset your mind a bit
Dr. Elizabeth SawinThe way forward is to is to see that emergency response and decarbonization and restoration can be one project. Two examples:
I try to avoid the B-bomb (this is not a directive, do what you want) but @sashayed.bsky.social shared this song w/ caption "message to all bitches please survive" & I have been listening to it a lot & carving out an exception. Message to all bitches please survive www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBpr...
𝗩𝟴 'singasong' Official MVYouTube video by HYBE LABELSwww.youtube.comSome neighborly actions for the coming days. The clean energy incentives actually blew my mind, I follow this stuff & I had no idea! Check it out! neighborlyactions.substack.com/p/neighborly...
Neighborly Actions: Step Step SlideDonate to sustain Haitian and Haitian-American neighbors and see if you're eligible for any clean energy upgrades. Also, save the date to build harm reduction kits, and apply to vote by mail!neighborlyactions.substack.comRhode Island
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable"In RI, New Bridges for Haitian Success could use donations & possibly other forms of support (i.e. rides, legal help) to sustain people targeted by these operations. www.nb4hs.org Everyone else, repost the quoted post with a local-to-you Haitian org, group, church, etc. that could use $ & hands.
Also for the record this is the attitude I bring to students' homework/coursework. It's a writing class, it's not as important as your health or even your sleep. Just communicate with me & your peer commenting partners, propose a new timeline for completing the work, and we are good
Doc BeechlerAt 19 years of age, Alex Toth landed work for the Green Lantern book. During this, he became very ill and stressed about deadlines. His mother called the offices and he soon received this letter.
"Bonus points" if you're doing this while sheltering or fleeing from the climate impacts where *you* are
Julia SimonClimate change is just constantly checking in on family and friends around the world who are experiencing events ie wildfire, smoke or heatwaves that are made more intense and/or likely by human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. (This weekend it's checking in on family in France. They're okay but 💔)
You can use this article (& articles like this) to ask a candidate how they will do better if they are elected, whether or not you intend to vote for them (or at all)
Philip EilNew from me, for the @rhodeislandcurrent.com: an in-depth look at four claims Helena Foulkes has frequently made about her record on opioids at CVS. My review indicates that Foulkes’ talking points present an incomplete, and sometimes inaccurate, picture of CVS’s opioid actions during her tenure.
In RI, New Bridges for Haitian Success could use donations & possibly other forms of support (i.e. rides, legal help) to sustain people targeted by these operations. www.nb4hs.org Everyone else, repost the quoted post with a local-to-you Haitian org, group, church, etc. that could use $ & hands.
New Bridges for Haitian Success | Haitian immigrants | 685 N Main St, Providence, RI, USANB4HS is a dynamic organization dedicated to empowering Haitian immigrants in Rhode Island through a range of comprehensive services and programs. From immigration assistance to educational support an...www.nb4hs.orgCatherine RampellTPS for Haitians officially expires tomorrow. ICE is planning big operations, with Springfield, Ohio among the targets www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-hai...