Care Strategies to Combat the Culture of Flooding

Five years ago a handful of ideas came together to become this place.

A single effort to offer nourishing space, for imperfect people to try to improve our every day lives in the course of doing work for a better more habitable world. The impulse to care, in public, became a retreat, then an event, and an annual program.

As we look back at our intentions we see that our impact is measured in exhales, space taking and making, and recovered abilities. We count a growing number of rest practices, the formation of meetups and new groups, research and public town halls where care for the person is the point. Read together it looks like countless moments where we feed our best impulses, give the grind a rest, and dare to inspire ourselves and each other to be present; over shared meals and dedicated time for building habits that can last.

A wise woman once said, if you do something once its an exercise and, if you keep doing it becomes a practice. I would add that if you plan for it, it becomes a strategy.

Over the handful of years of Climate Critical we have set our sites on unstoppable care.

That care extends to you as the stewards of planetary ambition. Our efforts are for healers focused on systemic balances whether their methods are writing policy, managing mobilizations, telling stories or developing art of every kind to bridge gaps between elders and the youth. We share public displays of affection at Climate Weeks, and gather online and offline to bolster community as the solution that empowers other solutions.

We are unapologetic about unplugging to connect and reconnect, to build muscle for better terms of engagement in the future of climate and environment.

And we invite you to join us for our next iteration.

yours in unstoppable care,

Tamara
Founder and Friend