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Courageous Conversations - talking about what matters with Rowan Ryrie of Parents for Future


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How can we, as parents, grandparents and anyone who cares about the fate of future generations, live our lives in such a way that when our children ask us why we didn't do more,  we can say with honesty that we did all that we could? How do we help them to build resilience, to feel safe in a supportive community and in connection with the natural world so that as they grow, they can face the truth about the world they have inherited?

And how can we use our role as parents to create conversations that matter, not only with people with meet in our daily lives but also with those in positions of power.

These are some of the core questions that prompted environmentalist and movement-builder, Rowan Ryrie to co-found Parents for Future, a fast-growing group of parents who have come together to support each other in navigating the climate crisis and trying to secure a safer, fairer world for children everywhere. 


Rowan says, 'Together, we can be much more courageous than we can alone,' and she's brought this understanding to their latest project, 'Courageous Conversations'.  It's a pilot project just now, but when the results are in next year, it will be spread out around the UK and then, if there's funding, around the world, to give us emotionally literate tools to engage with the people we encounter in our communities of place, purpose and passion. 

This feels to me to be right at the cutting edge of the emergent future we need to create. It's grounded in a theory of change that makes sense in the realities of overall systemic change, while at the same time, understanding that shift happens one courageous conversation at a time, and that we all feel better if we can share our fears and build hopes that work for everyone. Rowan specifically wanted me to assure everyone that Parents for Future is not only for those with young children - or any children - if you care about the world we're leaving to the generations that come after us, human and more than human, then do join. There are 28,000 members and rising, all around the world - and if there's not a physical, location-based group near you, and you want to set one up they'll help. 


Parents for Future https://parentsforfuture.org.uk/
Larger Us https://larger.us/
Climate Psychology Alliance https://www.climatepsychologyalliance.org/
Climate Parent Fellowship https://ourkidsclimate.org/climate-parent-fellowship/
The Week https://www.theweek.ooo/
The Britain Talks Climate research paper https://climateoutreach.org/reports/britain-talks-climate/

Social Media links

Rowan, LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rowan-ryrie/
Rowan Instagram @rowanryrie
Twitter https://twitter.com/rowanryrie

Parents for Future LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/parents-for-future-uk/
Instagram https://instagram.com/@rowanryrie
Twitter https://twitter.com/parents_4future
Mastadon: https://climatejustice.global/@Parents4FutureUK 

FB: https://www.facebook.com/ParentsForFutureUK/ 

Instagram: https://instagram.com/@parentsforfuture_uk 

Mastadon: https://climatejustice.global/@Parents4FutureUK 

FB: https://www.facebook.com/ParentsForFutureUK/ 

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