Eaarth Feels

The United Kingdom will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, United Kingdom, on November 1 to November 13, 2021. Will world leaders commit to making the changes necessary?

"No matter what he says today, remember, Shell has spent millions covering up the warnings from climate scientists, bribing politicians, and even paying soldiers to kill Nigerian activists fighting against them, all whilst rebranding to make it look as though they care and that they have the intention of changing."

This week's Best in Climate article, originally published on CommonDreams.org, discusses how brilliantly climate activist Lauren McDonald articulated the frustrations of many at Shell's climate inaction & obstruction. McDonald was sharing the stage with the Shell CEO Ben van Beurden at a TED climate conference in Edinburgh Scotland. COP26, the UN Climate Conference, begins in Glasgow on October 31st.

"It is helpful to know that to care about others, much less about the environment or the quality of life on the planet, is extremely recent in the evolution of consciousness of millennia." Dr David Hawkins

This episode of Eaarth Feels is a discussion of climate change, and the other environmental challenges we are facing, in the context of psychiatrist Dr David Hawkin's Map of Consciousness.

Climate change and environmental destruction have inspired court cases around the country and the globe, aimed at protecting the natural world. Journalist Katie Surma gives us a brief history and provides us hope for Earth's future.

This story originally appeared in Inside Climate News and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.

Climate Breakdown is undeniable and no one is coming to save us. How do we step into this moment? Rose reminds us we are the ones we have been waiting for.

"Our leaders are lost," said Nakate of Uganda, "and our planet is damaged."

This week's Best in Climate article highlights the recent addresses by youth climate activists Vanessa Nakate and Greta Thunberg at Youth4Climate summit. Originally published on CommonDreams.org.

Continuing our monthlong coverage on Climate anxiety, Shannon Thompson, the founder of Shakti Rising, shares insights with Rose from her 22 year history leading a trauma informed women's change organization.

In one Kenyan village, citizens are paid to plant mangroves rather than cut them, reducing deforestation and furthering economic and climate sustainability for the future.

In the year that has been transpired since we last spoke with thanatologist (climate grief specialist) Kriss Kevorkian, we have been hit head on with flooding, hurricanes, building collapse, droughts and wildfire. Neck deep in the knowledge of human caused climate change, Kriss offers her wisdom to help us cope .

In an excerpt from her 2012 novel "Flight Behavior" Barbara Kingsolver's characters explain the goal of 350 ppm and the frightening aspect of global temperature rise in a language every lay person can understand.