Climate Conversations

 Let’s talk about climate distress. A conversation about hope and community action in our neighbourhoods.

When: 11th November at 3pm-5pm 

Where: Surry Hills Neighbourhood Centre, 405 Crown St, Surry Hills

Cost: $5 

Speaker: Dr Sally Gillespie 

Where do we find hope? 

What are some strategies for coping with our emotions 

and the reality of what is going on in our environment? 

How can we become a more resilient neighbourhood? 

Discussions and information around climate change can often feel daunting. Sometimes we can feel hopeful, other times we might feel stressed and overwhelmed about what we are hearing. In this workshop we will share with one another what we are feeling and think about some ways we can thrive in a culture that must come to terms with the reality of our changing climate and environment. As we come to terms with the loss of and change in our natural world as we know it and an uncertain future, what can we do to take care of ourselves, our community and our world? 

Our speaker and facilitator is Dr Sally Gillespie. Sally is a writer, workshop facilitator, lecturer and public speaker with a background in depth psychology and ecopsychology. Her book Climate Crisis and Consciousness: Reimagining our world and ourselves (Routledge, 2020) explores the psychological experience of engaging with climate change and related ecological concerns. She has presented talks and facilitated workshops in this area for academics, activists and the general public since 2010, both nationally and internationally. She is an active member of Psychology for a Safe Climate in Australia and the Climate Psychology Alliance in the UK.