Humanity&Planet

04/22/2026

New Substack for Earth Day! (Free to read on Substack; just click no thanks if you don’t want to subscribe.)

When she started driving in high school, one of my kids put a sticker on the back of the car with the intention that people would read it everywhere she went, absorb its message, and know that they belong and they weren’t walking through this world alone.

04/18/2026

Angry? ✅
Scared? ✅
Grieving? ✅
Stunned? ✅

On Friday, “nearly half of Michigan’s 83 counties” were under a state of emergency.

It’s valid to feel all kinds of about the immediate, direct experience of climate change. Feel it—and let your feelings be a catalyst for , including holding federal and world government and corporations accountable.

Our lives and wellbeing matter a whole lot more than fossil fuels.

Link to article by : https://www.michiganpublic.org/weather/2026-04-17/ann-arbor-kalamazoo-five-more-counties-added-to-state-emergency-declaration

04/18/2026

Hello, all! 👋👋 Announcing a change! I’ve been inactive on Facebook for a long time, just reposting my posts from Instagram here. But now I’m planning to be more involved here, so I’d love to have you join me here!

And if you’re on other platforms, please feel free to go check out and follow my content:

• Instagram @ humanityandplanet
• Bluesky @ humanityandplanet . com (no spaces in the actual name; I’m writing it this way here so that the link doesn’t pop up)
• Substack @ humanityandplanet
• LinkedIn @ lauracarterrobinson

04/17/2026

All the feelings, Ann Arbor.

04/11/2026

What a transcendent tour de force. Congratulations and thank you, —including Christina Koch, fellow alum (a decade apart) 🦄 of the North Carolina School of Science & Math —for showing us what’s possible for humanity as we all live here together on our one beautiful planet that needs us, just like we all need it. Your perspective and your wisdom are a gift. 🚀🌎

04/07/2026

On a day when an unstable, psychologically decompensated president sickeningly threatens/plans to destroy an entire civilization, how do we stay aware while also staying able to function—while, if you’re like me, with a feeling of fear and dread in the pit of your stomach? (Yes, it’s a feeling we’re all getting used to, and yet it worsens constantly with every new ratcheting up of madness.)

What I’m doing to cope this morning is watching a bald eagle cam, with newborn eaglets. It feels particularly meaningful to watch our national bird representing the beauty, and the strength in caring for the vulnerable, of what America could be, and it’s a beautiful example of peace, tenderness, and nurturing. It’s calming, you can hear other birds chirping in the background, and it helps regulate your nervous system, as nature always does.

It’s ok to let yourself be in that space today. It doesn’t mean you’re not also aware, angry, horrified, afraid, or devastated for those in harm’s way.

(And yes, also: protest, donate, help each other, help our planet, and keep breathing)

Here’s the link to the eagle cam: https://lnkd.in/dXkSC9h2

Here’s an article in The Guardian about it: https://lnkd.in/dWaifBhe

04/07/2026

Climate anxiety is not one-size-fits-all. Looking forward to talking about “What’s Really in the Room: Conceptualizing and Working Integratively with a Continuum of Climate Distress” on April 27 as part of the speaker series put on by the Climate-Informed Counsellors Chapter of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association!

02/26/2026

Many thanks to Jo Park and for featuring me in this article, and for covering the worry and grief about climate change, and the love for the natural world, that unite so many of us, wherever we live.

The Climate Tribe was founded by global sustainability and climate change leader Her Highness Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan as “a UAE-based social enterprise dedicated to inspiring climate action through dynamic storytelling, immersive community engagement and radical collaboration.” I value and appreciate being able to contribute in some small way to that mission with this interview.

You can read it at the link in my bio or here: https://cultureroom.theclimatetribe.com/en/read/interviews/we-need-to-talk-about-climate-anxiety

Reposted from :

We Need to Talk About Climate Anxiety

Climate distress isn’t just worry. It’s grief for the places, species, and futures we feel slipping away. In this interview, clinical psychologist Dr. Laura Carter Robinson reflects on climate-aware therapy, doom-scrolling, advocacy, and how we stay present without burning out.

Read the full story via the link in our bio.

نحن بحاجة إلى الحديث عن القلق المناخي

الضيق المناخي ليس مجرد قلق، بل حزن على ما نفقده من أماكن وكائنات ومستقبل. في هذا الحوار، تتحدث الدكتورة لورا كارتر روبنسون عن العلاج الواعي بالمناخ، وعن الإرهاق الذي تسببه الأخبار، وكيف يمكن أن نبقى حاضرين من دون أن نستنزف أنفسنا.

اقرأوا القصة كاملة عبر الرابط في البايو.
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02/23/2026

Check out the bite-sized but deep and meaningful climate psychology conversations—now available in podcast form—that , , Steffi Bednarek, , Beth Sawin , and I have had with in her fabulous ongoing series, Burning Questions!

Reposted from :

📣 Announcement

Burning Questions: Conversations about Our Living World is now streaming on Spotify, iHeart, Audible, and wherever you listen—along with YouTube.

In each episode, I sit with thought leaders and activists to explore the real questions behind climate engagement: how to stay present without burning out, how to communicate with clarity and heart, and how to step into meaningful collective action. If you’ve been carrying both love for this world and the weight of its unraveling, you’re not alone. Come listen, reflect, and find steadiness in shared ground.

Episode 1: Glaciers, Connection, and Our Place in the Living World with Laura Robinson Carter

Episode 2: Authenticity and Making Room for All the Feelings—Together with Bonita Eloise Ford

Episode 3: Bringing Our Wise Mind to Climate Conversations with Steffi Bednarek

Episode 4: An Invitation to Transformative Leadership with Renee Lertzman

Episode 5: The Importance of Cross-Generational Alliances with Jade Sasser

March will bring a deep conversation with Multisolving’s founder Beth Sawin.

Come join us!

02/18/2026

Thanks to for resurfacing this important article from last year that featured a fantastic group of experts on this topic. I was glad to be part of it, along with many esteemed colleagues including , Sarah Newman , , , Susan Clayton, Maria Ojala, Elizabeth Bechard and others.

Reposted from :

Youth around the world are taking a stand against climate change—and protecting their mental health in the process. Research shows that climate change is not just affecting the planet, but also the well-being of young people. Tap the link in bio to learn more about how kids, schools, and communities are turning climate anxiety into action.

01/27/2026

Together.

01/07/2026

❄️ In December, as part of an extended trip abroad, my family had the chance to visit Abisko, Sweden, pop. ~ 150, in the Arctic Circle, one of the best places in the world to see the northern lights. And our trip also happened to coincide with the Gemenids meteor shower. Just amazing.

🌌 Many, many thanks to our wonderful guide, professional photographer Jesús Garrido of , for finding and capturing the magic of the northern lights—and for stargazing, sharing great stories, and providing cookies and hot lingonberry tea. (Both photos here are his.) We had an extraordinary time communing with nature, trekking briefly through the woods in the dark, and watching the auroras while standing on a frozen lake. And Abisko was a place that allowed for really being with the natural world.

🌍 The Arctic is warming, which will have massive effects on all of us, everywhere, and those effects are already felt when you’re there—from frequent mentions of climate change, to less snow than usual, to warmer temps than usual, to effects on wild animals, and on and on. It isn’t right that this beautiful place, home to critical ecosystems and central to the well-being of all of us, is being destroyed because of fossil fuels. We need to change our ways and live in harmony with the Earth.

🌲 I deeply love experiencing the natural world and I believe strongly that travel is an important form of learning, but doing it responsibly is really critical. I don’t travel as much as I otherwise would. (And I don’t support billionaires and their private planes: In 2024 Oxfam noted that on average, 50 of the world’s richest billionaires each took 184 flights in a single year, spending 425 hours in the air—producing as much carbon as the average person would in 300 years.) And I’m not consumption-oriented but instead invest in experiences provided by local people, eating local foods, buying local goods, and honoring and respecting nature. It matters to do what we can.