Humanity&Planet

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!

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📣 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.

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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.

02/02/2026

I’ve been sidelined by an Achilles injury for the past few months, and haven’t been able to get out and enjoy fall or winter like usual. It’s been hard but rewarding to steadily improve and be able to start carefully and get out there a little bit. It’s a long recovery process but every day it’s a matter of taking a step, putting in the work, looking ahead, and continuing to try. Feels a little like a parallel for everything going on these days.

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01/27/2026

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01/24/2026

I’m thrilled that my state is the next state to go after Big Oil for all the harm it is doing to people. As much of the country deals with extreme temps due to the polar vortex being more unstable due to climate change, this couldn’t be more timely. Bravo, !!

01/20/2026

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Amplifying and advocating for the end of state-sanctioned and facilitated violence against Black and Brown immigrants and against people, period.

Speaking up for people who are suffering genocide in Sudan. Palestine, Congo, and other nations.

Calling and writing your Congresspersons in support of democracy as opposed to dictatorship.

Supporting policies to eradicate poverty (higher minimum wage, affordable housing, etc)

Learning the truth about and challenging anti-Black racism, which is still prevalent in healthcare, media, lending practices, the criminal “justice” system, etc.

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.

01/05/2026

I’ve been enjoying the view of the new year with this beautiful 2026 calendar that I worked on with the University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum . Filled with ecopsychological reflections and inspiration for monthly well-being activities, and paired with quotes and peaceful nature scenes from Matthaei and the Arb, it guides you in nurturing your well-being through reciprocal relationship with the natural world throughout the year. You can find it at the Matthaei Gift Shop.

From the intro to the calendar:

“When we help our world, it helps us right back. Stewardship of our natural environment helps sustain healthy communities and honors cultural connections.
At Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum, we promote stewardship and position humans as active participants with our natural world; we draw on reciprocal relationships with nature - we experience what nature gives and teaches us, and in turn, we care for and protect our Earth. // The connection between nature and well-being is an easy and well-documented one; when we experience this connection, we tend to be more grounded, more relaxed, and more healthy. Through this calendar, we invite you to experience this relationship throughout the year and to aid in your well-being - each month has a theme, and has suggested activities in which to engage. We also invite you to use the Botanical Gardens and the Arboretum as places for nurturing your own well-being in a way that brings you meaning and joy!”

12/28/2025

12/25/2025

After being in Europe recently for family reasons, we tacked on a trip to both Swedish Lapland, in the Arctic Circle, and Estonia, a former Soviet republic. More to come later, but for today, I’m sticking with reindeer photos. 🙂

Here are some reindeer hanging out after crossing the road in front of us during polar “sunrise,” which, during the ~3 months of polar night in the Arctic Circle in winter is not actually sunrise because the sun doesn’t come above the horizon. It’s instead reflected light, which lasted about 6 hours a day while we were there.

The second photo is a small reindeer from a Sami museum we visited; the Sami are Indigenous peoples who farm reindeer and greatly rely on them. Check out their amazing split hooves.

Reindeer populations are declining due to climate change: https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/25/climate/holidays-animals-climate-change-christmas-hanukkah?cid=ios_app

12/12/2025

So much power emanates from love, care, compassion, empathy, and altruism when we recognize and act on them. What do you love about other people and about the everyday things of the natural world—our world? And what positive actions might come from that love?

11/13/2025

If you’re a mental health or health professional, it’s increasingly critical to learn about climate change and its connection to psychology and mental health. Please join Gale Sinatra, Susan Clayton, , Scott Barstow, and me as we explore this topic in this CE offering from the American Psychological Association . It’ll be live with Q&A on Nov. 19 and will be available later if you can’t make it then.

1.5 CE credits: $45 for APA members; $60 non-members; free for no CE credit. Register here or at link in bio: https://apa.content.online/catalog/product.xhtml?eid=69913