on In this episode of Globally Heated… Alex quits! Naw, just kidding. But it is our SEASON ONE FINALE!! So we’re going back to the start to look at some new Coronavirus numbers, review some tips on PPE use and hygiene, and make a joke about a Gila Monster. Get ready to get prepared, learn a… Continue Reading Episode 010 – COVID Redux
on Methods To Adapt Our Perspectives To Better Address Climate Change And Disaster Stress can sometimes feel a bit like a monster with seventeen arms, tentacles, and razor-sharp teeth – completely overwhelming and beyond our capacity to deal with. When it comes to enormous changes, it is easy to find our stress levels pushing right past… Continue Reading Mindset Shifting Techniques
on Stress, mindfulness, eco-anxiety, oh my! With global temperatures rising along with sea levels while our thresholds for nonsense continue to lower, it is understandable that humanity might be a little freaking stressed out right about now. But what part does stress play in our responses to disaster and climate change? And how does the kind… Continue Reading Episode 009 – Mindfully Freaking Out
on Methods & Mindfulness Action: Try out mindfulness meditation and find a way (or ways) that work for you to be more aware of yourself and your surroundings. Do some active reflection on your stressors and signs you are feeling stressed, and practice stress management techniques to improve your resiliency in the face of disaster and… Continue Reading Notes: Week Of 6/29/20
on With things like melting ice caps, rising sea levels, increasing frequency and strength of natural disasters, crazy plagues, faster-melting margaritas, a blight of balminess, and above all, unseasonably warm weather, why are there so many people out there that don’t believe climate change is real?! Well, as easy as it would be to say that… Continue Reading Episode 008 – Why Climate Change Is So Hard To Address…Psychologically
on Mind Games & Motivation Action: Consider becoming a climate communicator by checking out a variety of platforms, including Coursera, the National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation, and Citizens Climate Lobby. Put in the work and research to shift your own perspective before demanding the same of others. And remember, not everyone has the… Continue Reading Notes: Week of 6/22/20
on Placing blame is a pretty natural reaction. If something goes wrong, we can’t fix anything or make it better if we don’t know what caused things to go wrong in the first place. But, if we place that blame on the wrong person, the wrong activity, the wrong variable, it ends up being an exercise… Continue Reading Whose Fault Is It Anyway?
on These days, it’s easy to get upset at all the issues with the coronavirus response, and for good reason. But when we start lashing out and casting blame in broad strokes, we oversimplify things—and this can actually do more harm than good. So, when we play the Blame Game, are we playing smart Stratego, or… Continue Reading Episode 007 – The Blame Game: Parcheesi or Stratego?
on Redlining. What a strange term evoking an antiquated way of thinking, or, on the other hand, evoking nothing, because you have no idea what it is. But what the heck does redlining have to do with disaster and climate anyway? Surprisingly (or unsurprisingly, as it may be for some), redlining and disinvestment have had serious… Continue Reading Episode 006 – The Red and The Lines
on Red lines tend to be rather ominous. Your teacher may have drawn them all over that essay you turned in in second grade, showing you how wrong you were about everything in your tiny human life, scarring you emotionally forever. Those red lines don’t get any less emotionally taxing when they are drawn on a… Continue Reading Red Lines & Red Tomatoes