Climate Cafe
Event description
At our Café there is no guest speaker, no advice given, no call for action. Instead, you’ll find a supportive, facilitated conversational space for people to gather and share thoughts and feelings in response to the climate crisis. Here you can voice concerns that may not be welcomed or echoed elsewhere in your daily life. You’re invited to share with interested others how you’re really feeling at this challenging time.
There may be laughter, there may be tears. There may be fear, there may be anger. Whatever you’re feeling is okay and valued. And it’s fine just to listen. Sharing, listening and being quiet together are all part of our Café.
Dates & times:
Note that all PSC event times are listed as for an ADST or AEST timezone - Melbourne/Sydney
1. Sunday afternoons, monthly from March 17, 3.30pm - 5pm ADST/AEST
- March 17th
- April 21st
- May 19th
- June 23rd
- July 21st
- August 18th
- Sep 22nd
- Oct 20th
- Nov 17th
- 2. Tuesday morning weekly, 10am - 11.30am ADST/AEST
- 26th March
- 2nd April
- 9th April
The cafes run over Zoom
Please click "Get tickets" & then select the date you want to attend
Your presence matters most, and you’ll be warmly welcomed.
We want everybody to be able to access the support they need, so tickets to our Climate Cafes are offered by donation. Psychology for a Safe Climate is a majority volunteer organisation - please consider donating generously if you can. It's through donations from people like you that we are able to continue this work.
Facilitators
Christie Wilson
Christie is a psychotherapist (MGT), climate activist, and facilitator working therapeutically with people at the front line of the climate emergency. She offers individual therapy (somatic and trauma-informed) and develops and facilitates workshops to explore the cultural and psychological experience of engaging with climate change and related ecological issues. Christie is a clinical member of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia, Psychology for a Safe Climate, Climate Psychology Alliance, Climate Wellbeing Network, and Fellow of the Australian Traditional Medicine Society.
Dr Sally Gillespie
Sally is a writer, 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. Sally has been speaking and facilitating workshops in this area since 2010.
Further Info
Psychology for a Safe Climate (PSC) is a not-for-profit organisation founded in 2010 in Melbourne, Australia, to foster emotional engagement with climate change. PSC was founded in response to the lack of individual and community commitment to address the climate emergency. Our purpose is to support people in facing the reality of the climate emergency. We aim to build people’s capacity to respond constructively to climate change by promoting and strengthening mental health and wellbeing. We engage with those working on climate change, the caring professions, and the broader community.
If you're looking for further support or resources, you'll find some here. If you're based in Australia and needing further one-on-one help, you can reach out to someone in our Climate Aware Practitioner directory.