Climate Cafe Brisbane

Release Climate angst cultivate active hope.

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 and polycrises of our time. 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. This is a space to share your feelings about the climate emergency, ecological degradation, disaster recovery, political and social unrest, it's all connected.

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.

This event will be running in person on Thursday 16th October 2025, 5:30pm-7:30pm in Kelvin Grove, address provided upon registration.

Your presence matters most, and you’ll be warmly welcomed.

Outcomes people often receive: To have permission to feel, find solidarity, be accepted as you are, to find some relief, create access to new possibilities. When feelings are released and felt, deeper wisdom can be contacted, active hope is cultivated.

"Times are urgent, we must slow down" ~ Bayo Akomolafe: Emergence Network~

"Climate [and Earth] emotions conversations ARE a political act" ~Margaret Klein Salamon: Climate Awakening~

"This is a dark time, filled with suffering and uncertainty. Like living cells in a larger body, it is natural that we feel the trauma of our world. So don’t be afraid of the anguish you feel, or the anger or fear, because these responses arise from the depth of your caring and the truth of your interconnectedness with all beings...

Out of this darkness a new world can arise, from our dreams." ~Joanna Macy: The Work that Reconnects~

We want everybody to be able to access the support they need, so tickets to our Climate Cafes are kept to a minimum. If you are unable to afford the Registration fee, please email us at BeRegenPro@gmail.com and we will send you a code for a free ticket, however there are limited free tickets available, so if you miss out this time you will be placed on our waiting list for future events. 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.

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.

Facilitators

Canice Curtis

Canice is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker with 15 years experience in group and individual therapy. Canice's primary interests are walking alongside young people as they face their climate-changed future and building community in the face of the climate crisis. Climate Cafes are one way of building community as we sit and deeply listen and connect.

Canice is originally from Ireland and has been living in Meanjin/Magan-djin for the past 15 years. Canice originally trained in Peace and Development, working in Zambia, Kenya and Ireland. In Australia Canice has dabbled in child protection, family counselling and academia before finding a home working with individuals and groups in the community context. Canice is a Climate Aware Practitioner, a member of Psychology for Safe Climate and an active member of Parents for Climate.

Aurora Gyorffy

Aurora is passionate about cultivating Regenerative Cultures. “Regenerative human cultures are healthy, resilient and adaptable it cares for the planet and it cares for life in the awareness that this is the most effective way to create a thriving future for all of humanity.” - Daniel Christian Wahl, Designing Regenerative Cultures. Aurora facilitates spaces that cultivate connective relationships with our deep core selves, community and country, so that we can design with all life. Aurora is completing her Masters in Psychotherapy and a has a Bachelors in Environmental Engineering. She also brings experience from Renewable Energy Engineering, ecopsychology education, sustainability leadership, Non-Violent Communication, Possibility Coaching and conflict transformation. Her main focus is to nurture active hope and design within local communities, toward an environmentally regenerative, socially just, economically circular and fulfilling human presence with the planet.